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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) (1998) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
502.086
per 1,000 people
1998
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
247.868
per 1,000 people
1998
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
214.951
per 1,000 people
1998
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Mauritania :
159.224
per 1,000 people
1998
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 5
Botswana :
150.937
per 1,000 people
1998
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
137.599
per 1,000 people
1998
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
87.281
per 1,000 people
1998
Saudi Agriculture
# 8
Iceland :
83.248
per 1,000 people
1998
Icelandic Agriculture
# 9
Turkmenistan :
73.834
per 1,000 people
1998
Turkmen Agriculture
# 10
Somalia :
66.54
per 1,000 people
1998
Somali Agriculture
# 11
Chad :
63.046
per 1,000 people
1998
Chadian Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
46.328
per 1,000 people
1998
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
Uruguay :
45.55
per 1,000 people
1998
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 14
Angola :
43.591
per 1,000 people
1998
Angolan Agriculture
# 15
Gabon :
42.474
per 1,000 people
1998
Gabonese Agriculture
# 16
Sudan :
42.419
per 1,000 people
1998
Sudanese Agriculture
# 17
Greenland :
41.889
per 1,000 people
1998
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 18
New Zealand :
39.064
per 1,000 people
1998
New Zealand Agriculture
# 19
Paraguay :
38.232
per 1,000 people
1998
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 20
Argentina :
35.567
per 1,000 people
1998
Argentine Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
34.207
per 1,000 people
1998
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Niger :
32.736
per 1,000 people
1998
Nigerien Agriculture
# 23
Congo, Republic of the :
32.708
per 1,000 people
1998
Congolese Agriculture
# 24
Libya :
30.287
per 1,000 people
1998
Libyan Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
28.137
per 1,000 people
1998
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Madagascar :
25.214
per 1,000 people
1998
Malagasy Agriculture
# 27
Zambia :
23.957
per 1,000 people
1998
Zambian Agriculture
# 28
South Africa :
23.79
per 1,000 people
1998
South African Agriculture
# 29
Guyana :
23.461
per 1,000 people
1998
Guyanese Agriculture
# 30
Eritrea :
22.54
per 1,000 people
1998
Eritrean Agriculture
# 31
Canada :
22.426
per 1,000 people
1998
Canadian Agriculture
# 32
Djibouti :
22.399
per 1,000 people
1998
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 33
Kyrgyzstan :
22.285
per 1,000 people
1998
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 34
Guinea :
15.852
per 1,000 people
1998
Guinean Agriculture
# 35
Brazil :
15.408
per 1,000 people
1998
Brazilian Agriculture
# 36
United States :
15.029
per 1,000 people
1998
American Agriculture
# 37
Russia :
14.792
per 1,000 people
1998
Russian Agriculture
# 38
Central African Republic :
14.126
per 1,000 people
1998
Central African Agriculture
# 39
Swaziland :
13.538
per 1,000 people
1998
Swazi Agriculture
# 40
Algeria :
13.447
per 1,000 people
1998
Algerian Agriculture
# 41
Lesotho :
13.261
per 1,000 people
1998
Basotho Agriculture
# 42
Côte d'Ivoire :
12.313
per 1,000 people
1998
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 43
Guinea-Bissau :
12.205
per 1,000 people
1998
Guinean Agriculture
# 44
Ireland :
11.894
per 1,000 people
1998
Irish Agriculture
# 45
New Caledonia :
11.707
per 1,000 people
1998
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 46
Zimbabwe :
11.646
per 1,000 people
1998
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 47
Uzbekistan :
11.366
per 1,000 people
1998
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 48
Colombia :
11.295
per 1,000 people
1998
Colombian Agriculture
# 49
Mexico :
11.265
per 1,000 people
1998
Mexican Agriculture
# 50
Morocco :
11.187
per 1,000 people
1998
Moroccan Agriculture
# 51
Bhutan :
10.569
per 1,000 people
1998
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 52
Tanzania :
10.541
per 1,000 people
1998
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 53
Nicaragua :
10.292
per 1,000 people
1998
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 54
Chile :
10.127
per 1,000 people
1998
Chilean Agriculture
# 55
Tunisia :
10.093
per 1,000 people
1998
Tunisian Agriculture
# 56
Lithuania :
9.634
per 1,000 people
1998
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 57
Liberia :
9.468
per 1,000 people
1998
Liberian Agriculture
# 58
Burkina Faso :
9.332
per 1,000 people
1998
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 59
Venezuela :
9.244
per 1,000 people
1998
