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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) (2004) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
459.138
per 1,000 people
2004
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
219.047
per 1,000 people
2004
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
193.206
per 1,000 people
2004
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Botswana :
145.994
per 1,000 people
2004
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 5
Kazakhstan :
138.447
per 1,000 people
2004
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 6
Mauritania :
133.078
per 1,000 people
2004
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 7
Iceland :
78.091
per 1,000 people
2004
Icelandic Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
77.103
per 1,000 people
2004
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Turkmenistan :
68.286
per 1,000 people
2004
Turkmen Agriculture
# 10
Somalia :
55.719
per 1,000 people
2004
Somali Agriculture
# 11
Chad :
51.683
per 1,000 people
2004
Chadian Agriculture
# 12
Uruguay :
44.643
per 1,000 people
2004
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 13
Greenland :
41.292
per 1,000 people
2004
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 14
Bolivia :
40.645
per 1,000 people
2004
Bolivian Agriculture
# 15
Sudan :
38.098
per 1,000 people
2004
Sudanese Agriculture
# 16
Gabon :
37.876
per 1,000 people
2004
Gabonese Agriculture
# 17
Angola :
37.179
per 1,000 people
2004
Angolan Agriculture
# 18
Paraguay :
34.55
per 1,000 people
2004
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 19
Argentina :
34.231
per 1,000 people
2004
Argentine Agriculture
# 20
New Zealand :
31.403
per 1,000 people
2004
New Zealand Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
29.746
per 1,000 people
2004
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Niger :
28.234
per 1,000 people
2004
Nigerien Agriculture
# 23
Congo, Republic of the :
27.157
per 1,000 people
2004
Congolese Agriculture
# 24
Libya :
27.151
per 1,000 people
2004
Libyan Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
25.185
per 1,000 people
2004
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Guyana :
22.793
per 1,000 people
2004
Guyanese Agriculture
# 27
Madagascar :
22.549
per 1,000 people
2004
Malagasy Agriculture
# 28
Zambia :
22.205
per 1,000 people
2004
Zambian Agriculture
# 29
Djibouti :
21.833
per 1,000 people
2004
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 30
South Africa :
21.479
per 1,000 people
2004
South African Agriculture
# 31
Kyrgyzstan :
21.147
per 1,000 people
2004
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 32
Canada :
21.117
per 1,000 people
2004
Canadian Agriculture
# 33
Eritrea :
17.724
per 1,000 people
2004
Eritrean Agriculture
# 34
Russia :
15.014
per 1,000 people
2004
Russian Agriculture
# 35
Guinea :
14.792
per 1,000 people
2004
Guinean Agriculture
# 36
Brazil :
14.344
per 1,000 people
2004
Brazilian Agriculture
# 37
United States :
14.121
per 1,000 people
2004
American Agriculture
# 38
Afghanistan :
13.349
per 1,000 people
2004
Afghan Agriculture
# 39
Central African Republic :
13.083
per 1,000 people
2004
Central African Agriculture
# 40
Lesotho :
12.87
per 1,000 people
2004
Basotho Agriculture
# 41
Algeria :
12.716
per 1,000 people
2004
Algerian Agriculture
# 42
Swaziland :
11.984
per 1,000 people
2004
Swazi Agriculture
# 43
Zimbabwe :
11.928
per 1,000 people
2004
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 44
Côte d'Ivoire :
11.135
per 1,000 people
2004
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 45
New Caledonia :
10.823
per 1,000 people
2004
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 46
Guinea-Bissau :
10.586
per 1,000 people
2004
Guinean Agriculture
# 47
Ireland :
10.581
per 1,000 people
2004
Irish Agriculture
