Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita) (1997) by country
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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.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
507.616
per 1,000 people
1997
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
249.608
per 1,000 people
1997
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
221.161
per 1,000 people
1997
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Mauritania :
163.728
per 1,000 people
1997
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 5
Botswana :
153.983
per 1,000 people
1997
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
136.718
per 1,000 people
1997
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
89.376
per 1,000 people
1997
Saudi Agriculture
# 8
Iceland :
83.824
per 1,000 people
1997
Icelandic Agriculture
# 9
Turkmenistan :
74.74
per 1,000 people
1997
Turkmen Agriculture
# 10
Somalia :
68.145
per 1,000 people
1997
Somali Agriculture
# 11
Chad :
64.973
per 1,000 people
1997
Chadian Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
47.177
per 1,000 people
1997
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
Uruguay :
45.707
per 1,000 people
1997
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 14
Angola :
44.586
per 1,000 people
1997
Angolan Agriculture
# 15
Gabon :
43.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Gabonese Agriculture
# 16
Sudan :
43.121
per 1,000 people
1997
Sudanese Agriculture
# 17
Greenland :
41.964
per 1,000 people
1997
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 18
New Zealand :
39.401
per 1,000 people
1997
New Zealand Agriculture
# 19
Paraguay :
38.205
per 1,000 people
1997
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 20
Argentina :
35.982
per 1,000 people
1997
Argentine Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
35.155
per 1,000 people
1997
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Niger :
33.884
per 1,000 people
1997
Nigerien Agriculture
# 23
Congo, Republic of the :
33.811
per 1,000 people
1997
Congolese Agriculture
# 24
Libya :
31.323
per 1,000 people
1997
Libyan Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
28.742
per 1,000 people
1997
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Madagascar :
25.31
per 1,000 people
1997
Malagasy Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
24.349
per 1,000 people
1997
South African Agriculture
# 28
Zambia :
24.346
per 1,000 people
1997
Zambian Agriculture
# 29
Guyana :
23.536
per 1,000 people
1997
Guyanese Agriculture
# 30
Djibouti :
23.214
per 1,000 people
1997
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 31
Eritrea :
22.859
per 1,000 people
1997
Eritrean Agriculture
# 32
Canada :
22.658
per 1,000 people
1997
Canadian Agriculture
# 33
Kyrgyzstan :
22.563
per 1,000 people
1997
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 34
Guinea :
16.059
per 1,000 people
1997
Guinean Agriculture
# 35
Brazil :
15.608
per 1,000 people
1997
Brazilian Agriculture
# 36
United States :
15.216
per 1,000 people
1997
American Agriculture
# 37
Russia :
14.799
per 1,000 people
1997
Russian Agriculture
# 38
Central African Republic :
14.344
per 1,000 people
1997
Central African Agriculture
# 39
Swaziland :
13.972
per 1,000 people
1997
Swazi Agriculture
# 40
Algeria :
13.593
per 1,000 people
1997
Algerian Agriculture
# 41
Lesotho :
13.421
per 1,000 people
1997
Basotho Agriculture
# 42
Côte d'Ivoire :
12.635
per 1,000 people
1997
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 43
Guinea-Bissau :
12.457
per 1,000 people
1997
Guinean Agriculture
# 44
Ireland :
12.059
per 1,000 people
1997
Irish Agriculture
# 45
New Caledonia :
11.803
per 1,000 people
1997
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
11.679
per 1,000 people
1997
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Zimbabwe :
11.654
per 1,000 people
1997
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 48
Mexico :
11.413
per 1,000 people
1997
Mexican Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
11.375
per 1,000 people
1997
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Morocco :
11.324
per 1,000 people
1997
Moroccan Agriculture
# 51
Bhutan :
10.819
per 1,000 people
1997
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 52
Tanzania :
10.797
per 1,000 people
1997
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 53
Nicaragua :
10.289
per 1,000 people
1997
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 54
Chile :
10.266
per 1,000 people
1997
Chilean Agriculture
# 55
Liberia :
10.16
per 1,000 people
1997
Liberian Agriculture
# 56
Tunisia :
10.143
per 1,000 people
1997
Tunisian Agriculture
# 57
Lithuania :
9.545
per 1,000 people
1997
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 58
Burkina Faso :
9.443
per 1,000 people
1997
