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Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Agriculture Statistics > Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita) (1988) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
616.322
per 1,000 people
1988
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Namibia :
302.165
per 1,000 people
1988
Namibian Agriculture
# 3
Australia :
285.675
per 1,000 people
1988
Australian Agriculture
# 4
Mauritania :
204.28
per 1,000 people
1988
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 5
Botswana :
192.476
per 1,000 people
1988
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 6
Iceland :
91.277
per 1,000 people
1988
Icelandic Agriculture
# 7
Chad :
84.674
per 1,000 people
1988
Chadian Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
75.019
per 1,000 people
1988
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Somalia :
66.523
per 1,000 people
1988
Somali Agriculture
# 10
Gabon :
57.446
per 1,000 people
1988
Gabonese Agriculture
# 11
Angola :
57.392
per 1,000 people
1988
Angolan Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
55.314
per 1,000 people
1988
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
New Zealand :
48.761
per 1,000 people
1988
New Zealand Agriculture
# 14
Uruguay :
48.356
per 1,000 people
1988
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 15
Sudan :
48.349
per 1,000 people
1988
Sudanese Agriculture
# 16
Congo, Republic of the :
45.265
per 1,000 people
1988
Congolese Agriculture
# 17
Paraguay :
43.049
per 1,000 people
1988
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 18
Greenland :
42.883
per 1,000 people
1988
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 19
Argentina :
40.224
per 1,000 people
1988
Argentine Agriculture
# 20
Niger :
39.332
per 1,000 people
1988
Nigerien Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
37.945
per 1,000 people
1988
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Libya :
37.348
per 1,000 people
1988
Libyan Agriculture
# 23
Mozambique :
36.014
per 1,000 people
1988
Mozambican Agriculture
# 24
Madagascar :
31.888
per 1,000 people
1988
Malagasy Agriculture
# 25
Zambia :
29.252
per 1,000 people
1988
Zambian Agriculture
# 26
South Africa :
28.374
per 1,000 people
1988
South African Agriculture
# 27
Afghanistan :
27.755
per 1,000 people
1988
Afghan Agriculture
# 28
Djibouti :
26.059
per 1,000 people
1988
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 29
Canada :
25.208
per 1,000 people
1988
Canadian Agriculture
# 30
Guyana :
23.458
per 1,000 people
1988
Guyanese Agriculture
# 31
Guinea :
21.183
per 1,000 people
1988
Guinean Agriculture
# 32
Swaziland :
17.765
per 1,000 people
1988
Swazi Agriculture
# 33
Central African Republic :
17.476
per 1,000 people
1988
Central African Agriculture
# 34
United States :
17.462
per 1,000 people
1988
American Agriculture
# 35
Brazil :
16.477
per 1,000 people
1988
Brazilian Agriculture
# 36
Algeria :
16.154
per 1,000 people
1988
Algerian Agriculture
# 37
Ireland :
16.039
per 1,000 people
1988
Irish Agriculture
# 38
Côte d'Ivoire :
15.861
per 1,000 people
1988
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 39
New Caledonia :
15.403
per 1,000 people
1988
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 40
Guinea-Bissau :
15.317
per 1,000 people
1988
Guinean Agriculture
# 41
Lesotho :
15.129
per 1,000 people
1988
Basotho Agriculture
# 42
Tanzania :
14.205
per 1,000 people
1988
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 43
Colombia :
13.501
per 1,000 people
1988
Colombian Agriculture
# 44
Zimbabwe :
12.983
per 1,000 people
1988
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 45
Morocco :
12.81
per 1,000 people
1988
Moroccan Agriculture
# 46
Mexico :
12.782
per 1,000 people
1988
Mexican Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
12.693
per 1,000 people
1988
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Kenya :
12.173
per 1,000 people
1988
Kenyan Agriculture
# 49
Liberia :
11.928
per 1,000 people
1988
Liberian Agriculture
# 50
Burkina Faso :
11.89
per 1,000 people
1988
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 51
Senegal :
11.737
