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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) (1994) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
528.068
per 1,000 people
1994
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
262.728
per 1,000 people
1994
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
241.986
per 1,000 people
1994
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Mauritania :
177.321
per 1,000 people
1994
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 5
Botswana :
164.52
per 1,000 people
1994
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
137.712
per 1,000 people
1994
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
96.414
per 1,000 people
1994
Saudi Agriculture
# 8
Iceland :
85.714
per 1,000 people
1994
Icelandic Agriculture
# 9
Turkmenistan :
78.917
per 1,000 people
1994
Turkmen Agriculture
# 10
Chad :
70.944
per 1,000 people
1994
Chadian Agriculture
# 11
Somalia :
69.564
per 1,000 people
1994
Somali Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
49.691
per 1,000 people
1994
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
Angola :
48.173
per 1,000 people
1994
Angolan Agriculture
# 14
Gabon :
47.507
per 1,000 people
1994
Gabonese Agriculture
# 15
Uruguay :
46.47
per 1,000 people
1994
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 16
Sudan :
44.707
per 1,000 people
1994
Sudanese Agriculture
# 17
Greenland :
42.342
per 1,000 people
1994
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 18
New Zealand :
41.756
per 1,000 people
1994
New Zealand Agriculture
# 19
Congo, Republic of the :
37.271
per 1,000 people
1994
Congolese Agriculture
# 20
Argentina :
37.199
per 1,000 people
1994
Argentine Agriculture
# 21
Niger :
36.424
per 1,000 people
1994
Nigerien Agriculture
# 22
Mali :
35.675
per 1,000 people
1994
Malian Agriculture
# 23
Paraguay :
34.192
per 1,000 people
1994
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 24
Libya :
32.834
per 1,000 people
1994
Libyan Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
31.175
per 1,000 people
1994
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Madagascar :
26.95
per 1,000 people
1994
Malagasy Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
25.86
per 1,000 people
1994
South African Agriculture
# 28
Zambia :
25.601
per 1,000 people
1994
Zambian Agriculture
# 29
Eritrea :
24.122
per 1,000 people
1994
Eritrean Agriculture
# 30
Guyana :
23.744
per 1,000 people
1994
Guyanese Agriculture
# 31
Djibouti :
23.451
per 1,000 people
1994
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 32
Canada :
23.335
per 1,000 people
1994
Canadian Agriculture
# 33
Kyrgyzstan :
22.848
per 1,000 people
1994
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 34
Guinea :
17.211
per 1,000 people
1994
Guinean Agriculture
# 35
United States :
16.005
per 1,000 people
1994
American Agriculture
# 36
Brazil :
15.815
per 1,000 people
1994
Brazilian Agriculture
# 37
Swaziland :
15.36
per 1,000 people
1994
Swazi Agriculture
# 38
Central African Republic :
15.069
per 1,000 people
1994
Central African Agriculture
# 39
Russia :
14.677
per 1,000 people
1994
Russian Agriculture
# 40
Algeria :
14.292
per 1,000 people
1994
Algerian Agriculture
# 41
Lesotho :
13.929
per 1,000 people
1994
Basotho Agriculture
# 42
Côte d'Ivoire :
13.739
per 1,000 people
1994
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 43
Guinea-Bissau :
12.975
per 1,000 people
1994
Guinean Agriculture
# 44
Uzbekistan :
12.353
per 1,000 people
1994
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 45
New Caledonia :
12.346
per 1,000 people
1994
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 46
Ireland :
12.295
per 1,000 people
1994
Irish Agriculture
# 47
Liberia :
12.095
per 1,000 people
1994
Liberian Agriculture
# 48
Colombia :
11.94
per 1,000 people
1994
Colombian Agriculture
# 49
Morocco :
11.911
per 1,000 people
1994
Moroccan Agriculture
# 50
Mexico :
11.905
per 1,000 people
1994
Mexican Agriculture
# 51
Zimbabwe :
11.793
per 1,000 people
1994
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 52
Tanzania :
11.707
per 1,000 people
1994
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 53
Chile :
10.911
per 1,000 people
1994
Chilean Agriculture
# 54
Tunisia :
10.53
per 1,000 people
1994
Tunisian Agriculture
# 55
Kenya :
10.28
per 1,000 people
1994
Kenyan Agriculture
# 56
Venezuela :
10.013
per 1,000 people
1994
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 57
Latvia :
9.969
per 1,000 people
1994
Latvian Agriculture
# 58
Senegal :
9.882
per 1,000 people
1994
Senegalese Agriculture
# 59
Burkina Faso :
9.861
per 1,000 people
1994
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 60
Bhutan :
9.846
