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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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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
180,630,000 hectares
1961
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
155,806,000 hectares
1961
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
142,343,600 hectares
1961
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1961
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
40,843,000 hectares
1961
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
37,799,650 hectares
1961
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
Ukraine :
35,974,100 hectares
1961
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 8
Australia :
30,185,000 hectares
1961
Australian Agriculture
# 9
Nigeria :
26,400,000 hectares
1961
Nigerian Agriculture
# 10
Turkey :
23,013,000 hectares
1961
Turkish Agriculture
# 11
Mexico :
22,420,000 hectares
1961
Mexican Agriculture
# 12
Brazil :
22,118,000 hectares
1961
Brazilian Agriculture
# 13
France :
19,606,000 hectares
1961
French Agriculture
# 14
Argentina :
18,597,000 hectares
1961
Argentine Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1961
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
Pakistan :
16,731,000 hectares
1961
Pakistani Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
16,246,000 hectares
1961
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Poland :
15,944,000 hectares
1961
Polish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
14,980,000 hectares
1961
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Italy :
12,862,000 hectares
1961
Italian Agriculture
# 21
Germany :
12,220,000 hectares
1961
German Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,000,000 hectares
1961
South African Agriculture
# 23
Niger :
11,499,000 hectares
1961
Nigerien Agriculture
# 24
Ethiopia :
11,000,000 hectares
1961
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 25
Sudan :
10,775,000 hectares
1961
Sudanese Agriculture
# 26
Thailand :
10,400,000 hectares
1961
Thai Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,900,000 hectares
1961
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Romania :
9,853,000 hectares
1961
Romanian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,605,000 hectares
1961
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,650,000 hectares
1961
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
United Kingdom :
7,175,000 hectares
1961
British Agriculture
# 32
Morocco :
6,590,000 hectares
1961
Moroccan Agriculture
# 33
Belarus :
6,560,350 hectares
1961
Belarusian Agriculture
# 34
Algeria :
6,472,000 hectares
1961
Algerian Agriculture
# 35
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,400,000 hectares
1961
Congolese Agriculture
# 36
Syria :
6,146,000 hectares
1961
Syrian Agriculture
# 37
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,800,998 hectares
1961
Serbian Agriculture
# 38
Japan :
5,660,000 hectares
1961
Japanese Agriculture
# 39
Vietnam :
5,550,000 hectares
1961
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 40
Hungary :
5,194,000 hectares
1961
Hungarian Agriculture
# 41
Cameroon :
5,000,000 hectares
1961
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 42
Philippines :
4,901,000 hectares
1961
Philippine Agriculture
# 43
Uzbekistan :
4,824,294 hectares
1961
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 44
Zambia :
4,792,000 hectares
1961
Zambian Agriculture
# 45
Iraq :
4,600,000 hectares
1961
Iraqi Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,252,000 hectares
1961
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
3,640,000 hectares
1961
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Sweden :
3,553,000 hectares
1961
Swedish Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,532,000 hectares
1961
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1961
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1961
Czech Agriculture
# 52
Uganda :
3,150,000 hectares
1961
Ugandan Agriculture
# 53
Lithuania :
3,110,883 hectares
1961
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 54
Tunisia :
3,100,000 hectares
1961
Tunisian Agriculture
# 55
New Zealand :
3,000,000 hectares
1961
New Zealand Agriculture
# 56
Venezuela :
2,900,000 hectares
1961
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 57
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1961
Chadian Agriculture
# 58
Cambodia :
2,838,000 hectares
1961
Cambodian Agriculture
# 59
Denmark :
2,807,000 hectares
1961
Danish Agriculture
# 60
Greece :
2,794,000 hectares
1961
Greek Agriculture
# 61
Finland :
2,674,000 hectares
1961
Finnish Agriculture
# 62
Angola :
2,670,000 hectares
1961
Angolan Agriculture
# 63
Portugal :
2,507,000 hectares
1961
Portuguese Agriculture
# 64
Egypt :
2,499,000 hectares
1961
Egyptian Agriculture
# 65
Mozambique :
2,444,000 hectares
1961
Mozambican Agriculture
# 66
Senegal :
2,347,000 hectares
1961
Senegalese Agriculture
# 67
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1961
Korean Agriculture
# 68
Burkina Faso :
