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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.
Agriculture Statistics > Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita) (2005) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
451.194
per 1,000 people
2005
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
218.972
per 1,000 people
2005
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
191.114
per 1,000 people
2005
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Botswana :
146.417
per 1,000 people
2005
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 5
Kazakhstan :
137.22
per 1,000 people
2005
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 6
Mauritania :
129.532
per 1,000 people
2005
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 7
Iceland :
76.866
per 1,000 people
2005
Icelandic Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
75.14
per 1,000 people
2005
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Turkmenistan :
67.48
per 1,000 people
2005
Turkmen Agriculture
# 10
Somalia :
53.935
per 1,000 people
2005
Somali Agriculture
# 11
Chad :
50.498
per 1,000 people
2005
Chadian Agriculture
# 12
Uruguay :
44.589
per 1,000 people
2005
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 13
Greenland :
41.275
per 1,000 people
2005
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 14
Bolivia :
40.255
per 1,000 people
2005
Bolivian Agriculture
# 15
Sudan :
37.766
per 1,000 people
2005
Sudanese Agriculture
# 16
Gabon :
37.288
per 1,000 people
2005
Gabonese Agriculture
# 17
Angola :
36.126
per 1,000 people
2005
Angolan Agriculture
# 18
Paraguay :
33.903
per 1,000 people
2005
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 19
Argentina :
33.899
per 1,000 people
2005
Argentine Agriculture
# 20
Niger :
30.893
per 1,000 people
2005
Nigerien Agriculture
# 21
New Zealand :
30.84
per 1,000 people
2005
New Zealand Agriculture
# 22
Mali :
29.137
per 1,000 people
2005
Malian Agriculture
# 23
Libya :
26.625
per 1,000 people
2005
Libyan Agriculture
# 24
Congo, Republic of the :
26.37
per 1,000 people
2005
Congolese Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
24.671
per 1,000 people
2005
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Guyana :
22.364
per 1,000 people
2005
Guyanese Agriculture
# 27
Madagascar :
21.952
per 1,000 people
2005
Malagasy Agriculture
# 28
Zambia :
21.887
per 1,000 people
2005
Zambian Agriculture
# 29
Djibouti :
21.448
per 1,000 people
2005
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 30
South Africa :
21.237
per 1,000 people
2005
South African Agriculture
# 31
Canada :
20.92
per 1,000 people
2005
Canadian Agriculture
# 32
Kyrgyzstan :
20.89
per 1,000 people
2005
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 33
Eritrea :
17.09
per 1,000 people
2005
Eritrean Agriculture
# 34
Russia :
15.071
per 1,000 people
2005
Russian Agriculture
# 35
Guinea :
14.74
per 1,000 people
2005
Guinean Agriculture
# 36
Brazil :
14.163
per 1,000 people
2005
Brazilian Agriculture
# 37
United States :
13.929
per 1,000 people
2005
American Agriculture
# 38
Lesotho :
13.004
per 1,000 people
2005
Basotho Agriculture
# 39
Central African Republic :
12.916
per 1,000 people
2005
Central African Agriculture
# 40
Afghanistan :
12.869
per 1,000 people
2005
Afghan Agriculture
# 41
Algeria :
12.544
per 1,000 people
2005
Algerian Agriculture
# 42
Zimbabwe :
11.999
per 1,000 people
2005
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 43
Swaziland :
11.866
per 1,000 people
2005
Swazi Agriculture
# 44
Côte d'Ivoire :
11.017
per 1,000 people
2005
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 45
New Caledonia :
10.619
per 1,000 people
2005
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 46
Mexico :
10.408
per 1,000 people
2005
Mexican Agriculture
# 47
Ireland :
10.344
per 1,000 people
2005
Irish Agriculture
# 48
Nicaragua :
10.293
