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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) (1999) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
547.789
per 1,000 people
1999
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
239.738
per 1,000 people
1999
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
209.505
per 1,000 people
1999
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Mauritania :
154.749
per 1,000 people
1999
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 5
Botswana :
148.874
per 1,000 people
1999
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
137.277
per 1,000 people
1999
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
86.041
per 1,000 people
1999
Saudi Agriculture
# 8
Iceland :
82.198
per 1,000 people
1999
Icelandic Agriculture
# 9
Turkmenistan :
73.044
per 1,000 people
1999
Turkmen Agriculture
# 10
Somalia :
64.718
per 1,000 people
1999
Somali Agriculture
# 11
Chad :
61.082
per 1,000 people
1999
Chadian Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
45.414
per 1,000 people
1999
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
Uruguay :
45.338
per 1,000 people
1999
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 14
Angola :
42.516
per 1,000 people
1999
Angolan Agriculture
# 15
Greenland :
41.889
per 1,000 people
1999
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 16
Sudan :
41.501
per 1,000 people
1999
Sudanese Agriculture
# 17
Gabon :
41.461
per 1,000 people
1999
Gabonese Agriculture
# 18
New Zealand :
38.859
per 1,000 people
1999
New Zealand Agriculture
# 19
Paraguay :
38.352
per 1,000 people
1999
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 20
Argentina :
35.25
per 1,000 people
1999
Argentine Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
33.265
per 1,000 people
1999
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Niger :
32.503
per 1,000 people
1999
Nigerien Agriculture
# 23
Congo, Republic of the :
31.67
per 1,000 people
1999
Congolese Agriculture
# 24
Libya :
29.696
per 1,000 people
1999
Libyan Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
27.496
per 1,000 people
1999
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Madagascar :
25.115
per 1,000 people
1999
Malagasy Agriculture
# 27
Zambia :
23.616
per 1,000 people
1999
Zambian Agriculture
# 28
Guyana :
23.4
per 1,000 people
1999
Guyanese Agriculture
# 29
South Africa :
23.213
per 1,000 people
1999
South African Agriculture
# 30
Djibouti :
22.367
per 1,000 people
1999
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 31
Canada :
22.205
per 1,000 people
1999
Canadian Agriculture
# 32
Kyrgyzstan :
22.049
per 1,000 people
1999
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 33
Eritrea :
21.797
per 1,000 people
1999
Eritrean Agriculture
# 34
Guinea :
15.659
per 1,000 people
1999
Guinean Agriculture
# 35
Brazil :
15.219
per 1,000 people
1999
Brazilian Agriculture
# 36
United States :
14.833
per 1,000 people
1999
American Agriculture
# 37
Russia :
14.817
per 1,000 people
1999
Russian Agriculture
# 38
Central African Republic :
13.864
per 1,000 people
1999
Central African Agriculture
# 39
Algeria :
13.229
per 1,000 people
1999
Algerian Agriculture
# 40
Swaziland :
13.153
per 1,000 people
1999
Swazi Agriculture
# 41
Lesotho :
13.127
per 1,000 people
1999
Basotho Agriculture
# 42
Guinea-Bissau :
12.111
per 1,000 people
1999
Guinean Agriculture
# 43
Côte d'Ivoire :
11.964
per 1,000 people
1999
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 44
Ireland :
11.766
per 1,000 people
1999
Irish Agriculture
# 45
Zimbabwe :
11.655
per 1,000 people
1999
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 46
New Caledonia :
11.458
per 1,000 people
1999
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 47
Uzbekistan :
11.202
per 1,000 people
1999
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 48
Colombia :
11.137
per 1,000 people
1999
Colombian Agriculture
# 49
Mexico :
11.109
per 1,000 people
1999
Mexican Agriculture
# 50
Morocco :
10.929
per 1,000 people
1999
Moroccan Agriculture
# 51
Nicaragua :
10.301
per 1,000 people
1999
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 52
Tanzania :
10.293
per 1,000 people
1999
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 53
Bhutan :
10.287
per 1,000 people
1999
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 54
Tunisia :
10.074
per 1,000 people
1999
Tunisian Agriculture
# 55
Lithuania :
9.901
per 1,000 people
1999
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 56
Chile :
9.893
per 1,000 people
1999
Chilean Agriculture
# 57
Belarus :
9.249
per 1,000 people
1999
Belarusian Agriculture
# 58
Burkina Faso :
9.12
per 1,000 people
1999
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 59
Venezuela :
9.064
per 1,000 people
1999