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 59
Venezuela :
9.424
per 1,000 people
1997
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 60
Kenya :
9.285
per 1,000 people
1997
Kenyan Agriculture
# 61
Belarus :
9.198
per 1,000 people
1997
Belarusian Agriculture
# 62
Senegal :
9.016
per 1,000 people
1997
Senegalese Agriculture
# 63
Syria :
8.874
per 1,000 people
1997
Syrian Agriculture
# 64
Peru :
8.514
per 1,000 people
1997
Peruvian Agriculture
# 65
Greece :
8.337
per 1,000 people
1997
Greek Agriculture
# 66
Ukraine :
8.273
per 1,000 people
1997
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 67
Vanuatu :
8.045
per 1,000 people
1997
- Agriculture
# 68
Equatorial Guinea :
7.994
per 1,000 people
1997
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 69
Panama :
7.696
per 1,000 people
1997
Panamanian Agriculture
# 70
Tajikistan :
7.684
per 1,000 people
1997
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 71
Spain :
7.594
per 1,000 people
1997
Spanish Agriculture
# 72
Costa Rica :
7.497
per 1,000 people
1997
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 73
Bulgaria :
7.463
per 1,000 people
1997
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 74
Ghana :
7.332
per 1,000 people
1997
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 75
Estonia :
7.307
per 1,000 people
1997
Estonian Agriculture
# 76
Latvia :
7.233
per 1,000 people
1997
Latvian Agriculture
# 77
Togo :
7.14
per 1,000 people
1997
Togolese Agriculture
# 78
Ecuador :
6.803
per 1,000 people
1997
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 79
Cameroon :
6.572
per 1,000 people
1997
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 80
Romania :
6.561
per 1,000 people
1997
Romanian Agriculture
# 81
Sierra Leone :
6.506
per 1,000 people
1997
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 82
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.469
per 1,000 people
1997
Macedonian Agriculture
# 83
Belize :
6.435
per 1,000 people
1997
Belizean Agriculture
# 84
Georgia :
6.215
per 1,000 people
1997
Georgian Agriculture
# 85
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
6.205
per 1,000 people
1997
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 86
Turkey :
6.13
per 1,000 people
1997
Turkish Agriculture
# 87
Cuba :
6.09
per 1,000 people
1997
Cuban Agriculture
# 88
Nigeria :
6.071
per 1,000 people
1997
Nigerian Agriculture
# 89
Hungary :
6.02
per 1,000 people
1997
Hungarian Agriculture
# 90
Moldova :
5.937
per 1,000 people
1997
Moldovan Agriculture
# 91
Azerbaijan :
5.854
per 1,000 people
1997
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 92
Honduras :
5.712
per 1,000 people
1997
Honduran Agriculture
# 93
Gambia, The :
5.604
per 1,000 people
1997
Gambian Agriculture
# 94
Fiji :
5.599
per 1,000 people
1997
Fijian Agriculture
# 95
Uganda :
5.487
per 1,000 people
1997
Ugandan Agriculture
# 96
Samoa :
5.353
per 1,000 people
1997
Samoan Agriculture
# 97
France :
5.147
per 1,000 people
1997
French Agriculture
# 98
Ethiopia :
5.103
per 1,000 people
1997
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 99
Denmark :
5.087
per 1,000 people
1997
Danish Agriculture
# 100
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4.858
per 1,000 people
1997
Congolese Agriculture
# 101
Poland :
4.775
per 1,000 people
1997
Polish Agriculture
# 102
Oman :
4.685
per 1,000 people
1997
Omani Agriculture
# 103
Slovakia :
4.542
per 1,000 people
1997
Slovak Agriculture
# 104
East Timor :
4.439
per 1,000 people
1997
Timorese Agriculture
# 105
Kiribati :
4.436
per 1,000 people
1997
- Agriculture
# 106
Finland :
4.424
per 1,000 people
1997
Finnish Agriculture
# 107
Benin :
4.385
per 1,000 people
1997
Beninese Agriculture
# 108
China :
4.352
per 1,000 people
1997
Chinese Agriculture
# 109
Guatemala :
4.336
per 1,000 people
1997
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 110
Austria :
4.294
per 1,000 people
1997
Austrian Agriculture
# 111
Croatia :
4.247
per 1,000 people
1997
Croatian Agriculture
# 112
Armenia :
4.225
per 1,000 people
1997
Armenian Agriculture
# 113
Iraq :
4.211
per 1,000 people
1997
Iraqi Agriculture
# 114
Malawi :
4.183
per 1,000 people
1997
Malawian Agriculture
# 115
Czech Republic :
4.154
per 1,000 people
1997
Czech Agriculture
# 116
Man, Isle of :
3.917
per 1,000 people
1997
Manx Agriculture
# 117
Cambodia :
3.835
per 1,000 people
1997
Cambodian Agriculture
# 118
Sweden :
3.683
per 1,000 people
1997
Swedish Agriculture
# 119
Malaysia :
3.682
per 1,000 people
1997
Malaysian Agriculture
# 120
Albania :
3.682
per 1,000 people
1997
Albanian Agriculture
# 121
Laos :
3.57
per 1,000 people
1997
Lao Agriculture
# 122
Portugal :
3.55
per 1,000 people
1997
Portuguese Agriculture
# 123
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.486
per 1,000 people
1997
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 124
Burundi :
3.451
