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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.
Agriculture Statistics > Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita) (1990) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
596.657
per 1,000 people
1990
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Namibia :
276.617
per 1,000 people
1990
Namibian Agriculture
# 3
Australia :
272.182
per 1,000 people
1990
Australian Agriculture
# 4
Mauritania :
195.318
per 1,000 people
1990
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 5
Botswana :
182.155
per 1,000 people
1990
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 6
Iceland :
89.521
per 1,000 people
1990
Icelandic Agriculture
# 7
Chad :
79.774
per 1,000 people
1990
Chadian Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
75.389
per 1,000 people
1990
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Somalia :
65.989
per 1,000 people
1990
Somali Agriculture
# 10
Angola :
54.504
per 1,000 people
1990
Angolan Agriculture
# 11
Gabon :
53.867
per 1,000 people
1990
Gabonese Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
53.166
per 1,000 people
1990
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
Uruguay :
47.737
per 1,000 people
1990
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 14
Sudan :
47.153
per 1,000 people
1990
Sudanese Agriculture
# 15
New Zealand :
46.932
per 1,000 people
1990
New Zealand Agriculture
# 16
Congo, Republic of the :
42.36
per 1,000 people
1990
Congolese Agriculture
# 17
Greenland :
42.266
per 1,000 people
1990
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 18
Paraguay :
40.673
per 1,000 people
1990
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 19
Argentina :
39.1
per 1,000 people
1990
Argentine Agriculture
# 20
Niger :
39.006
per 1,000 people
1990
Nigerien Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
36.118
per 1,000 people
1990
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Libya :
35.661
per 1,000 people
1990
Libyan Agriculture
# 23
Mozambique :
35.504
per 1,000 people
1990
Mozambican Agriculture
# 24
Madagascar :
30.159
per 1,000 people
1990
Malagasy Agriculture
# 25
Zambia :
27.658
per 1,000 people
1990
Zambian Agriculture
# 26
South Africa :
27.5
per 1,000 people
1990
South African Agriculture
# 27
Canada :
24.385
per 1,000 people
1990
Canadian Agriculture
# 28
Guyana :
23.757
per 1,000 people
1990
Guyanese Agriculture
# 29
Djibouti :
23.28
per 1,000 people
1990
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 30
Guinea :
20.049
per 1,000 people
1990
Guinean Agriculture
# 31
United States :
17.104
per 1,000 people
1990
American Agriculture
# 32
Central African Republic :
16.689
per 1,000 people
1990
Central African Agriculture
# 33
Swaziland :
16.468
per 1,000 people
1990
Swazi Agriculture
# 34
Brazil :
16.173
per 1,000 people
1990
Brazilian Agriculture
# 35
Ireland :
16.113
per 1,000 people
1990
Irish Agriculture
# 36
Algeria :
15.293
per 1,000 people
1990
Algerian Agriculture
# 37
Côte d'Ivoire :
14.956
per 1,000 people
1990
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 38
Guinea-Bissau :
14.741
per 1,000 people
1990
Guinean Agriculture
# 39
Lesotho :
14.574
per 1,000 people
1990
Basotho Agriculture
# 40
New Caledonia :
13.81
per 1,000 people
1990
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 41
Tanzania :
13.336
per 1,000 people
1990
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 42
Colombia :
12.927
per 1,000 people
1990
Colombian Agriculture
# 43
Morocco :
12.555
per 1,000 people
1990
Moroccan Agriculture
# 44
Mexico :
12.472
per 1,000 people
1990
Mexican Agriculture
# 45
Zimbabwe :
12.314
per 1,000 people
1990
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 46
Chile :
12.064
per 1,000 people
1990
Chilean Agriculture
# 47
Liberia :
11.671
per 1,000 people
1990
Liberian Agriculture
# 48
Kenya :
11.425
per 1,000 people
1990
Kenyan Agriculture
# 49
Burkina Faso :
11.222
per 1,000 people
1990
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 50
Senegal :
11.118
per 1,000 people
1990
Senegalese Agriculture
# 51
Venezuela :
11.068
per 1,000 people
1990
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 52
Tunisia :
10.6
