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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) (1996) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
514.108
per 1,000 people
1996
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
254.066
per 1,000 people
1996
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
227.922
per 1,000 people
1996
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Mauritania :
168.261
per 1,000 people
1996
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 5
Botswana :
157.282
per 1,000 people
1996
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
135.748
per 1,000 people
1996
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
91.42
per 1,000 people
1996
Saudi Agriculture
# 8
Iceland :
84.444
per 1,000 people
1996
Icelandic Agriculture
# 9
Turkmenistan :
75.863
per 1,000 people
1996
Turkmen Agriculture
# 10
Somalia :
69.287
per 1,000 people
1996
Somali Agriculture
# 11
Chad :
66.913
per 1,000 people
1996
Chadian Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
47.837
per 1,000 people
1996
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
Uruguay :
46.001
per 1,000 people
1996
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 14
Angola :
45.644
per 1,000 people
1996
Angolan Agriculture
# 15
Gabon :
44.821
per 1,000 people
1996
Gabonese Agriculture
# 16
Sudan :
43.844
per 1,000 people
1996
Sudanese Agriculture
# 17
Greenland :
42.039
per 1,000 people
1996
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 18
New Zealand :
39.936
per 1,000 people
1996
New Zealand Agriculture
# 19
Paraguay :
38.75
per 1,000 people
1996
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 20
Argentina :
36.418
per 1,000 people
1996
Argentine Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
35.16
per 1,000 people
1996
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Niger :
35.06
per 1,000 people
1996
Nigerien Agriculture
# 23
Congo, Republic of the :
34.913
per 1,000 people
1996
Congolese Agriculture
# 24
Libya :
31.948
per 1,000 people
1996
Libyan Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
29.401
per 1,000 people
1996
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Madagascar :
25.465
per 1,000 people
1996
Malagasy Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
24.925
per 1,000 people
1996
South African Agriculture
# 28
Zambia :
24.756
per 1,000 people
1996
Zambian Agriculture
# 29
Djibouti :
23.675
per 1,000 people
1996
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 30
Guyana :
23.61
per 1,000 people
1996
Guyanese Agriculture
# 31
Eritrea :
23.311
per 1,000 people
1996
Eritrean Agriculture
# 32
Canada :
22.936
per 1,000 people
1996
Canadian Agriculture
# 33
Kyrgyzstan :
22.849
per 1,000 people
1996
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 34
Guinea :
16.331
per 1,000 people
1996
Guinean Agriculture
# 35
Brazil :
15.811
per 1,000 people
1996
Brazilian Agriculture
# 36
United States :
15.453
per 1,000 people
1996
American Agriculture
# 37
Russia :
14.628
per 1,000 people
1996
Russian Agriculture
# 38
Swaziland :
14.424
per 1,000 people
1996
Swazi Agriculture
# 39
Central African Republic :
14.372
per 1,000 people
1996
Central African Agriculture
# 40
Algeria :
13.783
per 1,000 people
1996
Algerian Agriculture
# 41
Lesotho :
13.574
per 1,000 people
1996
Basotho Agriculture
# 42
Côte d'Ivoire :
13.049
per 1,000 people
1996
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 43
Guinea-Bissau :
12.435
per 1,000 people
1996
Guinean Agriculture
# 44
Ireland :
11.934
per 1,000 people
1996
Irish Agriculture
# 45
New Caledonia :
11.929
per 1,000 people
1996
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
11.902
per 1,000 people
1996
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Zimbabwe :
11.68
per 1,000 people
1996
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 48
Mexico :
11.58
per 1,000 people
1996
Mexican Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
11.534
per 1,000 people
1996
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Morocco :
11.527
per 1,000 people
1996
Moroccan Agriculture
# 51
Tanzania :
11.069
per 1,000 people
1996
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 52
Bhutan :
10.982
per 1,000 people
1996
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 53
Liberia :
10.953
per 1,000 people
1996
Liberian Agriculture
# 54
Chile :
10.421
per 1,000 people
1996
Chilean Agriculture
# 55
Tunisia :
10.258
per 1,000 people
1996
Tunisian Agriculture
# 56
Nicaragua :
10.182
per 1,000 people
1996
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
9.613
per 1,000 people
1996
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Kenya :
9.466
per 1,000 people
1996
Kenyan Agriculture
# 59
Lithuania :
9.462
per 1,000 people
1996
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 60