per 1,000 people
1994
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 61
Nicaragua :
9.647
per 1,000 people
1994
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 62
Syria :
9.595
per 1,000 people
1994
Syrian Agriculture
# 63
Belarus :
9.139
per 1,000 people
1994
Belarusian Agriculture
# 64
Peru :
9.123
per 1,000 people
1994
Peruvian Agriculture
# 65
Greece :
8.689
per 1,000 people
1994
Greek Agriculture
# 66
Equatorial Guinea :
8.599
per 1,000 people
1994
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 67
Lithuania :
8.546
per 1,000 people
1994
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 68
Vanuatu :
8.463
per 1,000 people
1994
- Agriculture
# 69
Costa Rica :
8.171
per 1,000 people
1994
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 70
Panama :
8.16
per 1,000 people
1994
Panamanian Agriculture
# 71
Ukraine :
8.062
per 1,000 people
1994
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 72
Tajikistan :
7.856
per 1,000 people
1994
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 73
Spain :
7.681
per 1,000 people
1994
Spanish Agriculture
# 74
Togo :
7.531
per 1,000 people
1994
Togolese Agriculture
# 75
Estonia :
7.526
per 1,000 people
1994
Estonian Agriculture
# 76
Ghana :
7.465
per 1,000 people
1994
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 77
Bulgaria :
7.302
per 1,000 people
1994
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 78
Ecuador :
7.266
per 1,000 people
1994
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 79
Cameroon :
7.059
per 1,000 people
1994
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 80
Nigeria :
6.859
per 1,000 people
1994
Nigerian Agriculture
# 81
Belize :
6.777
per 1,000 people
1994
Belizean Agriculture
# 82
Sierra Leone :
6.648
per 1,000 people
1994
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 83
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.633
per 1,000 people
1994
Macedonian Agriculture
# 84
Turkey :
6.624
per 1,000 people
1994
Turkish Agriculture
# 85
Romania :
6.51
per 1,000 people
1994
Romanian Agriculture
# 86
Honduras :
6.437
per 1,000 people
1994
Honduran Agriculture
# 87
Cuba :
6.186
per 1,000 people
1994
Cuban Agriculture
# 88
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
6.175
per 1,000 people
1994
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 89
Georgia :
6.041
per 1,000 people
1994
Georgian Agriculture
# 90
Uganda :
5.974
per 1,000 people
1994
Ugandan Agriculture
# 91
Hungary :
5.919
per 1,000 people
1994
Hungarian Agriculture
# 92
Azerbaijan :
5.905
per 1,000 people
1994
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 93
Gambia, The :
5.847
per 1,000 people
1994
Gambian Agriculture
# 94
Moldova :
5.811
per 1,000 people
1994
Moldovan Agriculture
# 95
Fiji :
5.711
per 1,000 people
1994
Fijian Agriculture
# 96
Ethiopia :
5.551
per 1,000 people
1994
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 97
Samoa :
5.521
per 1,000 people
1994
Samoan Agriculture
# 98
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
5.242
per 1,000 people
1994
Congolese Agriculture
# 99
France :
5.223
per 1,000 people
1994
French Agriculture
# 100
Denmark :
5.17
per 1,000 people
1994
Danish Agriculture
# 101
Oman :
5.098
per 1,000 people
1994
Omani Agriculture
# 102
Croatia :
4.972
per 1,000 people
1994
Croatian Agriculture
# 103
Poland :
4.853
per 1,000 people
1994
Polish Agriculture
# 104
Finland :
4.74
per 1,000 people
1994
Finnish Agriculture
# 105
Kiribati :
4.717
per 1,000 people
1994
- Agriculture
# 106
Guatemala :
4.629
per 1,000 people
1994
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 107
Slovakia :
4.574
per 1,000 people
1994
Slovak Agriculture
# 108
Iraq :
4.547
per 1,000 people
1994
Iraqi Agriculture
# 109
China :
4.476
per 1,000 people
1994
Chinese Agriculture
# 110
East Timor :
4.463
per 1,000 people
1994
Timorese Agriculture
# 111
Austria :
4.351
per 1,000 people
1994
Austrian Agriculture
# 112
Czech Republic :
4.137
per 1,000 people
1994
Czech Agriculture
# 113
Cambodia :
4.132
per 1,000 people
1994
Cambodian Agriculture
# 114
Malawi :
4.082
per 1,000 people
1994
Malawian Agriculture
# 115
Man, Isle of :
4.059
per 1,000 people
1994
Manx Agriculture
# 116
Benin :
4.003
per 1,000 people
1994
Beninese Agriculture
# 117
Malaysia :
3.974
per 1,000 people
1994
Malaysian Agriculture
# 118
Portugal :
3.953
per 1,000 people
1994
Portuguese Agriculture
# 119
Sweden :
3.822
per 1,000 people
1994
Swedish Agriculture
# 120
Laos :
3.696
per 1,000 people
1994
Lao Agriculture
# 121
Thailand :
3.664
per 1,000 people
1994
Thai Agriculture
# 122
Armenia :
3.644
per 1,000 people
1994
Armenian Agriculture
# 123
Albania :
3.549
per 1,000 people
1994
Albanian Agriculture
