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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) (2003) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
466.142
per 1,000 people
2003
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
221.154
per 1,000 people
2003
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
195.472
per 1,000 people
2003
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Botswana :
145.612
per 1,000 people
2003
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 5
Kazakhstan :
139.368
per 1,000 people
2003
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 6
Mauritania :
137.101
per 1,000 people
2003
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
78.805
per 1,000 people
2003
Saudi Agriculture
# 8
Iceland :
78.778
per 1,000 people
2003
Icelandic Agriculture
# 9
Turkmenistan :
69.278
per 1,000 people
2003
Turkmen Agriculture
# 10
Somalia :
57.442
per 1,000 people
2003
Somali Agriculture
# 11
Chad :
53.464
per 1,000 people
2003
Chadian Agriculture
# 12
Uruguay :
44.928
per 1,000 people
2003
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 13
Bolivia :
41.478
per 1,000 people
2003
Bolivian Agriculture
# 14
Greenland :
41.399
per 1,000 people
2003
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 15
Sudan :
38.837
per 1,000 people
2003
Sudanese Agriculture
# 16
Gabon :
38.47
per 1,000 people
2003
Gabonese Agriculture
# 17
Angola :
38.274
per 1,000 people
2003
Angolan Agriculture
# 18
Paraguay :
34.283
per 1,000 people
2003
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 19
Argentina :
34.087
per 1,000 people
2003
Argentine Agriculture
# 20
New Zealand :
31.525
per 1,000 people
2003
New Zealand Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
31.155
per 1,000 people
2003
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Niger :
29.43
per 1,000 people
2003
Nigerien Agriculture
# 23
Congo, Republic of the :
27.976
per 1,000 people
2003
Congolese Agriculture
# 24
Libya :
27.449
per 1,000 people
2003
Libyan Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
25.624
per 1,000 people
2003
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Madagascar :
23.173
per 1,000 people
2003
Malagasy Agriculture
# 27
Guyana :
22.831
per 1,000 people
2003
Guyanese Agriculture
# 28
Zambia :
22.53
per 1,000 people
2003
Zambian Agriculture
# 29
Djibouti :
22.24
per 1,000 people
2003
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 30
South Africa :
21.737
per 1,000 people
2003
South African Agriculture
# 31
Kyrgyzstan :
21.514
per 1,000 people
2003
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 32
Canada :
21.352
per 1,000 people
2003
Canadian Agriculture
# 33
Eritrea :
18.668
per 1,000 people
2003
Eritrean Agriculture
# 34
Russia :
14.957
per 1,000 people
2003
Russian Agriculture
# 35
Guinea :
14.947
per 1,000 people
2003
Guinean Agriculture
# 36
Brazil :
14.531
per 1,000 people
2003
Brazilian Agriculture
# 37
United States :
14.336
per 1,000 people
2003
American Agriculture
# 38
Afghanistan :
13.546
per 1,000 people
2003
Afghan Agriculture
# 39
Central African Republic :
13.197
per 1,000 people
2003
Central African Agriculture
# 40
Lesotho :
12.8
per 1,000 people
2003
Basotho Agriculture
# 41
Algeria :
12.523
per 1,000 people
2003
Algerian Agriculture
# 42
Swaziland :
12.139
per 1,000 people
2003
Swazi Agriculture
# 43
Zimbabwe :
11.856
per 1,000 people
2003
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 44
Côte d'Ivoire :
11.077
per 1,000 people
2003
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 45
New Caledonia :
11.031
per 1,000 people
2003
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 46
Ireland :
10.937
per 1,000 people
2003
Irish Agriculture
# 47
Guinea-Bissau :
10.912
per 1,000 people
2003
Guinean Agriculture
# 48
Mexico :
10.631
per 1,000 people
2003
