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DEFINITION:
Arable land (in hectares) 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.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 174.45 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 2 | India | 159.65 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Russia | 121.78 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 4 | China | 103.4 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 5 | Brazil | 59 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 6 | Australia | 49.4 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 47.26 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 7 | Canada | 45.66 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 37.12 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 8 | Ukraine | 32.45 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Nigeria | 30.5 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 10 | Argentina | 27.9 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 27.09 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 11 | Mexico | 24.8 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 12 | Turkey | 23.83 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Indonesia | 23 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 22.36 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 21.58 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 15 | Pakistan | 21.27 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 16 | France | 18.51 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 17.85 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 17 | Sudan | 17 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 16.34 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 18 | Iran | 16.1 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 15.99 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 19 | South Africa | 14.75 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 14.64 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 20 | Niger | 14.48 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 21 | Thailand | 14.13 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 22 | Spain | 13.7 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Poland | 12.14 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Germany | 11.9 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 11.83 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 11.5 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 11.18 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 25 | Ethiopia | 11.06 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 26 | Burma | 10.09 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 9.43 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 27 | Romania | 9.29 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Morocco | 8.48 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 8.17 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 7.96 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 29 | Bangladesh | 7.96 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Afghanistan | 7.91 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 31 | Italy | 7.74 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Algeria | 7.54 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 7.22 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| failed states average (profile) | 7.08 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 33 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.7 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 34 | Vietnam | 6.6 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 6.55 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 6.39 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 35 | Cameroon | 5.96 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 5.78 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 36 | Iraq | 5.75 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 37 | United Kingdom | 5.73 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Philippines | 5.7 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 5.6 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 39 | Belarus | 5.46 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Zambia | 5.26 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 41 | Uganda | 5.2 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 5.2 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 4.98 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| 42 | Syria | 4.87 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 4.84 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 44 | Mali | 4.8 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 4.7 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 46 | Kenya | 4.65 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 47 | Hungary | 4.6 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 4.39 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 48 | Japan | 4.36 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 49 | Mozambique | 4.35 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 50 | Ghana | 4.18 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 51 | Tanzania | 4 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 4 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 3.96 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 3.73 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| =52 | Cambodia | 3.7 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| =52 | Peru | 3.7 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 3.67 million hectares | 2005 | |||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 3.66 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| =54 | Chad | 3.6 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| =54 | Saudi Arabia | 3.6 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 56 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3.5 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| =57 | Angola | 3.3 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| =57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.3 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 3.28 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 3.22 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 60 | Bulgaria | 3.17 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 3.15 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 61 | Cuba | 3.06 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 62 | Bolivia | 3.05 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 63 | Czech Republic | 3.05 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Paraguay | 3.04 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 65 | Egypt | 3 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Madagascar | 2.95 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 67 | North Korea | 2.8 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Tunisia | 2.79 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 69 | Sweden | 2.7 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Benin | 2.65 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 71 | Greece | 2.63 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Venezuela | 2.6 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 73 | Togo | 2.51 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 74 | Senegal | 2.46 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 75 | Malawi | 2.45 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 76 | Nepal | 2.36 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Denmark | 2.24 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Finland | 2.23 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Turkmenistan | 2.2 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 80 | Colombia | 2 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Chile | 1.98 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 82 | Central African Republic | 1.93 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 83 | Nicaragua | 1.93 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 84 | Lithuania | 1.91 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Moldova | 1.85 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 1.84 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Libya | 1.81 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 88 | Malaysia | 1.8 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 89 | South Korea | 1.64 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Yemen | 1.54 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 91 | Portugal | 1.53 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 92 | New Zealand | 1.5 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 93 | Guatemala | 1.44 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 94 | Slovakia | 1.39 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Austria | 1.39 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Uruguay | 1.37 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 97 | Ecuador | 1.35 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 1.31 million hectares | 2003 | |||
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.28 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Ireland | 1.22 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Rwanda | 1.2 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 101 | Mongolia | 1.2 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 102 | Croatia | 1.11 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Guinea | 1.1 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 1.1 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 105 | Latvia | 1.09 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Honduras | 1.07 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 107 | Somalia | 1.04 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| =108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,000,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =108 | Laos | 1,000,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 110 | Burundi | 990,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 111 | Tajikistan | 930,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 916,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 113 | Netherlands | 908,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Norway | 859,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Belgium | 844,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Namibia | 815,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 117 | Georgia | 802,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Haiti | 780,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 119 | El Salvador | 660,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 120 | Estonia | 591,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Albania | 578,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 570,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 123 | Eritrea | 562,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 124 | Panama | 548,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =125 | Armenia | 495,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =125 | Congo, Republic of the | 495,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 127 | Mauritania | 488,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 128 | Guyana | 480,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 129 | Switzerland | 410,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Liberia | 382,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 131 | Botswana | 377,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 132 | Lesotho | 330,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 133 | Gabon | 325,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 134 | Israel | 317,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 135 | The Gambia | 315,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 300,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =137 | Papua New Guinea | 225,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =137 | Costa Rica | 225,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 139 | Fiji | 200,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 140 | Jordan | 184,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Swaziland | 178,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 142 | Slovenia | 176,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Jamaica | 174,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 144 | Lebanon | 170,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 145 | Bhutan | 159,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Equatorial Guinea | 130,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 147 | East Timor | 122,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =148 | Cyprus | 100,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =148 | Mauritius | 100,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Comoros | 80,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 75,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 152 | Puerto Rico | 71,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 153 | Belize | 70,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 154 | United Arab Emirates | 64,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =155 | Luxembourg | 60,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =155 | Samoa | 60,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 157 | Suriname | 58,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 158 | Cape Verde | 46,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 159 | Oman | 37,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 160 | Vanuatu | 20,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =161 | Qatar | 18,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =161 | Solomon Islands | 18,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 163 | Barbados | 16,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =164 | Kuwait | 15,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =164 | Tonga | 15,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 166 | Brunei | 14,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 167 | Malta | 9,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =168 | Netherlands Antilles | 8,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =168 | The Bahamas | 8,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =172 | Iceland | 7,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 175 | New Caledonia | 6,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 176 | Dominica | 5,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =177 | Liechtenstein | 4,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =177 | Palau | 4,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =177 | Maldives | 4,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =177 | Saint Lucia | 4,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =177 | Federated States of Micronesia | 4,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =182 | Faroe Islands | 3,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =182 | French Polynesia | 3,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =184 | Bahrain | 2,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =184 | Marshall Islands | 2,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =184 | Virgin Islands | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =184 | American Samoa | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =184 | Aruba | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =184 | Guam | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =184 | Kiribati | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =184 | Grenada | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =192 | Seychelles | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =192 | Djibouti | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =192 | Andorra | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =192 | San Marino | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =192 | Bermuda | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =192 | Cayman Islands | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 198 | Singapore | 600 hectares | 2005 |