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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) (2001) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
538.127
per 1,000 people
2001
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
234.74
per 1,000 people
2001
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
201.147
per 1,000 people
2001
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Botswana :
146.134
per 1,000 people
2001
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 5
Mauritania :
145.78
per 1,000 people
2001
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
139.563
per 1,000 people
2001
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
82.277
per 1,000 people
2001
Saudi Agriculture
# 8
Iceland :
80.035
per 1,000 people
2001
Icelandic Agriculture
# 9
Turkmenistan :
71.127
per 1,000 people
2001
Turkmen Agriculture
# 10
Somalia :
60.971
per 1,000 people
2001
Somali Agriculture
# 11
Chad :
57.177
per 1,000 people
2001
Chadian Agriculture
# 12
Uruguay :
45.204
per 1,000 people
2001
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 13
Bolivia :
43.597
per 1,000 people
2001
Bolivian Agriculture
# 14
Greenland :
41.704
per 1,000 people
2001
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 15
Angola :
40.31
per 1,000 people
2001
Angolan Agriculture
# 16
Sudan :
39.821
per 1,000 people
2001
Sudanese Agriculture
# 17
Gabon :
39.78
per 1,000 people
2001
Gabonese Agriculture
# 18
New Zealand :
39.732
per 1,000 people
2001
New Zealand Agriculture
# 19
Paraguay :
37.011
per 1,000 people
2001
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 20
Argentina :
34.571
per 1,000 people
2001
Argentine Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
32.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Niger :
31.165
per 1,000 people
2001
Nigerien Agriculture
# 23
Congo, Republic of the :
29.715
per 1,000 people
2001
Congolese Agriculture
# 24
Libya :
28.55
per 1,000 people
2001
Libyan Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
26.399
per 1,000 people
2001
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Madagascar :
24.505
per 1,000 people
2001
Malagasy Agriculture
# 27
Zambia :
23.003
per 1,000 people
2001
Zambian Agriculture
# 28
Djibouti :
22.929
per 1,000 people
2001
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 29
Guyana :
22.904
per 1,000 people
2001
Guyanese Agriculture
# 30
South Africa :
22.235
per 1,000 people
2001
South African Agriculture
# 31
Kyrgyzstan :
21.749
per 1,000 people
2001
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 32
Canada :
21.717
per 1,000 people
2001
Canadian Agriculture
# 33
Eritrea :
20.32
per 1,000 people
2001
Eritrean Agriculture
# 34
Guinea :
15.293
per 1,000 people
2001
Guinean Agriculture
# 35
Brazil :
14.938
per 1,000 people
2001
Brazilian Agriculture
# 36
Russia :
14.859
per 1,000 people
2001
Russian Agriculture
# 37
United States :
14.543
per 1,000 people
2001
American Agriculture
# 38
Central African Republic :
13.426
per 1,000 people
2001
Central African Agriculture
# 39
Lesotho :
12.997
per 1,000 people
2001
Basotho Agriculture
# 40
Algeria :
12.974
per 1,000 people
2001
Algerian Agriculture
# 41
Swaziland :
12.566
per 1,000 people
2001
Swazi Agriculture
# 42
Zimbabwe :
11.726
per 1,000 people
2001
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 43
Guinea-Bissau :
11.577
per 1,000 people
2001
Guinean Agriculture
# 44
Côte d'Ivoire :
11.495
per 1,000 people
2001
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 45
Ireland :
11.406
per 1,000 people
2001
Irish Agriculture
# 46
New Caledonia :
11.32
per 1,000 people
2001
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 47
Uzbekistan :
10.946
per 1,000 people
2001
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 48
Mexico :
10.849
per 1,000 people
2001
Mexican Agriculture
# 49
Morocco :
10.533
per 1,000 people
2001
Moroccan Agriculture
# 50
Nicaragua :
10.306
per 1,000 people
2001
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 51
Colombia :
9.856
per 1,000 people
2001
Colombian Agriculture
# 52
Tanzania :
9.824
per 1,000 people
2001
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 53
Tunisia :
9.82
per 1,000 people
2001
Tunisian Agriculture
# 54
Bhutan :
9.734
per 1,000 people
2001
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 55
Chile :
9.714
per 1,000 people
2001
Chilean Agriculture
# 56
Belarus :
9.155
per 1,000 people
2001
Belarusian Agriculture
# 57
Burkina Faso :
9.103
per 1,000 people
2001
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 58
Venezuela :
8.64
per 1,000 people
2001
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 59
Kenya :
8.557
per 1,000 people
2001
Kenyan Agriculture
# 60
Ukraine :
8.501
per 1,000 people
2001