# 124
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.51
per 1,000 people
1994
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 125
Burundi :
3.506
per 1,000 people
1994
Burundian Agriculture
# 126
Tonga :
3.323
per 1,000 people
1994
Tongan Agriculture
# 127
Dominican Republic :
3.305
per 1,000 people
1994
Dominican Agriculture
# 128
United Kingdom :
2.993
per 1,000 people
1994
British Agriculture
# 129
Comoros :
2.794
per 1,000 people
1994
Comoran Agriculture
# 130
Italy :
2.762
per 1,000 people
1994
Italian Agriculture
# 131
Slovenia :
2.76
per 1,000 people
1994
Slovenian Agriculture
# 132
Rwanda :
2.685
per 1,000 people
1994
Rwandan Agriculture
# 133
Jordan :
2.64
per 1,000 people
1994
Jordanian Agriculture
# 134
El Salvador :
2.621
per 1,000 people
1994
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 135
Dominica :
2.485
per 1,000 people
1994
Dominican Agriculture
# 136
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.428
per 1,000 people
1994
Nevisian Agriculture
# 137
Burma :
2.381
per 1,000 people
1994
Burmese Agriculture
# 138
Norway :
2.375
per 1,000 people
1994
Norwegian Agriculture
# 139
Cyprus :
2.316
per 1,000 people
1994
Cypriot Agriculture
# 140
Switzerland :
2.261
per 1,000 people
1994
Swiss Agriculture
# 141
Pakistan :
2.22
per 1,000 people
1994
Pakistani Agriculture
# 142
Haiti :
2.215
per 1,000 people
1994
Haitian Agriculture
# 143
Indonesia :
2.209
per 1,000 people
1994
Indonesian Agriculture
# 144
Suriname :
2.162
per 1,000 people
1994
Surinamese Agriculture
# 145
Germany :
2.123
per 1,000 people
1994
German Agriculture
# 146
Jamaica :
2.085
per 1,000 people
1994
Jamaican Agriculture
# 147
Solomon Islands :
2.034
per 1,000 people
1994
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 148
French Polynesia :
2.031
per 1,000 people
1994
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 149
India :
1.977
per 1,000 people
1994
Indian Agriculture
# 150
Papua New Guinea :
1.966
per 1,000 people
1994
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 151
Nepal :
1.966
per 1,000 people
1994
Nepalese Agriculture
# 152
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.91
per 1,000 people
1994
Barbudan Agriculture
# 153
Lebanon :
1.79
per 1,000 people
1994
Lebanese Agriculture
# 154
Cape Verde :
1.762
per 1,000 people
1994
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 155
United Arab Emirates :
1.678
per 1,000 people
1994
Emirati Agriculture
# 156
Philippines :
1.646
per 1,000 people
1994
Philippine Agriculture
# 157
Saint Lucia :
1.472
per 1,000 people
1994
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 158
Guam :
1.394
per 1,000 people
1994
Guamanian Agriculture
# 159
Sri Lanka :
1.298
per 1,000 people
1994
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 160
Netherlands :
1.281
per 1,000 people
1994
Dutch Agriculture
# 161
Qatar :
1.281
per 1,000 people
1994
Qatari Agriculture
# 162
Grenada :
1.236
per 1,000 people
1994
Grenadian Agriculture
# 163
Israel :
1.072
per 1,000 people
1994
Israeli Agriculture
# 164
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.068
per 1,000 people
1994
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 165
Mauritius :
1.006
per 1,000 people
1994
Mauritian Agriculture
# 166
Vietnam :
0.996
per 1,000 people
1994
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 167
Puerto Rico :
0.846
per 1,000 people
1994
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 168
Virgin Islands :
0.842
per 1,000 people
1994
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 169
Seychelles :
0.812
per 1,000 people
1994
Seychellois Agriculture
# 170
Bangladesh :
0.766
per 1,000 people
1994
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 171
Barbados :
0.728
per 1,000 people
1994
Barbadian Agriculture
# 172
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.647
per 1,000 people
1994
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 173
Japan :
0.443
per 1,000 people
1994
Japanese Agriculture
# 174
Bahamas, The :
0.437
per 1,000 people
1994
Bahamian Agriculture
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
0.424
per 1,000 people
1994
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 176
Brunei :
0.383
per 1,000 people
1994
Bruneian Agriculture
# 177
Maldives :
0.368
per 1,000 people
1994
Maldivian Agriculture
# 178
Malta :
0.348
per 1,000 people
1994
Maltese Agriculture
# 179
Bermuda :
0.163
per 1,000 people
1994
Bermudian Agriculture
# 180
Bahrain :
0.159
per 1,000 people
1994
Bahraini Agriculture
# 181
Singapore :
0.004
per 1,000 people
1994
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
19.3
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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