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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) (2006) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
448.957
per 1,000 people
2006
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
211.942
per 1,000 people
2006
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
189.29
per 1,000 people
2006
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Botswana :
147.006
per 1,000 people
2006
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 5
Kazakhstan :
135.809
per 1,000 people
2006
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 6
Mauritania :
126.015
per 1,000 people
2006
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 7
Iceland :
76.296
per 1,000 people
2006
Icelandic Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
73.34
per 1,000 people
2006
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Turkmenistan :
66.66
per 1,000 people
2006
Turkmen Agriculture
# 10
Somalia :
52.052
per 1,000 people
2006
Somali Agriculture
# 11
Chad :
49.394
per 1,000 people
2006
Chadian Agriculture
# 12
Uruguay :
44.193
per 1,000 people
2006
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 13
Greenland :
41.392
per 1,000 people
2006
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 14
Bolivia :
39.271
per 1,000 people
2006
Bolivian Agriculture
# 15
Sudan :
36.942
per 1,000 people
2006
Sudanese Agriculture
# 16
Gabon :
36.706
per 1,000 people
2006
Gabonese Agriculture
# 17
Angola :
35.134
per 1,000 people
2006
Angolan Agriculture
# 18
Argentina :
33.831
per 1,000 people
2006
Argentine Agriculture
# 19
Paraguay :
33.742
per 1,000 people
2006
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 20
Niger :
29.908
per 1,000 people
2006
Nigerien Agriculture
# 21
New Zealand :
29.66
per 1,000 people
2006
New Zealand Agriculture
# 22
Mali :
28.351
per 1,000 people
2006
Malian Agriculture
# 23
Libya :
26.068
per 1,000 people
2006
Libyan Agriculture
# 24
Congo, Republic of the :
25.687
per 1,000 people
2006
Congolese Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
24.29
per 1,000 people
2006
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Guyana :
22.365
per 1,000 people
2006
Guyanese Agriculture
# 27
Zambia :
21.572
per 1,000 people
2006
Zambian Agriculture
# 28
Madagascar :
21.399
per 1,000 people
2006
Malagasy Agriculture
# 29
Djibouti :
21.117
per 1,000 people
2006
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 30
South Africa :
20.97
per 1,000 people
2006
South African Agriculture
# 31
Canada :
20.76
per 1,000 people
2006
Canadian Agriculture
# 32
Kyrgyzstan :
20.638
per 1,000 people
2006
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 33
Eritrea :
16.641
per 1,000 people
2006
Eritrean Agriculture
# 34
Russia :
15.136
per 1,000 people
2006
Russian Agriculture
# 35
Guinea :
14.643
per 1,000 people
2006
Guinean Agriculture
# 36
Brazil :
13.991
per 1,000 people
2006
Brazilian Agriculture
# 37
United States :
13.748
per 1,000 people
2006
American Agriculture
# 38
Lesotho :
12.879
per 1,000 people
2006
Basotho Agriculture
# 39
Central African Republic :
12.674
per 1,000 people
2006
Central African Agriculture
# 40
Afghanistan :
12.448
per 1,000 people
2006
Afghan Agriculture
# 41
Algeria :
12.349
per 1,000 people
2006
Algerian Agriculture
# 42
Swaziland :
11.917
per 1,000 people
2006
Swazi Agriculture
# 43
Zimbabwe :
11.806
per 1,000 people
2006
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 44
Côte d'Ivoire :
10.938
per 1,000 people
2006
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 45
New Caledonia :
10.535
per 1,000 people
2006
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 46
Mexico :
10.247
per 1,000 people
2006
Mexican Agriculture
# 47
Ireland :
10.12
per 1,000 people
2006
Irish Agriculture
# 48
Uzbekistan :
10.056
per 1,000 people
2006
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 49