per 1,000 people
2005
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 49
Guinea-Bissau :
10.275
per 1,000 people
2005
Guinean Agriculture
# 50
Uzbekistan :
10.219
per 1,000 people
2005
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 51
Morocco :
9.949
per 1,000 people
2005
Moroccan Agriculture
# 52
Tunisia :
9.796
per 1,000 people
2005
Tunisian Agriculture
# 53
Chile :
9.748
per 1,000 people
2005
Chilean Agriculture
# 54
Colombia :
9.469
per 1,000 people
2005
Colombian Agriculture
# 55
Belarus :
9.154
per 1,000 people
2005
Belarusian Agriculture
# 56
Tanzania :
9.031
per 1,000 people
2005
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 57
Bhutan :
8.807
per 1,000 people
2005
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 58
Ukraine :
8.774
per 1,000 people
2005
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 59
Lithuania :
8.309
per 1,000 people
2005
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 60
Burkina Faso :
8.248
per 1,000 people
2005
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 61
Venezuela :
8.033
per 1,000 people
2005
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 62
Liberia :
7.904
per 1,000 people
2005
Liberian Agriculture
# 63
Kenya :
7.882
per 1,000 people
2005
Kenyan Agriculture
# 64
Peru :
7.634
per 1,000 people
2005
Peruvian Agriculture
# 65
Senegal :
7.571
per 1,000 people
2005
Senegalese Agriculture
# 66
Latvia :
7.537
per 1,000 people
2005
Latvian Agriculture
# 67
Greece :
7.505
per 1,000 people
2005
Greek Agriculture
# 68
Syria :
7.261
per 1,000 people
2005
Syrian Agriculture
# 69
Tajikistan :
7.072
per 1,000 people
2005
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 70
Oman :
7.008
per 1,000 people
2005
Omani Agriculture
# 71
Vanuatu :
6.955
per 1,000 people
2005
- Agriculture
# 72
Panama :
6.901
per 1,000 people
2005
Panamanian Agriculture
# 73
Bulgaria :
6.802
per 1,000 people
2005
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 74
Spain :
6.72
per 1,000 people
2005
Spanish Agriculture
# 75
Ghana :
6.716
per 1,000 people
2005
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 76
Romania :
6.554
per 1,000 people
2005
Romanian Agriculture
# 77
Moldova :
6.506
per 1,000 people
2005
Moldovan Agriculture
# 78
Equatorial Guinea :
6.435
per 1,000 people
2005
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 79
Costa Rica :
6.309
per 1,000 people
2005
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 80
Estonia :
6.196
per 1,000 people
2005
Estonian Agriculture
# 81
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.037
per 1,000 people
2005
Macedonian Agriculture
# 82
Togo :
5.907
per 1,000 people
2005
Togolese Agriculture
# 83
Cuba :
5.889
per 1,000 people
2005
Cuban Agriculture
# 84
Hungary :
5.812
per 1,000 people
2005
Hungarian Agriculture
# 85
Turkey :
5.72
per 1,000 people
2005
Turkish Agriculture
# 86
Azerbaijan :
5.673
per 1,000 people
2005
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 87
Ecuador :
5.67
per 1,000 people
2005
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 88
Georgia :
5.621
per 1,000 people
2005
Georgian Agriculture
# 89
Cameroon :
5.612
per 1,000 people
2005
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 90
Sierra Leone :
5.574
per 1,000 people
2005
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 91
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
5.521
per 1,000 people
2005
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 92
Nigeria :
5.447
per 1,000 people
2005
Nigerian Agriculture
# 93
Gambia, The :
5.234
per 1,000 people
2005
Gambian Agriculture
# 94
Belize :
5.209
per 1,000 people
2005
Belizean Agriculture
# 95
Fiji :
5.049
per 1,000 people
2005
Fijian Agriculture
# 96
Denmark :
4.998
per 1,000 people
2005
Danish Agriculture
# 97
Armenia :
4.907
per 1,000 people
2005
Armenian Agriculture
# 98
France :
4.854
per 1,000 people
2005
French Agriculture