Mexican Agriculture
# 49
Uzbekistan :
10.498
per 1,000 people
2003
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 50
Morocco :
10.459
per 1,000 people
2003
Moroccan Agriculture
# 51
Nicaragua :
10.399
per 1,000 people
2003
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 52
Tunisia :
9.943
per 1,000 people
2003
Tunisian Agriculture
# 53
Chile :
9.67
per 1,000 people
2003
Chilean Agriculture
# 54
Colombia :
9.628
per 1,000 people
2003
Colombian Agriculture
# 55
Tanzania :
9.499
per 1,000 people
2003
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 56
Bhutan :
9.153
per 1,000 people
2003
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 57
Belarus :
9.101
per 1,000 people
2003
Belarusian Agriculture
# 58
Burkina Faso :
8.778
per 1,000 people
2003
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 59
Ukraine :
8.649
per 1,000 people
2003
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 60
Venezuela :
8.296
per 1,000 people
2003
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 61
Kenya :
8.21
per 1,000 people
2003
Kenyan Agriculture
# 62
Liberia :
8.037
per 1,000 people
2003
Liberian Agriculture
# 63
Peru :
7.812
per 1,000 people
2003
Peruvian Agriculture
# 64
Senegal :
7.808
per 1,000 people
2003
Senegalese Agriculture
# 65
Greece :
7.62
per 1,000 people
2003
Greek Agriculture
# 66
Syria :
7.619
per 1,000 people
2003
Syrian Agriculture
# 67
Lithuania :
7.356
per 1,000 people
2003
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 68
Vanuatu :
7.231
per 1,000 people
2003
- Agriculture
# 69
Tajikistan :
7.192
per 1,000 people
2003
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 70
Panama :
7.149
per 1,000 people
2003
Panamanian Agriculture
# 71
Ghana :
6.947
per 1,000 people
2003
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 72
Spain :
6.94
per 1,000 people
2003
Spanish Agriculture
# 73
Bulgaria :
6.808
per 1,000 people
2003
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 74
Romania :
6.807
per 1,000 people
2003
Romanian Agriculture
# 75
Latvia :
6.803
per 1,000 people
2003
Latvian Agriculture
# 76
Equatorial Guinea :
6.734
per 1,000 people
2003
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 77
Costa Rica :
6.585
per 1,000 people
2003
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 78
Georgia :
6.585
per 1,000 people
2003
Georgian Agriculture
# 79
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.42
per 1,000 people
2003
Macedonian Agriculture
# 80
Moldova :
6.371
per 1,000 people
2003
Moldovan Agriculture
# 81
Togo :
6.22
per 1,000 people
2003
Togolese Agriculture
# 82
Estonia :
6.125
per 1,000 people
2003
Estonian Agriculture
# 83
Cuba :
5.916
per 1,000 people
2003
Cuban Agriculture
# 84
Cameroon :
5.816
per 1,000 people
2003
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 85
Hungary :
5.79
per 1,000 people
2003
Hungarian Agriculture
# 86
Azerbaijan :
5.774
per 1,000 people
2003
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 87
Turkey :
5.748
per 1,000 people
2003
Turkish Agriculture
# 88
Ecuador :
5.641
per 1,000 people
2003
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 89
Sierra Leone :
5.558
per 1,000 people
2003
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 90
Belize :
5.554
per 1,000 people
2003
Belizean Agriculture
# 91
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
5.536
per 1,000 people
2003
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 92
Nigeria :
5.488
per 1,000 people
2003
Nigerian Agriculture
# 93
Gambia, The :
5.384
per 1,000 people
2003
Gambian Agriculture
# 94
Fiji :
5.134
per 1,000 people
2003
Fijian Agriculture
# 95
France :
4.935
per 1,000 people
2003
French Agriculture
# 96
Denmark :
4.934
per 1,000 people
2003
Danish Agriculture
# 97
Samoa :
4.716
per 1,000 people
2003
Samoan Agriculture
# 98
Uganda :
4.638
per 1,000 people
2003