per 1,000 people
1997
Burundian Agriculture
# 125
Thailand :
3.428
per 1,000 people
1997
Thai Agriculture
# 126
Tonga :
3.157
per 1,000 people
1997
Tongan Agriculture
# 127
Dominican Republic :
3.058
per 1,000 people
1997
Dominican Agriculture
# 128
United Kingdom :
3.008
per 1,000 people
1997
British Agriculture
# 129
Comoros :
2.741
per 1,000 people
1997
Comoran Agriculture
# 130
Italy :
2.697
per 1,000 people
1997
Italian Agriculture
# 131
Rwanda :
2.581
per 1,000 people
1997
Rwandan Agriculture
# 132
Marshall Islands :
2.551
per 1,000 people
1997
Marshallese Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
2.493
per 1,000 people
1997
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Jordan :
2.379
per 1,000 people
1997
Jordanian Agriculture
# 135
El Salvador :
2.378
per 1,000 people
1997
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 136
Dominica :
2.36
per 1,000 people
1997
Dominican Agriculture
# 137
Norway :
2.357
per 1,000 people
1997
Norwegian Agriculture
# 138
Burma :
2.294
per 1,000 people
1997
Burmese Agriculture
# 139
Haiti :
2.249
per 1,000 people
1997
Haitian Agriculture
# 140
Switzerland :
2.231
per 1,000 people
1997
Swiss Agriculture
# 141
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.209
per 1,000 people
1997
Nevisian Agriculture
# 142
Cyprus :
2.147
per 1,000 people
1997
Cypriot Agriculture
# 143
Indonesia :
2.141
per 1,000 people
1997
Indonesian Agriculture
# 144
Germany :
2.111
per 1,000 people
1997
German Agriculture
# 145
Pakistan :
2.1
per 1,000 people
1997
Pakistani Agriculture
# 146
Suriname :
2.085
per 1,000 people
1997
Surinamese Agriculture
# 147
Jamaica :
2.024
per 1,000 people
1997
Jamaican Agriculture
# 148
Papua New Guinea :
1.951
per 1,000 people
1997
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 149
French Polynesia :
1.921
per 1,000 people
1997
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 150
Solomon Islands :
1.896
per 1,000 people
1997
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 151
India :
1.873
per 1,000 people
1997
Indian Agriculture
# 152
Nepal :
1.827
per 1,000 people
1997
Nepalese Agriculture
# 153
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.794
per 1,000 people
1997
Barbudan Agriculture
# 154
Lebanon :
1.713
per 1,000 people
1997
Lebanese Agriculture
# 155
Cape Verde :
1.713
per 1,000 people
1997
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 156
Philippines :
1.589
per 1,000 people
1997
Philippine Agriculture
# 157
United Arab Emirates :
1.508
per 1,000 people
1997
Emirati Agriculture
# 158
Guam :
1.339
per 1,000 people
1997
Guamanian Agriculture
# 159
Qatar :
1.298
per 1,000 people
1997
Qatari Agriculture
# 160
Saint Lucia :
1.269
per 1,000 people
1997
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 161
Netherlands :
1.26
per 1,000 people
1997
Dutch Agriculture
# 162
Sri Lanka :
1.254
per 1,000 people
1997
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 163
Grenada :
1.206
per 1,000 people
1997
Grenadian Agriculture
# 164
Vietnam :
1.039
per 1,000 people
1997
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 165
Mauritius :
0.975
per 1,000 people
1997
Mauritian Agriculture
# 166
Israel :
0.965
per 1,000 people
1997
Israeli Agriculture
# 167
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.963
per 1,000 people
1997
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 168
Puerto Rico :
0.779
per 1,000 people
1997
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 169
Seychelles :
0.776
per 1,000 people
1997
Seychellois Agriculture
# 170
Virgin Islands :
0.745
per 1,000 people
1997
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 171
Bangladesh :
0.728
per 1,000 people
1997
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 172
Kuwait :
0.722
per 1,000 people
1997
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 173
Barbados :
0.72
per 1,000 people
1997
Barbadian Agriculture
# 174
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.558
per 1,000 people
1997
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
0.44
per 1,000 people
1997
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 176
Japan :
0.425
per 1,000 people
1997
Japanese Agriculture
# 177
Bahamas, The :
0.416
per 1,000 people
1997
Bahamian Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
0.337
per 1,000 people
1997
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
0.322
per 1,000 people
1997
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Malta :
0.261
per 1,000 people
1997
Maltese Agriculture
# 181
Bermuda :
0.162
per 1,000 people
1997
Bermudian Agriculture
# 182
Bahrain :
0.145
per 1,000 people
1997
Bahraini Agriculture
# 183
Singapore :
0.003
per 1,000 people
1997
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
18.2
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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