per 1,000 people
1988
Senegalese Agriculture
# 52
Venezuela :
11.683
per 1,000 people
1988
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 53
Syria :
11.401
per 1,000 people
1988
Syrian Agriculture
# 54
Tunisia :
10.807
per 1,000 people
1988
Tunisian Agriculture
# 55
Nicaragua :
10.421
per 1,000 people
1988
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 56
Vanuatu :
9.801
per 1,000 people
1988
- Agriculture
# 57
Equatorial Guinea :
9.797
per 1,000 people
1988
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 58
Costa Rica :
9.49
per 1,000 people
1988
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 59
Greece :
9.145
per 1,000 people
1988
Greek Agriculture
# 60
Peru :
9.07
per 1,000 people
1988
Peruvian Agriculture
# 61
Panama :
8.944
per 1,000 people
1988
Panamanian Agriculture
# 62
Bhutan :
8.677
per 1,000 people
1988
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 63
Ghana :
8.537
per 1,000 people
1988
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 64
Togo :
8.425
per 1,000 people
1988
Togolese Agriculture
# 65
Cameroon :
8.376
per 1,000 people
1988
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 66
Nigeria :
8.053
per 1,000 people
1988
Nigerian Agriculture
# 67
Spain :
7.903
per 1,000 people
1988
Spanish Agriculture
# 68
Ecuador :
7.882
per 1,000 people
1988
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 69
Gambia, The :
7.485
per 1,000 people
1988
Gambian Agriculture
# 70
Turkey :
7.308
per 1,000 people
1988
Turkish Agriculture
# 71
Honduras :
7.167
per 1,000 people
1988
Honduran Agriculture
# 72
Uganda :
7.157
per 1,000 people
1988
Ugandan Agriculture
# 73
Sierra Leone :
7.016
per 1,000 people
1988
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 74
Bulgaria :
6.861
per 1,000 people
1988
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 75
Cuba :
6.562
per 1,000 people
1988
Cuban Agriculture
# 76
Romania :
6.554
per 1,000 people
1988
Romanian Agriculture
# 77
Samoa :
6.469
per 1,000 people
1988
Samoan Agriculture
# 78
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6.463
per 1,000 people
1988
Congolese Agriculture
# 79
Belize :
6.396
per 1,000 people
1988
Belizean Agriculture
# 80
Oman :
6.252
per 1,000 people
1988
Omani Agriculture
# 81
Hungary :
6.222
per 1,000 people
1988
Hungarian Agriculture
# 82
Kiribati :
5.622
per 1,000 people
1988
- Agriculture
# 83
France :
5.517
per 1,000 people
1988
French Agriculture
# 84
Iraq :
5.463
per 1,000 people
1988
Iraqi Agriculture
# 85
Denmark :
5.433
per 1,000 people
1988
Danish Agriculture
# 86
Fiji :
5.286
per 1,000 people
1988
Fijian Agriculture
# 87
Guatemala :
5.042
per 1,000 people
1988
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 88
Poland :
4.971
per 1,000 people
1988
Polish Agriculture
# 89
Finland :
4.797
per 1,000 people
1988
Finnish Agriculture
# 90
Malawi :
4.758
per 1,000 people
1988
Malawian Agriculture
# 91
China :
4.745
per 1,000 people
1988
Chinese Agriculture
# 92
Austria :
4.65
per 1,000 people
1988
Austrian Agriculture
# 93
Benin :
4.566
per 1,000 people
1988
Beninese Agriculture
# 94
Cambodia :
4.566
per 1,000 people
1988
Cambodian Agriculture
# 95
Man, Isle of :
4.539
per 1,000 people
1988
Manx Agriculture
# 96
East Timor :
4.301
per 1,000 people
1988
Timorese Agriculture
# 97
Laos :
4.299
per 1,000 people
1988
Lao Agriculture
# 98
Sweden :
4.074
per 1,000 people
1988
Swedish Agriculture
# 99
Thailand :
4.02
per 1,000 people
1988
Thai Agriculture
# 100
Portugal :
4.018
per 1,000 people
1988
Portuguese Agriculture
# 101
Burundi :
3.988
per 1,000 people
1988
Burundian Agriculture
# 102
Malaysia :
3.968
per 1,000 people
1988
Malaysian Agriculture
# 103
Jordan :
3.952
per 1,000 people
1988
Jordanian Agriculture
# 104
Dominican Republic :
3.758
per 1,000 people
1988
Dominican Agriculture
# 105
Tonga :
3.545
per 1,000 people
1988
Tongan Agriculture
# 106
Albania :
3.495
per 1,000 people
1988
Albanian Agriculture
# 107
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.407
per 1,000 people
1988
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 108
United Kingdom :
3.223
per 1,000 people
1988
British Agriculture
# 109
Switzerland :
3.077
per 1,000 people