Guinea-Bissau :
9.982
per 1,000 people
2006
Guinean Agriculture
# 50
Nicaragua :
9.944
per 1,000 people
2006
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 51
Morocco :
9.819
per 1,000 people
2006
Moroccan Agriculture
# 52
Tunisia :
9.699
per 1,000 people
2006
Tunisian Agriculture
# 53
Chile :
9.604
per 1,000 people
2006
Chilean Agriculture
# 54
Colombia :
9.258
per 1,000 people
2006
Colombian Agriculture
# 55
Belarus :
9.22
per 1,000 people
2006
Belarusian Agriculture
# 56
Ukraine :
8.865
per 1,000 people
2006
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 57
Tanzania :
8.803
per 1,000 people
2006
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 58
Bhutan :
8.671
per 1,000 people
2006
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 59
Lithuania :
8.211
per 1,000 people
2006
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 60
Burkina Faso :
8.14
per 1,000 people
2006
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 61
Latvia :
8.112
per 1,000 people
2006
Latvian Agriculture
# 62
Venezuela :
7.901
per 1,000 people
2006
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 63
Kenya :
7.698
per 1,000 people
2006
Kenyan Agriculture
# 64
Liberia :
7.692
per 1,000 people
2006
Liberian Agriculture
# 65
Peru :
7.579
per 1,000 people
2006
Peruvian Agriculture
# 66
Greece :
7.475
per 1,000 people
2006
Greek Agriculture
# 67
Senegal :
7.242
per 1,000 people
2006
Senegalese Agriculture
# 68
Syria :
7.118
per 1,000 people
2006
Syrian Agriculture
# 69
Tajikistan :
6.941
per 1,000 people
2006
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 70
Oman :
6.85
per 1,000 people
2006
Omani Agriculture
# 71
Vanuatu :
6.826
per 1,000 people
2006
- Agriculture
# 72
Panama :
6.79
per 1,000 people
2006
Panamanian Agriculture
# 73
Bulgaria :
6.702
per 1,000 people
2006
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 74
Ghana :
6.635
per 1,000 people
2006
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 75
Spain :
6.571
per 1,000 people
2006
Spanish Agriculture
# 76
Romania :
6.517
per 1,000 people
2006
Romanian Agriculture
# 77
Moldova :
6.503
per 1,000 people
2006
Moldovan Agriculture
# 78
Equatorial Guinea :
6.293
per 1,000 people
2006
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 79
Serbia and Montenegro :
6.289
per 1,000 people
2006
Serbian Agriculture
# 80
Costa Rica :
6.256
per 1,000 people
2006
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 81
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.075
per 1,000 people
2006
Macedonian Agriculture
# 82
Cuba :
5.875
per 1,000 people
2006
Cuban Agriculture
# 83
Hungary :
5.777
per 1,000 people
2006
Hungarian Agriculture
# 84
Togo :
5.76
per 1,000 people
2006
Togolese Agriculture
# 85
Estonia :
5.682
per 1,000 people
2006
Estonian Agriculture
# 86
Georgia :
5.676
per 1,000 people
2006
Georgian Agriculture
# 87
Sierra Leone :
5.637
per 1,000 people
2006
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 88
Azerbaijan :
5.612
per 1,000 people
2006
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 89
Turkey :
5.552
per 1,000 people
2006
Turkish Agriculture
# 90
Ecuador :
5.55
per 1,000 people
2006
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 91
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
5.524
per 1,000 people
2006
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 92
Cameroon :
5.491
per 1,000 people
2006
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 93
Nigeria :
5.389
per 1,000 people
2006
Nigerian Agriculture
# 94
Armenia :
5.347
per 1,000 people
2006
Armenian Agriculture
# 95
Gambia, The :
5.217
per 1,000 people
2006
Gambian Agriculture
# 96
Belize :
5.114
per 1,000 people
2006
Belizean Agriculture
# 97
Fiji :
5.015
per 1,000 people
2006
Fijian Agriculture
# 98
Denmark :
4.992
per 1,000 people
2006
Danish Agriculture
# 99
France :
4.834
per 1,000 people
2006