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 60
Belarus :
9.243
per 1,000 people
1998
Belarusian Agriculture
# 61
Kenya :
9.02
per 1,000 people
1998
Kenyan Agriculture
# 62
Senegal :
8.801
per 1,000 people
1998
Senegalese Agriculture
# 63
Syria :
8.614
per 1,000 people
1998
Syrian Agriculture
# 64
Peru :
8.379
per 1,000 people
1998
Peruvian Agriculture
# 65
Ukraine :
8.298
per 1,000 people
1998
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 66
Greece :
8.105
per 1,000 people
1998
Greek Agriculture
# 67
Vanuatu :
7.99
per 1,000 people
1998
- Agriculture
# 68
Equatorial Guinea :
7.804
per 1,000 people
1998
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 69
Panama :
7.575
per 1,000 people
1998
Panamanian Agriculture
# 70
Tajikistan :
7.555
per 1,000 people
1998
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 71
Spain :
7.542
per 1,000 people
1998
Spanish Agriculture
# 72
Estonia :
7.524
per 1,000 people
1998
Estonian Agriculture
# 73
Ghana :
7.381
per 1,000 people
1998
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 74
Costa Rica :
7.311
per 1,000 people
1998
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 75
Latvia :
7.257
per 1,000 people
1998
Latvian Agriculture
# 76
Togo :
7.044
per 1,000 people
1998
Togolese Agriculture
# 77
Bulgaria :
6.837
per 1,000 people
1998
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 78
Ecuador :
6.715
per 1,000 people
1998
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 79
Romania :
6.553
per 1,000 people
1998
Romanian Agriculture
# 80
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.478
per 1,000 people
1998
Macedonian Agriculture
# 81
Cameroon :
6.429
per 1,000 people
1998
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 82
Sierra Leone :
6.404
per 1,000 people
1998
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 83
Georgia :
6.306
per 1,000 people
1998
Georgian Agriculture
# 84
Belize :
6.205
per 1,000 people
1998
Belizean Agriculture
# 85
Turkey :
6.127
per 1,000 people
1998
Turkish Agriculture
# 86
Nigeria :
6.062
per 1,000 people
1998
Nigerian Agriculture
# 87
Cuba :
6.049
per 1,000 people
1998
Cuban Agriculture
# 88
Hungary :
6.032
per 1,000 people
1998
Hungarian Agriculture
# 89
Moldova :
6.007
per 1,000 people
1998
Moldovan Agriculture
# 90
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
5.97
per 1,000 people
1998
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 91
Azerbaijan :
5.917
per 1,000 people
1998
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 92
Honduras :
5.561
per 1,000 people
1998
Honduran Agriculture
# 93
Gambia, The :
5.542
per 1,000 people
1998
Gambian Agriculture
# 94
Fiji :
5.413
per 1,000 people
1998
Fijian Agriculture
# 95
Uganda :
5.348
per 1,000 people
1998
Ugandan Agriculture
# 96
Samoa :
5.295
per 1,000 people
1998
Samoan Agriculture
# 97
France :
5.125
per 1,000 people
1998
French Agriculture
# 98
Denmark :
5.041
per 1,000 people
1998
Danish Agriculture
# 99
Ethiopia :
4.98
per 1,000 people
1998
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 100
Poland :
4.77
per 1,000 people
1998
Polish Agriculture
# 101
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4.766
per 1,000 people
1998
Congolese Agriculture
# 102
Oman :
4.571
per 1,000 people
1998
Omani Agriculture
# 103
Croatia :
4.551
per 1,000 people
1998
Croatian Agriculture
# 104
Slovakia :
4.532
per 1,000 people
1998
Slovak Agriculture
# 105
Benin :
4.496
per 1,000 people
1998
Beninese Agriculture
# 106
Finland :
4.494
per 1,000 people
1998
Finnish Agriculture
# 107
East Timor :
4.393
per 1,000 people
1998
Timorese Agriculture
# 108
China :
4.331
per 1,000 people
1998
Chinese Agriculture
# 109
Kiribati :
4.302
per 1,000 people
1998
- Agriculture
# 110
Austria :
4.283
per 1,000 people
1998
Austrian Agriculture
# 111
Armenia :
4.264
per 1,000 people
1998
Armenian Agriculture
# 112
Malawi :
4.203
per 1,000 people
1998
Malawian Agriculture
# 113
Iraq :
4.192
per 1,000 people
1998
Iraqi Agriculture
# 114
Czech Republic :
4.161
per 1,000 people
1998
Czech Agriculture
# 115
Guatemala :
4.154
per 1,000 people
1998
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 116
Man, Isle of :
3.826
per 1,000 people
1998
Manx Agriculture
# 117
Cambodia :
3.791
per 1,000 people
1998
Cambodian Agriculture
# 118
Portugal :
3.722
per 1,000 people
1998
Portuguese Agriculture
# 119
Albania :
3.71
per 1,000 people
1998
Albanian Agriculture
# 120
Sweden :
3.65
per 1,000 people
1998
Swedish Agriculture
# 121
Malaysia :
3.593
per 1,000 people
1998
Malaysian Agriculture
# 122
Burundi :
3.576
per 1,000 people
1998
Burundian Agriculture
# 123
Laos :
3.542
per 1,000 people
1998
Lao Agriculture
# 124
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.499
per 1,000 people
1998
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 125
