NationMaster - Arable land > hectares (most recent) by country

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.

Agriculture Statistics > Arable land > hectares (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount (top to bottom)

Date

United States:

174,448,000 hectares

2005 ...

India:

159,650,000 hectares

2005 ...

Russia:

121,781,000 hectares

2005 ...

China:

103,397,000 hectares

2003 ...

Brazil:

59,000,000 hectares

2003 ...

Australia:

49,402,000 hectares

2005 ...

Canada:

45,660,000 hectares

2003 ...

Ukraine:

32,452,000 hectares

2005 ...

Nigeria:

30,500,000 hectares

2003 ...

#10

Argentina:

27,900,000 hectares

2003 ...

#11

Mexico:

24,800,000 hectares

2003 ...

#12

Turkey:

23,830,000 hectares

2005 ...

#13

Indonesia:

23,000,000 hectares

2005 ...

#14

Kazakhstan:

22,364,000 hectares

2005 ...

#15

Pakistan:

21,275,000 hectares

2005 ...

#16

France:

18,507,000 hectares

2005 ...

#17

Sudan:

17,000,000 hectares

2003 ...

#18

Iran:

16,100,000 hectares

2005 ...

#19

South Africa:

14,753,000 hectares

2003 ...

#20

Niger:

14,483,000 hectares

2003 ...

#21

Thailand:

14,133,000 hectares

2003 ...

#22

Spain:

13,700,000 hectares

2005 ...

#23

Poland:

12,141,000 hectares

2005 ...

#24

Germany:

11,903,000 hectares

2005 ...

#25

Ethiopia:

11,056,000 hectares

2003 ...

#26

Burma:

10,093,000 hectares

2003 ...

#27

Romania:

9,288,000 hectares

2005 ...

#28

Morocco:

8,484,000 hectares

2003 ...

#29

Bangladesh:

7,955,000 hectares

2005 ...

#30

Afghanistan:

7,910,000 hectares

2003 ...

#31

Italy:

7,744,000 hectares

2005 ...

#32

Algeria:

7,545,000 hectares

2003 ...

#33

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

6,700,000 hectares

2003 ...

#34

Vietnam:

6,600,000 hectares

2005 ...

#35

Cameroon:

5,960,000 hectares

2003 ...

#36

Iraq:

5,750,000 hectares

2003 ...

#37

United Kingdom:

5,729,000 hectares

2005 ...

#38

Philippines:

5,700,000 hectares

2003 ...

#39

Belarus:

5,455,000 hectares

2005 ...

#40

Zambia:

5,260,000 hectares

2003 ...

#41

Uganda:

5,200,000 hectares

2003 ...

#42

Syria:

4,873,000 hectares

2005 ...

#43

Burkina Faso:

4,840,000 hectares

2003 ...

#44

Mali:

4,800,000 hectares

2005 ...

#45

Uzbekistan:

4,700,000 hectares

2003 ...

#46

Kenya:

4,650,000 hectares

2003 ...

#47

Hungary:

4,600,000 hectares

2005 ...

#48

Japan:

4,360,000 hectares

2005 ...

#49

Mozambique:

4,350,000 hectares

2003 ...

#50

Ghana:

4,185,000 hectares

2003 ...

#51

Tanzania:

4,000,000 hectares

2003 ...

#52

Cambodia:

3,700,000 hectares

2005 ...

#53

Peru:

3,700,000 hectares

2003 ...

#54

Chad:

3,600,000 hectares

2003 ...

#55

Saudi Arabia:

3,600,000 hectares

2003 ...

#56

Serbia and Montenegro:

3,505,000 hectares

2005 ...

#57

Angola:

3,300,000 hectares

2003 ...

#58

Côte d'Ivoire:

3,300,000 hectares

2003 ...

#59

Zimbabwe:

3,220,000 hectares

2003 ...

#60

Bulgaria:

3,173,000 hectares

2005 ...

#61

Cuba:

3,063,000 hectares

2003 ...

#62

Bolivia:

3,050,000 hectares

2003 ...

#63

Czech Republic:

3,047,000 hectares

2005 ...

#64

Paraguay:

3,040,000 hectares

2003 ...

#65

Egypt:

3,000,000 hectares

2005 ...

#66

Madagascar:

2,950,000 hectares

2003 ...

#67

Korea, North:

2,800,000 hectares

2005 ...

#68

Tunisia:

2,790,000 hectares

2003 ...

#69

Sweden:

2,703,000 hectares

2005 ...

#70

Benin:

2,650,000 hectares

2003 ...

#71

Greece:

2,627,000 hectares

2005 ...

#72

Venezuela:

2,600,000 hectares

2003 ...

#73

Togo:

2,510,000 hectares

2003 ...

#74

Senegal:

2,460,000 hectares

2003 ...

#75

Malawi:

2,450,000 hectares

2003 ...

#76

Nepal:

2,357,000 hectares

2005 ...

#77

Denmark:

2,237,000 hectares

2005 ...

#78

Finland:

2,234,000 hectares

2005 ...

#79

Turkmenistan:

2,200,000 hectares

2003 ...

#80

Colombia:

2,004,000 hectares

2005 ...

#81

Chile:

1,982,000 hectares

2003 ...

#82

Central African Republic:

1,930,000 hectares

2003 ...

#83

Nicaragua:

1,925,000 hectares

2003 ...

#84

Lithuania:

1,906,000 hectares

2005 ...

#85

Moldova:

1,848,000 hectares

2005 ...

#86

Azerbaijan:

1,843,200 hectares

2005 ...

#87

Libya:

1,815,000 hectares

2003 ...

#88

Malaysia:

1,800,000 hectares

2003 ...

#89

Korea, South:

1,635,000 hectares

2005 ...

#90

Yemen:

1,537,000 hectares

2003 ...

#91

Portugal:

1,534,000 hectares

2005 ...

#92

New Zealand:

1,500,000 hectares

2003 ...

#93

Guatemala:

1,440,000 hectares

2003 ...

#94

Slovakia:

1,391,000 hectares

2005 ...

#95

Austria:

1,387,000 hectares

2005 ...

#96

Uruguay:

1,370,000 hectares

2003 ...

#97

Ecuador:

1,348,000 hectares

2005 ...

#98

Kyrgyzstan:

1,284,000 hectares

2005 ...

#99

Ireland:

1,215,000 hectares

2005 ...

#100

Rwanda:

1,200,000 hectares

2003 ...

#101

Mongolia:

1,198,000 hectares

2003 ...

#102

Croatia:

1,110,000 hectares

2005 ...

#103

Guinea:

1,100,000 hectares

2003 ...

#104

Dominican Republic:

1,096,000 hectares

2003 ...

#105

Latvia:

1,092,000 hectares

2005 ...

#106

Honduras:

1,068,000 hectares

2003 ...

#107

Somalia:

1,045,000 hectares

2003 ...

#108

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

1,000,000 hectares

2005 ...

#109

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

Macedonia, Republic of:

566,000 hectares

2005 ...

#124

Eritrea:

562,000 hectares

2003 ...

#125

Panama:

548,000 hectares

2003 ...

#126

Armenia:

495,000 hectares

2005 ...

#127

Congo, Republic of the:

495,000 hectares

2003 ...

#128

Mauritania:

488,000 hectares

2003 ...

#129

Guyana:

480,000 hectares

2003 ...

#130

Switzerland:

410,000 hectares

2005