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 60
Kenya :
8.955
per 1,000 people
1999
Kenyan Agriculture
# 61
Liberia :
8.834
per 1,000 people
1999
Liberian Agriculture
# 62
Senegal :
8.634
per 1,000 people
1999
Senegalese Agriculture
# 63
Syria :
8.401
per 1,000 people
1999
Syrian Agriculture
# 64
Ukraine :
8.345
per 1,000 people
1999
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 65
Peru :
8.267
per 1,000 people
1999
Peruvian Agriculture
# 66
Greece :
7.967
per 1,000 people
1999
Greek Agriculture
# 67
Vanuatu :
7.833
per 1,000 people
1999
- Agriculture
# 68
Equatorial Guinea :
7.619
per 1,000 people
1999
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 69
Tajikistan :
7.492
per 1,000 people
1999
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 70
Spain :
7.458
per 1,000 people
1999
Spanish Agriculture
# 71
Panama :
7.455
per 1,000 people
1999
Panamanian Agriculture
# 72
Ghana :
7.307
per 1,000 people
1999
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 73
Estonia :
7.277
per 1,000 people
1999
Estonian Agriculture
# 74
Costa Rica :
7.162
per 1,000 people
1999
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 75
Togo :
6.993
per 1,000 people
1999
Togolese Agriculture
# 76
Bulgaria :
6.919
per 1,000 people
1999
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 77
Latvia :
6.766
per 1,000 people
1999
Latvian Agriculture
# 78
Ecuador :
6.658
per 1,000 people
1999
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 79
Romania :
6.582
per 1,000 people
1999
Romanian Agriculture
# 80
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.404
per 1,000 people
1999
Macedonian Agriculture
# 81
Cameroon :
6.294
per 1,000 people
1999
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 82
Georgia :
6.282
per 1,000 people
1999
Georgian Agriculture
# 83
Sierra Leone :
6.261
per 1,000 people
1999
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 84
Belize :
6.17
per 1,000 people
1999
Belizean Agriculture
# 85
Moldova :
6.087
per 1,000 people
1999
Moldovan Agriculture
# 86
Turkey :
6.079
per 1,000 people
1999
Turkish Agriculture
# 87
Hungary :
6.042
per 1,000 people
1999
Hungarian Agriculture
# 88
Cuba :
6.01
per 1,000 people
1999
Cuban Agriculture
# 89
Nigeria :
5.907
per 1,000 people
1999
Nigerian Agriculture
# 90
Azerbaijan :
5.878
per 1,000 people
1999
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 91
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
5.614
per 1,000 people
1999
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 92
Gambia, The :
5.56
per 1,000 people
1999
Gambian Agriculture
# 93
Fiji :
5.333
per 1,000 people
1999
Fijian Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
5.326
per 1,000 people
1999
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Uganda :
5.188
per 1,000 people
1999
Ugandan Agriculture
# 96
France :
5.1
per 1,000 people
1999
French Agriculture
# 97
Denmark :
4.971
per 1,000 people
1999
Danish Agriculture
# 98
Samoa :
4.896
per 1,000 people
1999
Samoan Agriculture
# 99
Ethiopia :
4.886
per 1,000 people
1999
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 100
Poland :
4.769
per 1,000 people
1999
Polish Agriculture
# 101
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4.673
per 1,000 people
1999
Congolese Agriculture
# 102
Slovakia :
4.528
per 1,000 people
1999
Slovak Agriculture
# 103
Oman :
4.481
per 1,000 people
1999
Omani Agriculture
# 104
Croatia :
4.466
per 1,000 people
1999
Croatian Agriculture
# 105
Benin :
4.453
per 1,000 people
1999
Beninese Agriculture
# 106
Finland :
4.441
per 1,000 people
1999
Finnish Agriculture
# 107
China :
4.346
per 1,000 people
1999
Chinese Agriculture
# 108
East Timor :
4.321
per 1,000 people
1999
Timorese Agriculture
# 109
Armenia :
4.29
per 1,000 people
1999
Armenian Agriculture
# 110
Austria :
4.236
per 1,000 people
1999
Austrian Agriculture
# 111
Kiribati :
4.186
per 1,000 people
1999
- Agriculture
# 112
Malawi :
4.17
per 1,000 people
1999
Malawian Agriculture
# 113
Czech Republic :
4.164
per 1,000 people
1999
Czech Agriculture
# 114
Guatemala :
4.07
per 1,000 people
1999
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 115
Iraq :
4.034
per 1,000 people
1999
Iraqi Agriculture
# 116
Portugal :
3.797
per 1,000 people
1999
Portuguese Agriculture
# 117
Albania :
3.738
per 1,000 people
1999
Albanian Agriculture
# 118
Man, Isle of :
3.736
per 1,000 people
1999
Manx Agriculture
# 119
Cambodia :
3.718
per 1,000 people
1999
Cambodian Agriculture
# 120
Sweden :
3.606
per 1,000 people
1999
Swedish Agriculture
# 121
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.579
per 1,000 people
1999
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 122
Burundi :
3.538
per 1,000 people
1999
Burundian Agriculture
# 123
Laos :
3.521
per 1,000 people
1999
Lao Agriculture
# 124
Malaysia :
3.509