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 61
Lithuania :
8.319
per 1,000 people
2001
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 62
Senegal :
8.313
per 1,000 people
2001
Senegalese Agriculture
# 63
Liberia :
8.194
per 1,000 people
2001
Liberian Agriculture
# 64
Peru :
8.023
per 1,000 people
2001
Peruvian Agriculture
# 65
Syria :
7.958
per 1,000 people
2001
Syrian Agriculture
# 66
Greece :
7.764
per 1,000 people
2001
Greek Agriculture
# 67
Vanuatu :
7.525
per 1,000 people
2001
- Agriculture
# 68
Panama :
7.417
per 1,000 people
2001
Panamanian Agriculture
# 69
Tajikistan :
7.322
per 1,000 people
2001
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 70
Equatorial Guinea :
7.269
per 1,000 people
2001
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 71
Spain :
7.249
per 1,000 people
2001
Spanish Agriculture
# 72
Ghana :
7.169
per 1,000 people
2001
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 73
Bulgaria :
6.951
per 1,000 people
2001
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 74
Costa Rica :
6.825
per 1,000 people
2001
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 75
Latvia :
6.702
per 1,000 people
2001
Latvian Agriculture
# 76
Romania :
6.686
per 1,000 people
2001
Romanian Agriculture
# 77
Togo :
6.568
per 1,000 people
2001
Togolese Agriculture
# 78
Estonia :
6.524
per 1,000 people
2001
Estonian Agriculture
# 79
Georgia :
6.436
per 1,000 people
2001
Georgian Agriculture
# 80
Ecuador :
6.235
per 1,000 people
2001
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 81
Moldova :
6.209
per 1,000 people
2001
Moldovan Agriculture
# 82
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.16
per 1,000 people
2001
Macedonian Agriculture
# 83
Cameroon :
6.043
per 1,000 people
2001
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 84
Turkey :
5.978
per 1,000 people
2001
Turkish Agriculture
# 85
Cuba :
5.963
per 1,000 people
2001
Cuban Agriculture
# 86
Sierra Leone :
5.903
per 1,000 people
2001
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 87
Azerbaijan :
5.851
per 1,000 people
2001
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 88
Belize :
5.791
per 1,000 people
2001
Belizean Agriculture
# 89
Gambia, The :
5.779
per 1,000 people
2001
Gambian Agriculture
# 90
Hungary :
5.757
per 1,000 people
2001
Hungarian Agriculture
# 91
Nigeria :
5.615
per 1,000 people
2001
Nigerian Agriculture
# 92
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
5.451
per 1,000 people
2001
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 93
Fiji :
5.228
per 1,000 people
2001
Fijian Agriculture
# 94
France :
5.006
per 1,000 people
2001
French Agriculture
# 95
Denmark :
4.997
per 1,000 people
2001
Danish Agriculture
# 96
Uganda :
4.903
per 1,000 people
2001
Ugandan Agriculture
# 97
Samoa :
4.799
per 1,000 people
2001
Samoan Agriculture
# 98
Ethiopia :
4.775
per 1,000 people
2001
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 99
Croatia :
4.693
per 1,000 people
2001
Croatian Agriculture
# 100
Poland :
4.65
per 1,000 people
2001
Polish Agriculture
# 101
East Timor :
4.598
per 1,000 people
2001
Timorese Agriculture
# 102
Honduras :
4.461
per 1,000 people
2001
Honduran Agriculture
# 103
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4.444
per 1,000 people
2001
Congolese Agriculture
# 104
Benin :
4.397
per 1,000 people
2001
Beninese Agriculture
# 105
Oman :
4.374
per 1,000 people
2001
Omani Agriculture
# 106
Armenia :
4.291
per 1,000 people
2001
Armenian Agriculture
# 107
Finland :
4.283
per 1,000 people
2001
Finnish Agriculture
# 108
China :
4.272
per 1,000 people
2001
Chinese Agriculture
# 109
Austria :
4.197
per 1,000 people
2001
Austrian Agriculture
# 110
Slovakia :
4.192
per 1,000 people
2001
Slovak Agriculture
# 111
Czech Republic :
4.184
per 1,000 people
2001
Czech Agriculture
# 112
Malawi :
4.086
per 1,000 people
2001
Malawian Agriculture
# 113
Kiribati :
3.987
per 1,000 people
2001
- Agriculture
# 114
Guatemala :
3.931
per 1,000 people
2001
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 115
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.784
per 1,000 people
2001
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 116
Cambodia :
3.76
per 1,000 people
2001
Cambodian Agriculture
# 117
Albania :
3.714
per 1,000 people
2001
Albanian Agriculture
# 118
Man, Isle of :
3.696
per 1,000 people
2001
Manx Agriculture
# 119
Portugal :
3.687
per 1,000 people
2001
Portuguese Agriculture
# 120
Sweden :
3.546
per 1,000 people
2001
Swedish Agriculture
# 121
Burundi :
3.478
per 1,000 people
2001
Burundian Agriculture
# 122
Laos :
3.46
per 1,000 people
2001
Lao Agriculture
# 123
Malaysia :
3.35
per 1,000 people
2001
Malaysian Agriculture
# 124
Thailand :
3.197
per 1,000 people
2001
Thai Agriculture
# 125
Dominica :
3.095
per 1,000 people
2001