French Agriculture
# 100
Ethiopia :
4.706
per 1,000 people
2006
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 101
Samoa :
4.634
per 1,000 people
2006
Samoan Agriculture
# 102
Finland :
4.379
per 1,000 people
2006
Finnish Agriculture
# 103
Uganda :
4.255
per 1,000 people
2006
Ugandan Agriculture
# 104
Honduras :
4.253
per 1,000 people
2006
Honduran Agriculture
# 105
China :
4.197
per 1,000 people
2006
Chinese Agriculture
# 106
Poland :
4.187
per 1,000 people
2006
Polish Agriculture
# 107
Czech Republic :
4.164
per 1,000 people
2006
Czech Agriculture
# 108
Benin :
4.046
per 1,000 people
2006
Beninese Agriculture
# 109
Austria :
3.933
per 1,000 people
2006
Austrian Agriculture
# 110
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
3.817
per 1,000 people
2006
Congolese Agriculture
# 111
Cambodia :
3.801
per 1,000 people
2006
Cambodian Agriculture
# 112
Malawi :
3.776
per 1,000 people
2006
Malawian Agriculture
# 113
East Timor :
3.77
per 1,000 people
2006
Timorese Agriculture
# 114
Kiribati :
3.68
per 1,000 people
2006
- Agriculture
# 115
Laos :
3.658
per 1,000 people
2006
Lao Agriculture
# 116
Slovakia :
3.601
per 1,000 people
2006
Slovak Agriculture
# 117
Albania :
3.57
per 1,000 people
2006
Albanian Agriculture
# 118
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.561
per 1,000 people
2006
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 119
Sweden :
3.497
per 1,000 people
2006
Swedish Agriculture
# 120
Iraq :
3.454
per 1,000 people
2006
Iraqi Agriculture
# 121
Portugal :
3.388
per 1,000 people
2006
Portuguese Agriculture
# 122
Man, Isle of :
3.387
per 1,000 people
2006
Manx Agriculture
# 123
Guatemala :
3.333
per 1,000 people
2006
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 124
Dominica :
3.177
per 1,000 people
2006
Dominican Agriculture
# 125
Malaysia :
3.054
per 1,000 people
2006
Malaysian Agriculture
# 126
Thailand :
3.044
per 1,000 people
2006
Thai Agriculture
# 127
Palau :
2.97
per 1,000 people
2006
Palauan Agriculture
# 128
United Kingdom :
2.955
per 1,000 people
2006
British Agriculture
# 129
Tonga :
2.928
per 1,000 people
2006
Tongan Agriculture
# 130
Burundi :
2.923
per 1,000 people
2006
Burundian Agriculture
# 131
Luxembourg :
2.792
per 1,000 people
2006
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 132
Croatia :
2.769
per 1,000 people
2006
Croatian Agriculture
# 133
Dominican Republic :
2.618
per 1,000 people
2006
Dominican Agriculture
# 134
Slovenia :
2.463
per 1,000 people
2006
Slovenian Agriculture
# 135
Comoros :
2.445
per 1,000 people
2006
Comoran Agriculture
# 136
Italy :
2.425
per 1,000 people
2006
Italian Agriculture
# 137
Burma :
2.276
per 1,000 people
2006
Burmese Agriculture
# 138
Norway :
2.229
per 1,000 people
2006
Norwegian Agriculture
# 139
El Salvador :
2.207
per 1,000 people
2006
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 140
Indonesia :
2.174
per 1,000 people
2006
Indonesian Agriculture
# 141
Marshall Islands :
2.141
per 1,000 people
2006
Marshallese Agriculture
# 142
Switzerland :
2.096
per 1,000 people
2006
Swiss Agriculture
# 143
Germany :
2.056
per 1,000 people
2006
German Agriculture
# 144
Cyprus :
2.051
per 1,000 people
2006
Cypriot Agriculture
# 145
Rwanda :
2.028
per 1,000 people
2006
Rwandan Agriculture
# 146
Haiti :
1.954
per 1,000 people
2006
Haitian Agriculture
# 147
Jamaica :
1.926
per 1,000 people
2006
Jamaican Agriculture
# 148
Suriname :
1.834
per 1,000 people
2006
Surinamese Agriculture
# 149
Jordan :
1.822
per 1,000 people
2006
Jordanian Agriculture
# 150
Papua New Guinea :
1.735
per 1,000 people
2006
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 151
French Polynesia :
1.732
per 1,000 people
2006
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 152
Liechtenstein :
1.719
per 1,000 people
2006
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 153
Pakistan :
1.701
per 1,000 people