Burkina Faso :
9.453
per 1,000 people
1996
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 61
Senegal :
9.244
per 1,000 people
1996
Senegalese Agriculture
# 62
Belarus :
9.186
per 1,000 people
1996
Belarusian Agriculture
# 63
Syria :
9.102
per 1,000 people
1996
Syrian Agriculture
# 64
Peru :
8.714
per 1,000 people
1996
Peruvian Agriculture
# 65
Greece :
8.565
per 1,000 people
1996
Greek Agriculture
# 66
Vanuatu :
8.222
per 1,000 people
1996
- Agriculture
# 67
Ukraine :
8.195
per 1,000 people
1996
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 68
Equatorial Guinea :
8.189
per 1,000 people
1996
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 69
Tajikistan :
7.831
per 1,000 people
1996
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 70
Panama :
7.823
per 1,000 people
1996
Panamanian Agriculture
# 71
Costa Rica :
7.703
per 1,000 people
1996
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 72
Spain :
7.634
per 1,000 people
1996
Spanish Agriculture
# 73
Latvia :
7.523
per 1,000 people
1996
Latvian Agriculture
# 74
Bulgaria :
7.377
per 1,000 people
1996
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 75
Ghana :
7.324
per 1,000 people
1996
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 76
Togo :
7.291
per 1,000 people
1996
Togolese Agriculture
# 77
Estonia :
7.097
per 1,000 people
1996
Estonian Agriculture
# 78
Ecuador :
6.89
per 1,000 people
1996
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 79
Cameroon :
6.724
per 1,000 people
1996
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 80
Belize :
6.622
per 1,000 people
1996
Belizean Agriculture
# 81
Sierra Leone :
6.578
per 1,000 people
1996
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 82
Romania :
6.538
per 1,000 people
1996
Romanian Agriculture
# 83
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.537
per 1,000 people
1996
Macedonian Agriculture
# 84
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
6.36
per 1,000 people
1996
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 85
Nigeria :
6.349
per 1,000 people
1996
Nigerian Agriculture
# 86
Turkey :
6.261
per 1,000 people
1996
Turkish Agriculture
# 87
Georgia :
6.127
per 1,000 people
1996
Georgian Agriculture
# 88
Cuba :
6.055
per 1,000 people
1996
Cuban Agriculture
# 89
Honduras :
6.017
per 1,000 people
1996
Honduran Agriculture
# 90
Hungary :
5.997
per 1,000 people
1996
Hungarian Agriculture
# 91
Moldova :
5.88
per 1,000 people
1996
Moldovan Agriculture
# 92
Azerbaijan :
5.83
per 1,000 people
1996
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 93
Fiji :
5.662
per 1,000 people
1996
Fijian Agriculture
# 94
Uganda :
5.653
per 1,000 people
1996
Ugandan Agriculture
# 95
Gambia, The :
5.546
per 1,000 people
1996
Gambian Agriculture
# 96
Samoa :
5.412
per 1,000 people
1996
Samoan Agriculture
# 97
Ethiopia :
5.237
per 1,000 people
1996
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 98
France :
5.17
per 1,000 people
1996
French Agriculture
# 99
Denmark :
5.162
per 1,000 people
1996
Danish Agriculture
# 100
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4.963
per 1,000 people
1996
Congolese Agriculture
# 101
Oman :
4.816
per 1,000 people
1996
Omani Agriculture
# 102
Poland :
4.784
per 1,000 people
1996
Polish Agriculture
# 103
Slovakia :
4.548
per 1,000 people
1996
Slovak Agriculture
# 104
Kiribati :
4.534
per 1,000 people
1996
- Agriculture
# 105
East Timor :
4.447
per 1,000 people
1996
Timorese Agriculture
# 106
Guatemala :
4.425
per 1,000 people
1996
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 107
China :
4.395
per 1,000 people
1996
Chinese Agriculture
# 108
Finland :
4.365
per 1,000 people
1996
Finnish Agriculture
# 109
Croatia :
4.31
per 1,000 people
1996
Croatian Agriculture
# 110
Austria :
4.301
per 1,000 people
1996
Austrian Agriculture
# 111
Iraq :
4.277
per 1,000 people
1996
Iraqi Agriculture
# 112
Malawi :
4.243
per 1,000 people
1996
Malawian Agriculture
# 113
Benin :
4.235
per 1,000 people
1996
Beninese Agriculture
# 114
Czech Republic :
4.149
per 1,000 people
1996
Czech Agriculture
# 115
Armenia :
4.069
per 1,000 people
1996
Armenian Agriculture
# 116
Man, Isle of :
4.01
per 1,000 people
1996
Manx Agriculture
# 117
Cambodia :
3.927
per 1,000 people
1996
Cambodian Agriculture
# 118
Malaysia :
3.776
per 1,000 people
1996
Malaysian Agriculture
# 119
Sweden :
3.728
per 1,000 people
1996
Swedish Agriculture
# 120
Portugal :
3.71
per 1,000 people
1996
Portuguese Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
3.644
per 1,000 people
1996
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Thailand :
3.536
per 1,000 people
1996
Thai Agriculture
# 123
Laos :
3.536
per 1,000 people
1996
Lao Agriculture
# 124
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.469
per 1,000 people
1996
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 125