# 99
Ethiopia :
4.728
per 1,000 people
2005
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 100
Samoa :
4.649
per 1,000 people
2005
Samoan Agriculture
# 101
Uganda :
4.411
per 1,000 people
2005
Ugandan Agriculture
# 102
Honduras :
4.342
per 1,000 people
2005
Honduran Agriculture
# 103
Finland :
4.335
per 1,000 people
2005
Finnish Agriculture
# 104
Benin :
4.227
per 1,000 people
2005
Beninese Agriculture
# 105
China :
4.196
per 1,000 people
2005
Chinese Agriculture
# 106
Poland :
4.168
per 1,000 people
2005
Polish Agriculture
# 107
Czech Republic :
4.162
per 1,000 people
2005
Czech Agriculture
# 108
East Timor :
3.977
per 1,000 people
2005
Timorese Agriculture
# 109
Austria :
3.963
per 1,000 people
2005
Austrian Agriculture
# 110
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
3.962
per 1,000 people
2005
Congolese Agriculture
# 111
Malawi :
3.858
per 1,000 people
2005
Malawian Agriculture
# 112
Cambodia :
3.806
per 1,000 people
2005
Cambodian Agriculture
# 113
Iraq :
3.739
per 1,000 people
2005
Iraqi Agriculture
# 114
Kiribati :
3.737
per 1,000 people
2005
- Agriculture
# 115
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.642
per 1,000 people
2005
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 116
Guatemala :
3.621
per 1,000 people
2005
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 117
Slovakia :
3.603
per 1,000 people
2005
Slovak Agriculture
# 118
Sweden :
3.564
per 1,000 people
2005
Swedish Agriculture
# 119
Portugal :
3.488
per 1,000 people
2005
Portuguese Agriculture
# 120
Man, Isle of :
3.484
per 1,000 people
2005
Manx Agriculture
# 121
Laos :
3.459
per 1,000 people
2005
Lao Agriculture
# 122
Albania :
3.441
per 1,000 people
2005
Albanian Agriculture
# 123
Dominica :
3.194
per 1,000 people
2005
Dominican Agriculture
# 124
Malaysia :
3.105
per 1,000 people
2005
Malaysian Agriculture
# 125
Thailand :
3.051
per 1,000 people
2005
Thai Agriculture
# 126
Burundi :
3.029
per 1,000 people
2005
Burundian Agriculture
# 127
Palau :
2.985
per 1,000 people
2005
Palauan Agriculture
# 128
Tonga :
2.932
per 1,000 people
2005
Tongan Agriculture
# 129
Luxembourg :
2.825
per 1,000 people
2005
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 130
United Kingdom :
2.815
per 1,000 people
2005
British Agriculture
# 131
Croatia :
2.683
per 1,000 people
2005
Croatian Agriculture
# 132
Dominican Republic :
2.658
per 1,000 people
2005
Dominican Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
2.549
per 1,000 people
2005
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Italy :
2.514
per 1,000 people
2005
Italian Agriculture
# 135
Comoros :
2.465
per 1,000 people
2005
Comoran Agriculture
# 136
El Salvador :
2.372
per 1,000 people
2005
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 137
Norway :
2.241
per 1,000 people
2005
Norwegian Agriculture
# 138
Burma :
2.229
per 1,000 people
2005
Burmese Agriculture
# 139
Marshall Islands :
2.213
per 1,000 people
2005
Marshallese Agriculture
# 140
Cyprus :
2.204
per 1,000 people
2005
Cypriot Agriculture
# 141
Indonesia :
2.197
per 1,000 people
2005
Indonesian Agriculture
# 142
Switzerland :
2.099
per 1,000 people
2005
Swiss Agriculture
# 143
Rwanda :
2.08
per 1,000 people
2005
Rwandan Agriculture
# 144
Germany :
2.065
per 1,000 people
2005
German Agriculture
# 145
Liechtenstein :
2.014
per 1,000 people
2005
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 146
Haiti :
1.982
per 1,000 people
2005
Haitian Agriculture
# 147
Jamaica :
1.933
per 1,000 people
2005
Jamaican Agriculture
# 148
Jordan :
1.872
per 1,000 people
2005
Jordanian Agriculture
# 149
Suriname :
1.776
per 1,000 people
2005
Surinamese Agriculture
# 150
French Polynesia :
1.754
per 1,000 people
2005
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 151
Papua New Guinea :
1.75
per 1,000 people
2005
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 152
Solomon Islands :
1.737