2,124,000 hectares
1961
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 69
Korea, South :
2,033,000 hectares
1961
Korean Agriculture
# 70
Tanzania :
2,010,000 hectares
1961
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 71
Madagascar :
1,925,000 hectares
1961
Malagasy Agriculture
# 72
Croatia :
1,890,002 hectares
1961
Croatian Agriculture
# 73
Zimbabwe :
1,885,000 hectares
1961
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 74
Moldova :
1,871,921 hectares
1961
Moldovan Agriculture
# 75
Azerbaijan :
1,837,955 hectares
1961
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 76
Latvia :
1,820,163 hectares
1961
Latvian Agriculture
# 77
Nepal :
1,806,000 hectares
1961
Nepalese Agriculture
# 78
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1961
Togolese Agriculture
# 79
Peru :
1,796,000 hectares
1961
Peruvian Agriculture
# 80
Ecuador :
1,705,000 hectares
1961
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 81
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1961
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 82
Libya :
1,700,000 hectares
1961
Libyan Agriculture
# 83
Austria :
1,689,000 hectares
1961
Austrian Agriculture
# 84
Central African Republic :
1,680,000 hectares
1961
Central African Agriculture
# 85
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,680,000 hectares
1961
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 86
Mali :
1,638,000 hectares
1961
Malian Agriculture
# 87
Ireland :
1,590,000 hectares
1961
Irish Agriculture
# 88
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1961
Slovak Agriculture
# 89
Cuba :
1,550,000 hectares
1961
Cuban Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,455,699 hectares
1961
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Kyrgyzstan :
1,423,350 hectares
1961
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 92
Uruguay :
1,330,000 hectares
1961
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 93
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,325,497 hectares
1961
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,295,000 hectares
1961
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Bolivia :
1,294,000 hectares
1961
Bolivian Agriculture
# 96
Yemen :
1,262,000 hectares
1961
Yemeni Agriculture
# 97
Estonia :
1,202,300 hectares
1961
Estonian Agriculture
# 98
Malawi :
1,140,000 hectares
1961
Malawian Agriculture
# 99
Saudi Arabia :
1,140,000 hectares
1961
Saudi Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,100,000 hectares
1961
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Nicaragua :
1,030,000 hectares
1961
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 102
Netherlands :
992,000 hectares
1961
Dutch Agriculture
# 103
Macedonia, Republic of :
945,001.2 hectares
1961
Macedonian Agriculture
# 104
Belgium :
945,000 hectares
1961
Belgian Agriculture
# 105
Tajikistan :
927,334.1 hectares
1961
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 106
Benin :
920,000 hectares
1961
Beninese Agriculture
# 107
Haiti :
900,000 hectares
1961
Haitian Agriculture
# 108
Somalia :
891,000 hectares
1961
Somali Agriculture
# 109
Georgia :
857,244.9 hectares
1961
Georgian Agriculture
# 110
Norway :
857,000 hectares
1961
Norwegian Agriculture
# 111
Malaysia :
830,000 hectares
1961
Malaysian Agriculture
# 112
Dominican Republic :
720,000 hectares
1961
Dominican Agriculture
# 113
Paraguay :
700,000 hectares
1961
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 114
Burundi :
675,000 hectares
1961
Burundian Agriculture
# 115
Guinea :
660,000 hectares
1961
Guinean Agriculture
# 116
Namibia :
641,000 hectares
1961
Namibian Agriculture
# 117
Laos :
640,000 hectares
1961
Lao Agriculture
# 118
Mongolia :
624,000 hectares
1961
Mongolian Agriculture
# 119
Sri Lanka :
595,000 hectares
1961
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 120
Armenia :
536,991.2 hectares
1961
Armenian Agriculture
# 121
Congo, Republic of the :
520,000 hectares
1961
Congolese Agriculture
# 122
El Salvador :
488,000 hectares
1961
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 123
Rwanda :
485,000 hectares
1961
Rwandan Agriculture
# 124
Panama :
438,000 hectares
1961
Panamanian Agriculture
# 125
Albania :
432,000 hectares
1961
Albanian Agriculture
# 126
Switzerland :
410,000 hectares
1961
Swiss Agriculture
# 127
Botswana :
399,000 hectares
1961
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 128
Liberia :
378,000 hectares
1961
Liberian Agriculture
# 129
Lesotho :
358,000 hectares
1961
Basotho Agriculture
# 130
Sierra Leone :
355,000 hectares
1961
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
350,000 hectares
1961
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
318,000 hectares
1961
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
311,881.6 hectares
1961
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1961
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
270,000 hectares
1961
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Mauritania :
267,000 hectares
1961
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
235,000 hectares
1961