# 48
Mexico :
10.524
per 1,000 people
2004
Mexican Agriculture
# 49
Uzbekistan :
10.377
per 1,000 people
2004
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 50
Nicaragua :
10.16
per 1,000 people
2004
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 51
Morocco :
10.068
per 1,000 people
2004
Moroccan Agriculture
# 52
Tunisia :
9.897
per 1,000 people
2004
Tunisian Agriculture
# 53
Chile :
9.883
per 1,000 people
2004
Chilean Agriculture
# 54
Colombia :
9.56
per 1,000 people
2004
Colombian Agriculture
# 55
Tanzania :
9.265
per 1,000 people
2004
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 56
Belarus :
9.117
per 1,000 people
2004
Belarusian Agriculture
# 57
Bhutan :
8.988
per 1,000 people
2004
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 58
Ukraine :
8.717
per 1,000 people
2004
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 59
Burkina Faso :
8.501
per 1,000 people
2004
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 60
Venezuela :
8.172
per 1,000 people
2004
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 61
Kenya :
8.065
per 1,000 people
2004
Kenyan Agriculture
# 62
Liberia :
8.008
per 1,000 people
2004
Liberian Agriculture
# 63
Peru :
7.721
per 1,000 people
2004
Peruvian Agriculture
# 64
Senegal :
7.674
per 1,000 people
2004
Senegalese Agriculture
# 65
Lithuania :
7.612
per 1,000 people
2004
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 66
Greece :
7.558
per 1,000 people
2004
Greek Agriculture
# 67
Syria :
7.482
per 1,000 people
2004
Syrian Agriculture
# 68
Tajikistan :
7.154
per 1,000 people
2004
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 69
Oman :
7.124
per 1,000 people
2004
Omani Agriculture
# 70
Latvia :
7.1
per 1,000 people
2004
Latvian Agriculture
# 71
Vanuatu :
7.09
per 1,000 people
2004
- Agriculture
# 72
Panama :
7.023
per 1,000 people
2004
Panamanian Agriculture
# 73
Ghana :
6.855
per 1,000 people
2004
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 74
Bulgaria :
6.85
per 1,000 people
2004
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 75
Spain :
6.81
per 1,000 people
2004
Spanish Agriculture
# 76
Equatorial Guinea :
6.582
per 1,000 people
2004
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 77
Romania :
6.516
per 1,000 people
2004
Romanian Agriculture
# 78
Costa Rica :
6.466
per 1,000 people
2004
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 79
Moldova :
6.44
per 1,000 people
2004
Moldovan Agriculture
# 80
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.215
per 1,000 people
2004
Macedonian Agriculture
# 81
Togo :
6.062
per 1,000 people
2004
Togolese Agriculture
# 82
Cuba :
5.805
per 1,000 people
2004
Cuban Agriculture
# 83
Hungary :
5.802
per 1,000 people
2004
Hungarian Agriculture
# 84
Turkey :
5.792
per 1,000 people
2004
Turkish Agriculture
# 85
Ecuador :
5.772
per 1,000 people
2004
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 86
Azerbaijan :
5.724
per 1,000 people
2004
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 87
Cameroon :
5.712
per 1,000 people
2004
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 88
Estonia :
5.708
per 1,000 people
2004
Estonian Agriculture
# 89
Georgia :
5.56
per 1,000 people
2004
Georgian Agriculture
# 90
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
5.549
per 1,000 people
2004
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 91
Nigeria :
5.435
per 1,000 people
2004
Nigerian Agriculture
# 92
Gambia, The :
5.407
per 1,000 people
2004
Gambian Agriculture
# 93
Sierra Leone :
5.397
per 1,000 people
2004
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 94
Belize :
5.379
per 1,000 people
2004
Belizean Agriculture
# 95
Fiji :
5.09
per 1,000 people
2004
Fijian Agriculture
# 96
Denmark :
4.899
per 1,000 people
2004
Danish Agriculture
# 97
France :
4.893
per 1,000 people
2004
French Agriculture
# 98
Ethiopia :
4.731
per 1,000 people