per 1,000 people
1990
Tunisian Agriculture
# 53
Syria :
10.508
per 1,000 people
1990
Syrian Agriculture
# 54
Nicaragua :
10.165
per 1,000 people
1990
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 55
Peru :
10.038
per 1,000 people
1990
Peruvian Agriculture
# 56
Equatorial Guinea :
9.464
per 1,000 people
1990
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 57
Vanuatu :
9.368
per 1,000 people
1990
- Agriculture
# 58
Greece :
9.076
per 1,000 people
1990
Greek Agriculture
# 59
Costa Rica :
8.974
per 1,000 people
1990
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 60
Panama :
8.81
per 1,000 people
1990
Panamanian Agriculture
# 61
Bhutan :
8.294
per 1,000 people
1990
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 62
Ghana :
8.143
per 1,000 people
1990
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 63
Togo :
8.053
per 1,000 people
1990
Togolese Agriculture
# 64
Cameroon :
7.87
per 1,000 people
1990
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 65
Spain :
7.846
per 1,000 people
1990
Spanish Agriculture
# 66
Ecuador :
7.638
per 1,000 people
1990
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 67
Nigeria :
7.631
per 1,000 people
1990
Nigerian Agriculture
# 68
Turkey :
7.066
per 1,000 people
1990
Turkish Agriculture
# 69
Bulgaria :
7.065
per 1,000 people
1990
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 70
Honduras :
6.822
per 1,000 people
1990
Honduran Agriculture
# 71
Gambia, The :
6.808
per 1,000 people
1990
Gambian Agriculture
# 72
Uganda :
6.736
per 1,000 people
1990
Ugandan Agriculture
# 73
Sierra Leone :
6.728
per 1,000 people
1990
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 74
Belize :
6.667
per 1,000 people
1990
Belizean Agriculture
# 75
Cuba :
6.398
per 1,000 people
1990
Cuban Agriculture
# 76
Romania :
6.364
per 1,000 people
1990
Romanian Agriculture
# 77
Hungary :
6.241
per 1,000 people
1990
Hungarian Agriculture
# 78
Samoa :
6.075
per 1,000 people
1990
Samoan Agriculture
# 79
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6.053
per 1,000 people
1990
Congolese Agriculture
# 80
Oman :
5.86
per 1,000 people
1990
Omani Agriculture
# 81
Fiji :
5.666
per 1,000 people
1990
Fijian Agriculture
# 82
Iraq :
5.45
per 1,000 people
1990
Iraqi Agriculture
# 83
Denmark :
5.424
per 1,000 people
1990
Danish Agriculture
# 84
Kiribati :
5.392
per 1,000 people
1990
- Agriculture
# 85
France :
5.388
per 1,000 people
1990
French Agriculture
# 86
Poland :
4.93
per 1,000 people
1990
Polish Agriculture
# 87
Guatemala :
4.818
per 1,000 people
1990
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 88
Finland :
4.807
per 1,000 people
1990
Finnish Agriculture
# 89
China :
4.681
per 1,000 people
1990
Chinese Agriculture
# 90
Cambodia :
4.575
per 1,000 people
1990
Cambodian Agriculture
# 91
Austria :
4.539
per 1,000 people
1990
Austrian Agriculture
# 92
Malawi :
4.459
per 1,000 people
1990
Malawian Agriculture
# 93
Benin :
4.384
per 1,000 people
1990
Beninese Agriculture
# 94
Man, Isle of :
4.331
per 1,000 people
1990
Manx Agriculture
# 95
East Timor :
4.254
per 1,000 people
1990
Timorese Agriculture
# 96
Laos :
4.072
per 1,000 people
1990
Lao Agriculture
# 97
Malaysia :
4.048
per 1,000 people
1990
Malaysian Agriculture
# 98
Portugal :
4.005
per 1,000 people
1990
Portuguese Agriculture
# 99
Sweden :
3.988
per 1,000 people
1990
Swedish Agriculture
# 100
Thailand :
3.914
per 1,000 people
1990
Thai Agriculture
# 101
Burundi :
3.748
per 1,000 people
1990
Burundian Agriculture
# 102
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.598
per 1,000 people
1990
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 103
Dominican Republic :
3.496
per 1,000 people
1990
Dominican Agriculture
# 104
Albania :
3.408
per 1,000 people
1990
Albanian Agriculture
# 105
Tonga :
3.39
per 1,000 people
1990
Tongan Agriculture
# 106
Jordan :
3.281
per 1,000 people
1990
Jordanian Agriculture
# 107
United Kingdom :
3.162
per 1,000 people
1990
British Agriculture
# 108
Switzerland :
3.011
per 1,000 people
1990
Swiss Agriculture
# 109
Italy :
2.969
per 1,000 people
1990
Italian Agriculture
# 110
Comoros :
2.941
per 1,000 people
1990
Comoran Agriculture
# 111
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.855