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Puerto Rico :
224,000 hectares
1961
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
172,000 hectares
1961
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
Jamaica :
166,000 hectares
1961
Jamaican Agriculture
# 141
Swaziland :
124,000 hectares
1961
Swazi Agriculture
# 142
Gambia, The :
118,000 hectares
1961
Gambian Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
110,000 hectares
1961
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1961
Cypriot Agriculture
# 145
Mauritius :
90,000 hectares
1961
Mauritian Agriculture
# 146
Gabon :
90,000 hectares
1961
Gabonese Agriculture
# 147
Fiji :
89,000 hectares
1961
Fijian Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
80,000 hectares
1961
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
Papua New Guinea :
75,000 hectares
1961
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 150
East Timor :
70,000 hectares
1961
Timorese Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
65,000 hectares
1961
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1961
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
57,000 hectares
1961
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
52,000 hectares
1961
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1961
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
36,000 hectares
1961
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
28,000 hectares
1961
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
20,000 hectares
1961
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Malta :
17,000 hectares
1961
Maltese Agriculture
# 160
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1961
Barbadian Agriculture
# 161
Tonga :
12,000 hectares
1961
Tongan Agriculture
# 162
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1961
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 163
Vanuatu :
10,000 hectares
1961
- Agriculture
# 164
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
10,000 hectares
1961
Nevisian Agriculture
# 165
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1961
Barbudan Agriculture
# 166
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1961
Dominican Agriculture
# 167
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1961
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 168
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1961
Bahamian Agriculture
# 169
Netherlands Antilles :
6,000 hectares
1961
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 170
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1961
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1961
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1961
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 173
United Arab Emirates :
5,000 hectares
1961
Emirati Agriculture
# 174
Grenada :
5,000 hectares
1961
Grenadian Agriculture
# 175
Brunei :
4,000 hectares
1961
Bruneian Agriculture
# 176
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1961
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 177
Virgin Islands :
4,000 hectares
1961
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 178
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1961
Faroese Agriculture
# 179
Singapore :
3,000 hectares
1961
Singapore Agriculture
# 180
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1961
Aruban Agriculture
# 181
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1961
- Agriculture
# 182
Maldives :
2,000 hectares
1961
Maldivian Agriculture
# 183
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1961
Guamanian Agriculture
# 184
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1961
American Samoan Agriculture
# 185
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1961
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 186
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1961
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 187
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1961
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 188
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1961
Bermudian Agriculture
# 189
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1961
Bahraini Agriculture
# 190
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1961
Andorran Agriculture
# 191
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1961
Qatari Agriculture
# 192
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1961
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 193
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1961
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 194
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1961
Caymanian Agriculture
# 195
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1961
Seychellois Agriculture
Total :
1,286,491,215 hectares
Weighted average:
6,597,390.8 hectares
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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"Arable land > hectares (1961) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1961
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