2004
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 99
Samoa :
4.68
per 1,000 people
2004
Samoan Agriculture
# 100
Armenia :
4.56
per 1,000 people
2004
Armenian Agriculture
# 101
Uganda :
4.533
per 1,000 people
2004
Ugandan Agriculture
# 102
Honduras :
4.438
per 1,000 people
2004
Honduran Agriculture
# 103
Benin :
4.362
per 1,000 people
2004
Beninese Agriculture
# 104
Finland :
4.309
per 1,000 people
2004
Finnish Agriculture
# 105
Poland :
4.276
per 1,000 people
2004
Polish Agriculture
# 106
East Timor :
4.196
per 1,000 people
2004
Timorese Agriculture
# 107
China :
4.19
per 1,000 people
2004
Chinese Agriculture
# 108
Czech Republic :
4.179
per 1,000 people
2004
Czech Agriculture
# 109
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4.082
per 1,000 people
2004
Congolese Agriculture
# 110
Austria :
3.99
per 1,000 people
2004
Austrian Agriculture
# 111
Malawi :
3.942
per 1,000 people
2004
Malawian Agriculture
# 112
Guatemala :
3.904
per 1,000 people
2004
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 113
Croatia :
3.842
per 1,000 people
2004
Croatian Agriculture
# 114
Iraq :
3.81
per 1,000 people
2004
Iraqi Agriculture
# 115
Cambodia :
3.79
per 1,000 people
2004
Cambodian Agriculture
# 116
Kiribati :
3.783
per 1,000 people
2004
- Agriculture
# 117
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.726
per 1,000 people
2004
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 118
Portugal :
3.635
per 1,000 people
2004
Portuguese Agriculture
# 119
Albania :
3.606
per 1,000 people
2004
Albanian Agriculture
# 120
Slovakia :
3.593
per 1,000 people
2004
Slovak Agriculture
# 121
Man, Isle of :
3.569
per 1,000 people
2004
Manx Agriculture
# 122
Sweden :
3.541
per 1,000 people
2004
Swedish Agriculture
# 123
Laos :
3.515
per 1,000 people
2004
Lao Agriculture
# 124
Dominica :
3.218
per 1,000 people
2004
Dominican Agriculture
# 125
Burundi :
3.165
per 1,000 people
2004
Burundian Agriculture
# 126
Malaysia :
3.161
per 1,000 people
2004
Malaysian Agriculture
# 127
Thailand :
3.07
per 1,000 people
2004
Thai Agriculture
# 128
Palau :
3
per 1,000 people
2004
Palauan Agriculture
# 129
Tonga :
2.942
per 1,000 people
2004
Tongan Agriculture
# 130
United Kingdom :
2.85
per 1,000 people
2004
British Agriculture
# 131
Luxembourg :
2.824
per 1,000 people
2004
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 132
Dominican Republic :
2.699
per 1,000 people
2004
Dominican Agriculture
# 133
Italy :
2.558
per 1,000 people
2004
Italian Agriculture
# 134
Comoros :
2.517
per 1,000 people
2004
Comoran Agriculture
# 135
El Salvador :
2.477
per 1,000 people
2004
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 136
Slovenia :
2.464
per 1,000 people
2004
Slovenian Agriculture
# 137
Indonesia :
2.292
per 1,000 people
2004
Indonesian Agriculture
# 138
Marshall Islands :
2.287
per 1,000 people
2004
Marshallese Agriculture
# 139
Norway :
2.265
per 1,000 people
2004
Norwegian Agriculture
# 140
Burma :
2.216
per 1,000 people
2004
Burmese Agriculture
# 141
Rwanda :
2.117
per 1,000 people
2004
Rwandan Agriculture
# 142
Switzerland :
2.115
per 1,000 people
2004
Swiss Agriculture
# 143
Cyprus :
2.109
per 1,000 people
2004
Cypriot Agriculture
# 144
Germany :
2.062
per 1,000 people
2004
German Agriculture
# 145
Liechtenstein :
2.032
per 1,000 people
2004
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 146
Haiti :
2.01
per 1,000 people
2004
Haitian Agriculture
# 147
Jordan :
1.96
per 1,000 people
2004
Jordanian Agriculture
# 148
Jamaica :
1.942
per 1,000 people
2004
Jamaican Agriculture
# 149
Suriname :
1.87
per 1,000 people
2004
Surinamese Agriculture
# 150
Solomon Islands :
1.782
per 1,000 people
2004
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 151
French Polynesia :
1.781
per 1,000 people
2004
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 152
Pakistan :
1.778
per 1,000 people