Ugandan Agriculture
# 99
Ethiopia :
4.607
per 1,000 people
2003
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 100
Honduras :
4.56
per 1,000 people
2003
Honduran Agriculture
# 101
Armenia :
4.544
per 1,000 people
2003
Armenian Agriculture
# 102
Benin :
4.378
per 1,000 people
2003
Beninese Agriculture
# 103
Finland :
4.308
per 1,000 people
2003
Finnish Agriculture
# 104
Oman :
4.301
per 1,000 people
2003
Omani Agriculture
# 105
Poland :
4.233
per 1,000 people
2003
Polish Agriculture
# 106
Guatemala :
4.221
per 1,000 people
2003
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 107
China :
4.206
per 1,000 people
2003
Chinese Agriculture
# 108
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4.204
per 1,000 people
2003
Congolese Agriculture
# 109
East Timor :
4.199
per 1,000 people
2003
Timorese Agriculture
# 110
Czech Republic :
4.185
per 1,000 people
2003
Czech Agriculture
# 111
Austria :
4.159
per 1,000 people
2003
Austrian Agriculture
# 112
Slovakia :
4.156
per 1,000 people
2003
Slovak Agriculture
# 113
Croatia :
3.982
per 1,000 people
2003
Croatian Agriculture
# 114
Iraq :
3.958
per 1,000 people
2003
Iraqi Agriculture
# 115
Malawi :
3.906
per 1,000 people
2003
Malawian Agriculture
# 116
Kiribati :
3.839
per 1,000 people
2003
- Agriculture
# 117
Cambodia :
3.769
per 1,000 people
2003
Cambodian Agriculture
# 118
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.748
per 1,000 people
2003
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 119
Portugal :
3.651
per 1,000 people
2003
Portuguese Agriculture
# 120
Albania :
3.623
per 1,000 people
2003
Albanian Agriculture
# 121
Laos :
3.534
per 1,000 people
2003
Lao Agriculture
# 122
Sweden :
3.532
per 1,000 people
2003
Swedish Agriculture
# 123
Man, Isle of :
3.521
per 1,000 people
2003
Manx Agriculture
# 124
Burundi :
3.311
per 1,000 people
2003
Burundian Agriculture
# 125
Dominica :
3.23
per 1,000 people
2003
Dominican Agriculture
# 126
Malaysia :
3.221
per 1,000 people
2003
Malaysian Agriculture
# 127
Thailand :
3.097
per 1,000 people
2003
Thai Agriculture
# 128
Palau :
3.046
per 1,000 people
2003
Palauan Agriculture
# 129
Tonga :
2.952
per 1,000 people
2003
Tongan Agriculture
# 130
United Kingdom :
2.846
per 1,000 people
2003
British Agriculture
# 131
Luxembourg :
2.845
per 1,000 people
2003
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 132
Dominican Republic :
2.742
per 1,000 people
2003
Dominican Agriculture
# 133
Italy :
2.588
per 1,000 people
2003
Italian Agriculture
# 134
Slovenia :
2.555
per 1,000 people
2003
Slovenian Agriculture
# 135
Comoros :
2.554
per 1,000 people
2003
Comoran Agriculture
# 136
El Salvador :
2.433
per 1,000 people
2003
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 137
Norway :
2.278
per 1,000 people
2003
Norwegian Agriculture
# 138
Burma :
2.22
per 1,000 people
2003
Burmese Agriculture
# 139
Marshall Islands :
2.203
per 1,000 people
2003
Marshallese Agriculture
# 140
Indonesia :
2.194
per 1,000 people
2003
Indonesian Agriculture
# 141
Cyprus :
2.172
per 1,000 people
2003
Cypriot Agriculture
# 142
Rwanda :
2.152
per 1,000 people
2003
Rwandan Agriculture
# 143
Switzerland :
2.127
per 1,000 people
2003
Swiss Agriculture
# 144
Germany :
2.06
per 1,000 people
2003
German Agriculture
# 145
Liechtenstein :
2.053
per 1,000 people
2003
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 146
Haiti :
2.039
per 1,000 people
2003
Haitian Agriculture
# 147
Jamaica :
1.95
per 1,000 people
2003
Jamaican Agriculture
# 148
Suriname :
1.95
per 1,000 people
2003
Surinamese Agriculture
# 149
Jordan :
1.946
per 1,000 people
2003
Jordanian Agriculture
# 150
Pakistan :
1.834
per 1,000 people
2003
Pakistani Agriculture
# 151
Solomon Islands :
1.829
per 1,000 people
2003
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 152
French Polynesia :
1.81
per 1,000 people