Dominican Agriculture
# 126
Tonga :
2.978
per 1,000 people
2001
Tongan Agriculture
# 127
Luxembourg :
2.912
per 1,000 people
2001
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 128
United Kingdom :
2.849
per 1,000 people
2001
British Agriculture
# 129
Dominican Republic :
2.829
per 1,000 people
2001
Dominican Agriculture
# 130
Italy :
2.721
per 1,000 people
2001
Italian Agriculture
# 131
Comoros :
2.664
per 1,000 people
2001
Comoran Agriculture
# 132
Slovenia :
2.56
per 1,000 people
2001
Slovenian Agriculture
# 133
El Salvador :
2.421
per 1,000 people
2001
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 134
Pakistan :
2.396
per 1,000 people
2001
Pakistani Agriculture
# 135
Marshall Islands :
2.372
per 1,000 people
2001
Marshallese Agriculture
# 136
Norway :
2.32
per 1,000 people
2001
Norwegian Agriculture
# 137
Burma :
2.264
per 1,000 people
2001
Burmese Agriculture
# 138
Indonesia :
2.124
per 1,000 people
2001
Indonesian Agriculture
# 139
Switzerland :
2.109
per 1,000 people
2001
Swiss Agriculture
# 140
Haiti :
2.099
per 1,000 people
2001
Haitian Agriculture
# 141
Rwanda :
2.086
per 1,000 people
2001
Rwandan Agriculture
# 142
Suriname :
2.08
per 1,000 people
2001
Surinamese Agriculture
# 143
Jordan :
2.078
per 1,000 people
2001
Jordanian Agriculture
# 144
Germany :
2.069
per 1,000 people
2001
German Agriculture
# 145
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.017
per 1,000 people
2001
Nevisian Agriculture
# 146
Cyprus :
1.996
per 1,000 people
2001
Cypriot Agriculture
# 147
Jamaica :
1.969
per 1,000 people
2001
Jamaican Agriculture
# 148
Papua New Guinea :
1.864
per 1,000 people
2001
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 149
French Polynesia :
1.79
per 1,000 people
2001
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 150
Solomon Islands :
1.789
per 1,000 people
2001
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 151
India :
1.747
per 1,000 people
2001
Indian Agriculture
# 152
Nepal :
1.697
per 1,000 people
2001
Nepalese Agriculture
# 153
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.678
per 1,000 people
2001
Barbudan Agriculture
# 154
Cape Verde :
1.669
per 1,000 people
2001
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 155
United Arab Emirates :
1.626
per 1,000 people
2001
Emirati Agriculture
# 156
Lebanon :
1.565
per 1,000 people
2001
Lebanese Agriculture
# 157
Philippines :
1.442
per 1,000 people
2001
Philippine Agriculture
# 158
Belgium :
1.35
per 1,000 people
2001
Belgian Agriculture
# 159
Grenada :
1.267
per 1,000 people
2001
Grenadian Agriculture
# 160
Guam :
1.266
per 1,000 people
2001
Guamanian Agriculture
# 161
Sri Lanka :
1.255
per 1,000 people
2001
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 162
Vietnam :
1.205
per 1,000 people
2001
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 163
Netherlands :
1.203
per 1,000 people
2001
Dutch Agriculture
# 164
Qatar :
1.105
per 1,000 people
2001
Qatari Agriculture
# 165
Saint Lucia :
1.013
per 1,000 people
2001
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 166
Mauritius :
0.925
per 1,000 people
2001
Mauritian Agriculture
# 167
Israel :
0.871
per 1,000 people
2001
Israeli Agriculture
# 168
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.858
per 1,000 people
2001
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 169
Seychelles :
0.739
per 1,000 people
2001
Seychellois Agriculture
# 170
Barbados :
0.712
per 1,000 people
2001
Barbadian Agriculture
# 171
Bangladesh :
0.691
per 1,000 people
2001
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 172
Kuwait :
0.664
per 1,000 people
2001
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 173
Virgin Islands :
0.644
per 1,000 people
2001
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 174
Puerto Rico :
0.611
per 1,000 people
2001
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 175
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.465
per 1,000 people
2001
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 176
Bahamas, The :
0.458
per 1,000 people
2001
Bahamian Agriculture
# 177
Netherlands Antilles :
0.455
per 1,000 people
2001
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 178
Japan :
0.377
per 1,000 people
2001
Japanese Agriculture
# 179
Maldives :
0.369
per 1,000 people
2001
Maldivian Agriculture
# 180
Brunei :
0.322
per 1,000 people
2001
Bruneian Agriculture
# 181
Malta :
0.254
per 1,000 people
2001
Maltese Agriculture
# 182
Bermuda :
0.16
per 1,000 people
2001
Bermudian Agriculture
# 183
Bahrain :
0.146
per 1,000 people
2001
Bahraini Agriculture
# 184
Singapore :
0.003
per 1,000 people
2001
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
17.4
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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