1988
Swiss Agriculture
# 110
Comoros :
3.074
per 1,000 people
1988
Comoran Agriculture
# 111
Italy :
2.974
per 1,000 people
1988
Italian Agriculture
# 112
Cyprus :
2.895
per 1,000 people
1988
Cypriot Agriculture
# 113
El Salvador :
2.846
per 1,000 people
1988
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 114
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.836
per 1,000 people
1988
Nevisian Agriculture
# 115
Rwanda :
2.665
per 1,000 people
1988
Rwandan Agriculture
# 116
Burma :
2.638
per 1,000 people
1988
Burmese Agriculture
# 117
Pakistan :
2.613
per 1,000 people
1988
Pakistani Agriculture
# 118
Indonesia :
2.566
per 1,000 people
1988
Indonesian Agriculture
# 119
Dominica :
2.474
per 1,000 people
1988
Dominican Agriculture
# 120
Haiti :
2.427
per 1,000 people
1988
Haitian Agriculture
# 121
Norway :
2.319
per 1,000 people
1988
Norwegian Agriculture
# 122
Germany :
2.316
per 1,000 people
1988
German Agriculture
# 123
French Polynesia :
2.299
per 1,000 people
1988
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 124
Nepal :
2.277
per 1,000 people
1988
Nepalese Agriculture
# 125
Solomon Islands :
2.243
per 1,000 people
1988
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 126
Suriname :
2.223
per 1,000 people
1988
Surinamese Agriculture
# 127
India :
2.221
per 1,000 people
1988
Indian Agriculture
# 128
Papua New Guinea :
2.202
per 1,000 people
1988
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 129
Lebanon :
2.08
per 1,000 people
1988
Lebanese Agriculture
# 130
Antigua and Barbuda :
2.066
per 1,000 people
1988
Barbudan Agriculture
# 131
Jamaica :
2.024
per 1,000 people
1988
Jamaican Agriculture
# 132
Cape Verde :
1.971
per 1,000 people
1988
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 133
Philippines :
1.897
per 1,000 people
1988
Philippine Agriculture
# 134
Saint Lucia :
1.61
per 1,000 people
1988
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 135
Guam :
1.559
per 1,000 people
1988
Guamanian Agriculture
# 136
United Arab Emirates :
1.507
per 1,000 people
1988
Emirati Agriculture
# 137
Qatar :
1.415
per 1,000 people
1988
Qatari Agriculture
# 138
Grenada :
1.412
per 1,000 people
1988
Grenadian Agriculture
# 139
Sri Lanka :
1.408
per 1,000 people
1988
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 140
Netherlands :
1.363
per 1,000 people
1988
Dutch Agriculture
# 141
Puerto Rico :
1.33
per 1,000 people
1988
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 142
Israel :
1.297
per 1,000 people
1988
Israeli Agriculture
# 143
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.211
per 1,000 people
1988
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 144
Mauritius :
1.086
per 1,000 people
1988
Mauritian Agriculture
# 145
Vietnam :
1.061
per 1,000 people
1988
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 146
Virgin Islands :
1.053
per 1,000 people
1988
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 147
Bangladesh :
1.012
per 1,000 people
1988
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 148
Seychelles :
0.871
per 1,000 people
1988
Seychellois Agriculture
# 149
Barbados :
0.744
per 1,000 people
1988
Barbadian Agriculture
# 150
Kuwait :
0.72
per 1,000 people
1988
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.598
per 1,000 people
1988
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Brunei :
0.494
per 1,000 people
1988
Bruneian Agriculture
# 153
Bahamas, The :
0.488
per 1,000 people
1988
Bahamian Agriculture
# 154
Japan :
0.474
per 1,000 people
1988
Japanese Agriculture
# 155
Maldives :
0.445
per 1,000 people
1988
Maldivian Agriculture
# 156
Netherlands Antilles :
0.425
per 1,000 people
1988
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 157
Malta :
0.367
per 1,000 people
1988
Maltese Agriculture
# 158
Bahrain :
0.174
per 1,000 people
1988
Bahraini Agriculture
# 159
Bermuda :
0.17
per 1,000 people
1988
Bermudian Agriculture
# 160
Singapore :
0.011
per 1,000 people
1988
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
21.9
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION: Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.
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