Burundi :
3.46
per 1,000 people
1996
Burundian Agriculture
# 126
Tonga :
3.385
per 1,000 people
1996
Tongan Agriculture
# 127
Dominican Republic :
3.162
per 1,000 people
1996
Dominican Agriculture
# 128
United Kingdom :
2.998
per 1,000 people
1996
British Agriculture
# 129
Comoros :
2.759
per 1,000 people
1996
Comoran Agriculture
# 130
Rwanda :
2.723
per 1,000 people
1996
Rwandan Agriculture
# 131
Italy :
2.699
per 1,000 people
1996
Italian Agriculture
# 132
Slovenia :
2.637
per 1,000 people
1996
Slovenian Agriculture
# 133
Norway :
2.584
per 1,000 people
1996
Norwegian Agriculture
# 134
Marshall Islands :
2.55
per 1,000 people
1996
Marshallese Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
2.43
per 1,000 people
1996
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
El Salvador :
2.397
per 1,000 people
1996
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 137
Dominica :
2.355
per 1,000 people
1996
Dominican Agriculture
# 138
Burma :
2.324
per 1,000 people
1996
Burmese Agriculture
# 139
Switzerland :
2.235
per 1,000 people
1996
Swiss Agriculture
# 140
Cyprus :
2.223
per 1,000 people
1996
Cypriot Agriculture
# 141
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.202
per 1,000 people
1996
Nevisian Agriculture
# 142
Indonesia :
2.157
per 1,000 people
1996
Indonesian Agriculture
# 143
Haiti :
2.148
per 1,000 people
1996
Haitian Agriculture
# 144
Suriname :
2.129
per 1,000 people
1996
Surinamese Agriculture
# 145
Pakistan :
2.127
per 1,000 people
1996
Pakistani Agriculture
# 146
Germany :
2.117
per 1,000 people
1996
German Agriculture
# 147
Jamaica :
2.044
per 1,000 people
1996
Jamaican Agriculture
# 148
Papua New Guinea :
1.986
per 1,000 people
1996
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 149
French Polynesia :
1.956
per 1,000 people
1996
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 150
Solomon Islands :
1.951
per 1,000 people
1996
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 151
India :
1.907
per 1,000 people
1996
Indian Agriculture
# 152
Nepal :
1.87
per 1,000 people
1996
Nepalese Agriculture
# 153
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.831
per 1,000 people
1996
Barbudan Agriculture
# 154
Lebanon :
1.731
per 1,000 people
1996
Lebanese Agriculture
# 155
Cape Verde :
1.704
per 1,000 people
1996
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 156
Philippines :
1.589
per 1,000 people
1996
Philippine Agriculture
# 157
United Arab Emirates :
1.574
per 1,000 people
1996
Emirati Agriculture
# 158
Guam :
1.356
per 1,000 people
1996
Guamanian Agriculture
# 159
Qatar :
1.287
per 1,000 people
1996
Qatari Agriculture
# 160
Netherlands :
1.277
per 1,000 people
1996
Dutch Agriculture
# 161
Sri Lanka :
1.269
per 1,000 people
1996
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 162
Saint Lucia :
1.224
per 1,000 people
1996
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 163
Grenada :
1.212
per 1,000 people
1996
Grenadian Agriculture
# 164
Vietnam :
1.034
per 1,000 people
1996
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 165
Israel :
0.991
per 1,000 people
1996
Israeli Agriculture
# 166
Mauritius :
0.988
per 1,000 people
1996
Mauritian Agriculture
# 167
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.968
per 1,000 people
1996
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 168
Virgin Islands :
0.84
per 1,000 people
1996
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 169
Puerto Rico :
0.834
per 1,000 people
1996
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 170
Seychelles :
0.785
per 1,000 people
1996
Seychellois Agriculture
# 171
Kuwait :
0.755
per 1,000 people
1996
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 172
Bangladesh :
0.739
per 1,000 people
1996
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 173
Barbados :
0.723
per 1,000 people
1996
Barbadian Agriculture
# 174
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.6
per 1,000 people
1996
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
0.434
per 1,000 people
1996
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 176
Japan :
0.429
per 1,000 people
1996
Japanese Agriculture
# 177
Bahamas, The :
0.423
per 1,000 people
1996
Bahamian Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
0.347
per 1,000 people
1996
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
0.33
per 1,000 people
1996
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Malta :
0.289
per 1,000 people
1996
Maltese Agriculture
# 181
Bermuda :
0.162
per 1,000 people
1996
Bermudian Agriculture
# 182
Bahrain :
0.149
per 1,000 people
1996
Bahraini Agriculture
# 183
Singapore :
0.003
per 1,000 people
1996
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
18.5
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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