2004
Pakistani Agriculture
# 153
Papua New Guinea :
1.767
per 1,000 people
2004
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 154
Tuvalu :
1.744
per 1,000 people
2004
Tuvaluan Agriculture
# 155
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1.703
per 1,000 people
2004
Nevisian Agriculture
# 156
India :
1.668
per 1,000 people
2004
Indian Agriculture
# 157
Lebanon :
1.61
per 1,000 people
2004
Lebanese Agriculture
# 158
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.597
per 1,000 people
2004
Barbudan Agriculture
# 159
Nepal :
1.583
per 1,000 people
2004
Nepalese Agriculture
# 160
Cape Verde :
1.555
per 1,000 people
2004
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 161
Philippines :
1.391
per 1,000 people
2004
Philippine Agriculture
# 162
Belgium :
1.337
per 1,000 people
2004
Belgian Agriculture
# 163
United Arab Emirates :
1.296
per 1,000 people
2004
Emirati Agriculture
# 164
Grenada :
1.229
per 1,000 people
2004
Grenadian Agriculture
# 165
Guam :
1.199
per 1,000 people
2004
Guamanian Agriculture
# 166
Vietnam :
1.194
per 1,000 people
2004
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 167
Sri Lanka :
1.187
per 1,000 people
2004
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 168
Netherlands :
1.182
per 1,000 people
2004
Dutch Agriculture
# 169
Mayotte :
1.163
per 1,000 people
2004
Mahoran Agriculture
# 170
Qatar :
0.914
per 1,000 people
2004
Qatari Agriculture
# 171
American Samoa :
0.877
per 1,000 people
2004
American Samoan Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.844
per 1,000 people
2004
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Mauritius :
0.843
per 1,000 people
2004
Mauritian Agriculture
# 174
Saint Lucia :
0.8
per 1,000 people
2004
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 175
Israel :
0.746
per 1,000 people
2004
Israeli Agriculture
# 176
Seychelles :
0.717
per 1,000 people
2004
Seychellois Agriculture
# 177
Barbados :
0.707
per 1,000 people
2004
Barbadian Agriculture
# 178
Cayman Islands :
0.682
per 1,000 people
2004
Caymanian Agriculture
# 179
Bangladesh :
0.648
per 1,000 people
2004
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 180
Kuwait :
0.626
per 1,000 people
2004
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 181
Faroe Islands :
0.621
per 1,000 people
2004
Faroese Agriculture
# 182
Puerto Rico :
0.552
per 1,000 people
2004
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 183
Virgin Islands :
0.552
per 1,000 people
2004
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 184
Turks and Caicos Islands :
0.501
per 1,000 people
2004
Turks and Caicos Islands Agriculture
# 185
Netherlands Antilles :
0.442
per 1,000 people
2004
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 186
Bahamas, The :
0.439
per 1,000 people
2004
Bahamian Agriculture
# 187
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.423
per 1,000 people
2004
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 188
Maldives :
0.405
per 1,000 people
2004
Maldivian Agriculture
# 189
Northern Mariana Islands :
0.384
per 1,000 people
2004
NA Agriculture
# 190
Japan :
0.369
per 1,000 people
2004
Japanese Agriculture
# 191
San Marino :
0.357
per 1,000 people
2004
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 192
Brunei :
0.301
per 1,000 people
2004
Bruneian Agriculture
# 193
Malta :
0.249
per 1,000 people
2004
Maltese Agriculture
# 194
Aruba :
0.202
per 1,000 people
2004
Aruban Agriculture
# 195
Bermuda :
0.158
per 1,000 people
2004
Bermudian Agriculture
# 196
Bahrain :
0.14
per 1,000 people
2004
Bahraini Agriculture
# 197
Singapore :
0.002
per 1,000 people
2004
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
15.2
per 1,000 people
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
4.217
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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