2006
Pakistani Agriculture
# 154
Lebanon :
1.699
per 1,000 people
2006
Lebanese Agriculture
# 155
Solomon Islands :
1.697
per 1,000 people
2006
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 156
Tuvalu :
1.693
per 1,000 people
2006
Tuvaluan Agriculture
# 157
India :
1.621
per 1,000 people
2006
Indian Agriculture
# 158
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.555
per 1,000 people
2006
Barbudan Agriculture
# 159
Nepal :
1.522
per 1,000 people
2006
Nepalese Agriculture
# 160
Cape Verde :
1.505
per 1,000 people
2006
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 161
Philippines :
1.36
per 1,000 people
2006
Philippine Agriculture
# 162
Belgium :
1.318
per 1,000 people
2006
Belgian Agriculture
# 163
United Arab Emirates :
1.283
per 1,000 people
2006
Emirati Agriculture
# 164
Sri Lanka :
1.209
per 1,000 people
2006
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 165
Grenada :
1.202
per 1,000 people
2006
Grenadian Agriculture
# 166
Vietnam :
1.198
per 1,000 people
2006
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 167
Netherlands :
1.173
per 1,000 people
2006
Dutch Agriculture
# 168
Guam :
1.164
per 1,000 people
2006
Guamanian Agriculture
# 169
Mayotte :
1.071
per 1,000 people
2006
Mahoran Agriculture
# 170
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1.033
per 1,000 people
2006
Nevisian Agriculture
# 171
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.003
per 1,000 people
2006
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 172
Qatar :
0.858
per 1,000 people
2006
Qatari Agriculture
# 173
American Samoa :
0.839
per 1,000 people
2006
American Samoan Agriculture
# 174
Mauritius :
0.822
per 1,000 people
2006
Mauritian Agriculture
# 175
Saint Lucia :
0.723
per 1,000 people
2006
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 176
Israel :
0.71
per 1,000 people
2006
Israeli Agriculture
# 177
Barbados :
0.704
per 1,000 people
2006
Barbadian Agriculture
# 178
Seychelles :
0.7
per 1,000 people
2006
Seychellois Agriculture
# 179
Cayman Islands :
0.652
per 1,000 people
2006
Caymanian Agriculture
# 180
Bangladesh :
0.627
per 1,000 people
2006
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 181
Faroe Islands :
0.621
per 1,000 people
2006
Faroese Agriculture
# 182
Kuwait :
0.592
per 1,000 people
2006
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 183
Puerto Rico :
0.512
per 1,000 people
2006
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 184
Turks and Caicos Islands :
0.473
per 1,000 people
2006
Turks and Caicos Islands Agriculture
# 185
Netherlands Antilles :
0.435
per 1,000 people
2006
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 186
Bahamas, The :
0.428
per 1,000 people
2006
Bahamian Agriculture
# 187
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.413
per 1,000 people
2006
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 188
Maldives :
0.386
per 1,000 people
2006
Maldivian Agriculture
# 189
Virgin Islands :
0.368
per 1,000 people
2006
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 190
Japan :
0.366
per 1,000 people
2006
Japanese Agriculture
# 191
Northern Mariana Islands :
0.365
per 1,000 people
2006
NA Agriculture
# 192
San Marino :
0.35
per 1,000 people
2006
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 193
Brunei :
0.27
per 1,000 people
2006
Bruneian Agriculture
# 194
Malta :
0.227
per 1,000 people
2006
Maltese Agriculture
# 195
Aruba :
0.198
per 1,000 people
2006
Aruban Agriculture
# 196
Bermuda :
0.157
per 1,000 people
2006
Bermudian Agriculture
# 197
Bahrain :
0.135
per 1,000 people
2006
Bahraini Agriculture
# 198
Singapore :
0.002
per 1,000 people
2006
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
14.8
per 1,000 people
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
3.932
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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