2003
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 153
Papua New Guinea :
1.777
per 1,000 people
2003
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 154
Tuvalu :
1.769
per 1,000 people
2003
Tuvaluan Agriculture
# 155
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1.734
per 1,000 people
2003
Nevisian Agriculture
# 156
India :
1.694
per 1,000 people
2003
Indian Agriculture
# 157
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.624
per 1,000 people
2003
Barbudan Agriculture
# 158
Nepal :
1.616
per 1,000 people
2003
Nepalese Agriculture
# 159
Lebanon :
1.6
per 1,000 people
2003
Lebanese Agriculture
# 160
Cape Verde :
1.592
per 1,000 people
2003
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 161
Philippines :
1.393
per 1,000 people
2003
Philippine Agriculture
# 162
United Arab Emirates :
1.383
per 1,000 people
2003
Emirati Agriculture
# 163
Belgium :
1.343
per 1,000 people
2003
Belgian Agriculture
# 164
Grenada :
1.243
per 1,000 people
2003
Grenadian Agriculture
# 165
Sri Lanka :
1.231
per 1,000 people
2003
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 166
Guam :
1.221
per 1,000 people
2003
Guamanian Agriculture
# 167
Mayotte :
1.205
per 1,000 people
2003
Mahoran Agriculture
# 168
Netherlands :
1.185
per 1,000 people
2003
Dutch Agriculture
# 169
Vietnam :
1.179
per 1,000 people
2003
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 170
Qatar :
0.968
per 1,000 people
2003
Qatari Agriculture
# 171
American Samoa :
0.877
per 1,000 people
2003
American Samoan Agriculture
# 172
Saint Lucia :
0.872
per 1,000 people
2003
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 173
Mauritius :
0.867
per 1,000 people
2003
Mauritian Agriculture
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.849
per 1,000 people
2003
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 175
Israel :
0.825
per 1,000 people
2003
Israeli Agriculture
# 176
Seychelles :
0.725
per 1,000 people
2003
Seychellois Agriculture
# 177
Barbados :
0.708
per 1,000 people
2003
Barbadian Agriculture
# 178
Cayman Islands :
0.698
per 1,000 people
2003
Caymanian Agriculture
# 179
Bangladesh :
0.66
per 1,000 people
2003
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 180
Kuwait :
0.643
per 1,000 people
2003
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 181
Faroe Islands :
0.625
per 1,000 people
2003
Faroese Agriculture
# 182
Puerto Rico :
0.554
per 1,000 people
2003
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 183
Virgin Islands :
0.551
per 1,000 people
2003
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 184
Turks and Caicos Islands :
0.517
per 1,000 people
2003
Turks and Caicos Islands Agriculture
# 185
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.463
per 1,000 people
2003
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 186
Maldives :
0.447
per 1,000 people
2003
Maldivian Agriculture
# 187
Netherlands Antilles :
0.447
per 1,000 people
2003
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 188
Bahamas, The :
0.445
per 1,000 people
2003
Bahamian Agriculture
# 189
Northern Mariana Islands :
0.395
per 1,000 people
2003
NA Agriculture
# 190
Japan :
0.371
per 1,000 people
2003
Japanese Agriculture
# 191
San Marino :
0.356
per 1,000 people
2003
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 192
Brunei :
0.308
per 1,000 people
2003
Bruneian Agriculture
# 193
Malta :
0.276
per 1,000 people
2003
Maltese Agriculture
# 194
Aruba :
0.202
per 1,000 people
2003
Aruban Agriculture
# 195
Bermuda :
0.159
per 1,000 people
2003
Bermudian Agriculture
# 196
Bahrain :
0.142
per 1,000 people
2003
Bahraini Agriculture
# 197
Singapore :
0.002
per 1,000 people
2003
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
15.5
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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