per 1,000 people
1999
Malaysian Agriculture
# 125
Thailand :
3.29
per 1,000 people
1999
Thai Agriculture
# 126
Tonga :
3.113
per 1,000 people
1999
Tongan Agriculture
# 127
Dominican Republic :
2.933
per 1,000 people
1999
Dominican Agriculture
# 128
United Kingdom :
2.932
per 1,000 people
1999
British Agriculture
# 129
Italy :
2.776
per 1,000 people
1999
Italian Agriculture
# 130
Comoros :
2.703
per 1,000 people
1999
Comoran Agriculture
# 131
Dominica :
2.656
per 1,000 people
1999
Dominican Agriculture
# 132
Marshall Islands :
2.554
per 1,000 people
1999
Marshallese Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
2.518
per 1,000 people
1999
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
El Salvador :
2.405
per 1,000 people
1999
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 135
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.366
per 1,000 people
1999
Nevisian Agriculture
# 136
Norway :
2.327
per 1,000 people
1999
Norwegian Agriculture
# 137
Jordan :
2.28
per 1,000 people
1999
Jordanian Agriculture
# 138
Burma :
2.252
per 1,000 people
1999
Burmese Agriculture
# 139
Rwanda :
2.215
per 1,000 people
1999
Rwandan Agriculture
# 140
Switzerland :
2.213
per 1,000 people
1999
Swiss Agriculture
# 141
Haiti :
2.185
per 1,000 people
1999
Haitian Agriculture
# 142
Indonesia :
2.158
per 1,000 people
1999
Indonesian Agriculture
# 143
Cyprus :
2.126
per 1,000 people
1999
Cypriot Agriculture
# 144
Germany :
2.089
per 1,000 people
1999
German Agriculture
# 145
Suriname :
2.046
per 1,000 people
1999
Surinamese Agriculture
# 146
Pakistan :
1.994
per 1,000 people
1999
Pakistani Agriculture
# 147
Jamaica :
1.993
per 1,000 people
1999
Jamaican Agriculture
# 148
Papua New Guinea :
1.918
per 1,000 people
1999
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 149
Solomon Islands :
1.866
per 1,000 people
1999
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 150
French Polynesia :
1.853
per 1,000 people
1999
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 151
India :
1.811
per 1,000 people
1999
Indian Agriculture
# 152
Nepal :
1.747
per 1,000 people
1999
Nepalese Agriculture
# 153
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.728
per 1,000 people
1999
Barbudan Agriculture
# 154
United Arab Emirates :
1.718
per 1,000 people
1999
Emirati Agriculture
# 155
Cape Verde :
1.613
per 1,000 people
1999
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 156
Lebanon :
1.563
per 1,000 people
1999
Lebanese Agriculture
# 157
Philippines :
1.553
per 1,000 people
1999
Philippine Agriculture
# 158
Guam :
1.306
per 1,000 people
1999
Guamanian Agriculture
# 159
Netherlands :
1.245
per 1,000 people
1999
Dutch Agriculture
# 160
Sri Lanka :
1.231
per 1,000 people
1999
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 161
Qatar :
1.225
per 1,000 people
1999
Qatari Agriculture
# 162
Grenada :
1.192
per 1,000 people
1999
Grenadian Agriculture
# 163
Saint Lucia :
1.171
per 1,000 people
1999
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 164
Vietnam :
1.085
per 1,000 people
1999
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 165
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.954
per 1,000 people
1999
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 166
Mauritius :
0.944
per 1,000 people
1999
Mauritian Agriculture
# 167
Israel :
0.913
per 1,000 people
1999
Israeli Agriculture
# 168
Seychelles :
0.746
per 1,000 people
1999
Seychellois Agriculture
# 169
Barbados :
0.716
per 1,000 people
1999
Barbadian Agriculture
# 170
Bangladesh :
0.715
per 1,000 people
1999
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 171
Puerto Rico :
0.686
per 1,000 people
1999
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 172
Kuwait :
0.683
per 1,000 people
1999
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 173
Virgin Islands :
0.647
per 1,000 people
1999
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 174
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.523
per 1,000 people
1999
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
0.453
per 1,000 people
1999
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 176
Japan :
0.416
per 1,000 people
1999
Japanese Agriculture
# 177
Bahamas, The :
0.404
per 1,000 people
1999
Bahamian Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
0.319
per 1,000 people
1999
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
0.307
per 1,000 people
1999
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Malta :
0.232
per 1,000 people
1999
Maltese Agriculture
# 181
Bermuda :
0.161
per 1,000 people
1999
Bermudian Agriculture
# 182
Bahrain :
0.152
per 1,000 people
1999
Bahraini Agriculture
# 183
Singapore :
0.003
per 1,000 people
1999
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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