per 1,000 people
2005
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 153
Pakistan :
1.737
per 1,000 people
2005
Pakistani Agriculture
# 154
Tuvalu :
1.719
per 1,000 people
2005
Tuvaluan Agriculture
# 155
India :
1.643
per 1,000 people
2005
Indian Agriculture
# 156
Lebanon :
1.628
per 1,000 people
2005
Lebanese Agriculture
# 157
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.57
per 1,000 people
2005
Barbudan Agriculture
# 158
Nepal :
1.552
per 1,000 people
2005
Nepalese Agriculture
# 159
Cape Verde :
1.519
per 1,000 people
2005
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 160
Philippines :
1.367
per 1,000 people
2005
Philippine Agriculture
# 161
Belgium :
1.322
per 1,000 people
2005
Belgian Agriculture
# 162
United Arab Emirates :
1.231
per 1,000 people
2005
Emirati Agriculture
# 163
Sri Lanka :
1.228
per 1,000 people
2005
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 164
Grenada :
1.221
per 1,000 people
2005
Grenadian Agriculture
# 165
Vietnam :
1.21
per 1,000 people
2005
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 166
Guam :
1.179
per 1,000 people
2005
Guamanian Agriculture
# 167
Netherlands :
1.177
per 1,000 people
2005
Dutch Agriculture
# 168
Mayotte :
1.111
per 1,000 people
2005
Mahoran Agriculture
# 169
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1.042
per 1,000 people
2005
Nevisian Agriculture
# 170
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.924
per 1,000 people
2005
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 171
Qatar :
0.873
per 1,000 people
2005
Qatari Agriculture
# 172
American Samoa :
0.858
per 1,000 people
2005
American Samoan Agriculture
# 173
Mauritius :
0.837
per 1,000 people
2005
Mauritian Agriculture
# 174
Israel :
0.731
per 1,000 people
2005
Israeli Agriculture
# 175
Seychelles :
0.71
per 1,000 people
2005
Seychellois Agriculture
# 176
Barbados :
0.705
per 1,000 people
2005
Barbadian Agriculture
# 177
Saint Lucia :
0.668
per 1,000 people
2005
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 178
Cayman Islands :
0.667
per 1,000 people
2005
Caymanian Agriculture
# 179
Bangladesh :
0.638
per 1,000 people
2005
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 180
Faroe Islands :
0.621
per 1,000 people
2005
Faroese Agriculture
# 181
Kuwait :
0.607
per 1,000 people
2005
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 182
Virgin Islands :
0.552
per 1,000 people
2005
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 183
Puerto Rico :
0.516
per 1,000 people
2005
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 184
Turks and Caicos Islands :
0.486
per 1,000 people
2005
Turks and Caicos Islands Agriculture
# 185
Netherlands Antilles :
0.438
per 1,000 people
2005
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 186
Bahamas, The :
0.433
per 1,000 people
2005
Bahamian Agriculture
# 187
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.414
per 1,000 people
2005
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 188
Maldives :
0.395
per 1,000 people
2005
Maldivian Agriculture
# 189
Northern Mariana Islands :
0.374
per 1,000 people
2005
NA Agriculture
# 190
Japan :
0.367
per 1,000 people
2005
Japanese Agriculture
# 191
San Marino :
0.355
per 1,000 people
2005
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 192
Brunei :
0.294
per 1,000 people
2005
Bruneian Agriculture
# 193
Malta :
0.23
per 1,000 people
2005
Maltese Agriculture
# 194
Aruba :
0.199
per 1,000 people
2005
Aruban Agriculture
# 195
Bermuda :
0.157
per 1,000 people
2005
Bermudian Agriculture
# 196
Bahrain :
0.138
per 1,000 people
2005
Bahraini Agriculture
# 197
Singapore :
0.002
per 1,000 people
2005
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
15.1
per 1,000 people
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
4.205
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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