per 1,000 people
1990
Nevisian Agriculture
# 112
Cyprus :
2.794
per 1,000 people
1990
Cypriot Agriculture
# 113
El Salvador :
2.759
per 1,000 people
1990
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 114
Rwanda :
2.648
per 1,000 people
1990
Rwandan Agriculture
# 115
Burma :
2.559
per 1,000 people
1990
Burmese Agriculture
# 116
Indonesia :
2.529
per 1,000 people
1990
Indonesian Agriculture
# 117
Dominica :
2.491
per 1,000 people
1990
Dominican Agriculture
# 118
Pakistan :
2.402
per 1,000 people
1990
Pakistani Agriculture
# 119
Haiti :
2.326
per 1,000 people
1990
Haitian Agriculture
# 120
Norway :
2.301
per 1,000 people
1990
Norwegian Agriculture
# 121
Germany :
2.27
per 1,000 people
1990
German Agriculture
# 122
French Polynesia :
2.201
per 1,000 people
1990
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 123
Suriname :
2.19
per 1,000 people
1990
Surinamese Agriculture
# 124
Nepal :
2.173
per 1,000 people
1990
Nepalese Agriculture
# 125
Solomon Islands :
2.146
per 1,000 people
1990
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 126
Papua New Guinea :
2.132
per 1,000 people
1990
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 127
India :
2.131
per 1,000 people
1990
Indian Agriculture
# 128
Antigua and Barbuda :
2.053
per 1,000 people
1990
Barbudan Agriculture
# 129
Lebanon :
2.034
per 1,000 people
1990
Lebanese Agriculture
# 130
Jamaica :
1.992
per 1,000 people
1990
Jamaican Agriculture
# 131
Cape Verde :
1.914
per 1,000 people
1990
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 132
Philippines :
1.823
per 1,000 people
1990
Philippine Agriculture
# 133
United Arab Emirates :
1.607
per 1,000 people
1990
Emirati Agriculture
# 134
Saint Lucia :
1.566
per 1,000 people
1990
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 135
Guam :
1.493
per 1,000 people
1990
Guamanian Agriculture
# 136
Grenada :
1.389
per 1,000 people
1990
Grenadian Agriculture
# 137
Sri Lanka :
1.375
per 1,000 people
1990
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 138
Netherlands :
1.342
per 1,000 people
1990
Dutch Agriculture
# 139
Qatar :
1.305
per 1,000 people
1990
Qatari Agriculture
# 140
Israel :
1.242
per 1,000 people
1990
Israeli Agriculture
# 141
Puerto Rico :
1.23
per 1,000 people
1990
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 142
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.097
per 1,000 people
1990
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 143
Mauritius :
1.069
per 1,000 people
1990
Mauritian Agriculture
# 144
Virgin Islands :
1.056
per 1,000 people
1990
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 145
Vietnam :
1.016
per 1,000 people
1990
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 146
Bangladesh :
0.965
per 1,000 people
1990
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 147
Seychelles :
0.857
per 1,000 people
1990
Seychellois Agriculture
# 148
Barbados :
0.739
per 1,000 people
1990
Barbadian Agriculture
# 149
Kuwait :
0.664
per 1,000 people
1990
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 150
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.634
per 1,000 people
1990
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 151
Bahamas, The :
0.471
per 1,000 people
1990
Bahamian Agriculture
# 152
Japan :
0.461
per 1,000 people
1990
Japanese Agriculture
# 153
Brunei :
0.428
per 1,000 people
1990
Bruneian Agriculture
# 154
Netherlands Antilles :
0.42
per 1,000 people
1990
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 155
Maldives :
0.417
per 1,000 people
1990
Maldivian Agriculture
# 156
Malta :
0.361
per 1,000 people
1990
Maltese Agriculture
# 157
Bermuda :
0.165
per 1,000 people
1990
Bermudian Agriculture
# 158
Bahrain :
0.162
per 1,000 people
1990
Bahraini Agriculture
# 159
Singapore :
0.007
per 1,000 people
1990
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
21.0
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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"Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita) (1990) by country", Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_agr_lan_sq_km_percap-land-sq-km-per-capita&date=1990
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