Thailand :
3.328
per 1,000 people
1998
Thai Agriculture
# 126
Tonga :
3.135
per 1,000 people
1998
Tongan Agriculture
# 127
Dominican Republic :
3.005
per 1,000 people
1998
Dominican Agriculture
# 128
United Kingdom :
2.99
per 1,000 people
1998
British Agriculture
# 129
Comoros :
2.722
per 1,000 people
1998
Comoran Agriculture
# 130
Italy :
2.721
per 1,000 people
1998
Italian Agriculture
# 131
Marshall Islands :
2.552
per 1,000 people
1998
Marshallese Agriculture
# 132
Slovenia :
2.472
per 1,000 people
1998
Slovenian Agriculture
# 133
El Salvador :
2.403
per 1,000 people
1998
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 134
Dominica :
2.367
per 1,000 people
1998
Dominican Agriculture
# 135
Norway :
2.362
per 1,000 people
1998
Norwegian Agriculture
# 136
Rwanda :
2.359
per 1,000 people
1998
Rwandan Agriculture
# 137
Jordan :
2.319
per 1,000 people
1998
Jordanian Agriculture
# 138
Burma :
2.261
per 1,000 people
1998
Burmese Agriculture
# 139
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.243
per 1,000 people
1998
Nevisian Agriculture
# 140
Switzerland :
2.222
per 1,000 people
1998
Swiss Agriculture
# 141
Haiti :
2.217
per 1,000 people
1998
Haitian Agriculture
# 142
Cyprus :
2.165
per 1,000 people
1998
Cypriot Agriculture
# 143
Indonesia :
2.137
per 1,000 people
1998
Indonesian Agriculture
# 144
Germany :
2.117
per 1,000 people
1998
German Agriculture
# 145
Suriname :
2.065
per 1,000 people
1998
Surinamese Agriculture
# 146
Pakistan :
2.05
per 1,000 people
1998
Pakistani Agriculture
# 147
Jamaica :
2.006
per 1,000 people
1998
Jamaican Agriculture
# 148
Papua New Guinea :
1.927
per 1,000 people
1998
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 149
French Polynesia :
1.886
per 1,000 people
1998
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 150
Solomon Islands :
1.869
per 1,000 people
1998
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 151
India :
1.843
per 1,000 people
1998
Indian Agriculture
# 152
Nepal :
1.786
per 1,000 people
1998
Nepalese Agriculture
# 153
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.759
per 1,000 people
1998
Barbudan Agriculture
# 154
Lebanon :
1.701
per 1,000 people
1998
Lebanese Agriculture
# 155
Cape Verde :
1.674
per 1,000 people
1998
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 156
Philippines :
1.591
per 1,000 people
1998
Philippine Agriculture
# 157
United Arab Emirates :
1.422
per 1,000 people
1998
Emirati Agriculture
# 158
Guam :
1.323
per 1,000 people
1998
Guamanian Agriculture
# 159
Qatar :
1.267
per 1,000 people
1998
Qatari Agriculture
# 160
Netherlands :
1.257
per 1,000 people
1998
Dutch Agriculture
# 161
Saint Lucia :
1.25
per 1,000 people
1998
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 162
Sri Lanka :
1.241
per 1,000 people
1998
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 163
Grenada :
1.199
per 1,000 people
1998
Grenadian Agriculture
# 164
Vietnam :
1.053
per 1,000 people
1998
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 165
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.958
per 1,000 people
1998
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 166
Mauritius :
0.957
per 1,000 people
1998
Mauritian Agriculture
# 167
Israel :
0.941
per 1,000 people
1998
Israeli Agriculture
# 168
Seychelles :
0.761
per 1,000 people
1998
Seychellois Agriculture
# 169
Virgin Islands :
0.742
per 1,000 people
1998
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 170
Puerto Rico :
0.725
per 1,000 people
1998
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 171
Bangladesh :
0.721
per 1,000 people
1998
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 172
Barbados :
0.718
per 1,000 people
1998
Barbadian Agriculture
# 173
Kuwait :
0.705
per 1,000 people
1998
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 174
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.517
per 1,000 people
1998
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
0.447
per 1,000 people
1998
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 176
Japan :
0.42
per 1,000 people
1998
Japanese Agriculture
# 177
Bahamas, The :
0.41
per 1,000 people
1998
Bahamian Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
0.328
per 1,000 people
1998
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
0.315
per 1,000 people
1998
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Malta :
0.234
per 1,000 people
1998
Maltese Agriculture
# 181
Bermuda :
0.161
per 1,000 people
1998
Bermudian Agriculture
# 182
Bahrain :
0.141
per 1,000 people
1998
Bahraini Agriculture
# 183
Singapore :
0.003
per 1,000 people
1998
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
17.9
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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