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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 :
177,095,000 hectares
1962
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
156,700,000 hectares
1962
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
142,585,500 hectares
1962
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1962
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
41,224,000 hectares
1962
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
37,863,880 hectares
1962
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
Ukraine :
36,035,220 hectares
1962
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 8
Australia :
32,103,000 hectares
1962
Australian Agriculture
# 9
Nigeria :
26,500,000 hectares
1962
Nigerian Agriculture
# 10
Brazil :
24,000,000 hectares
1962
Brazilian Agriculture
# 11
Turkey :
23,131,000 hectares
1962
Turkish Agriculture
# 12
Mexico :
22,340,000 hectares
1962
Mexican Agriculture
# 13
France :
19,530,000 hectares
1962
French Agriculture
# 14
Argentina :
19,180,000 hectares
1962
Argentine Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1962
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
Pakistan :
17,028,000 hectares
1962
Pakistani Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
16,296,000 hectares
1962
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Poland :
15,829,000 hectares
1962
Polish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
14,990,000 hectares
1962
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Italy :
12,795,000 hectares
1962
Italian Agriculture
# 21
Germany :
12,185,000 hectares
1962
German Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,050,000 hectares
1962
South African Agriculture
# 23
Niger :
11,499,000 hectares
1962
Nigerien Agriculture
# 24
Ethiopia :
11,459,000 hectares
1962
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 25
Sudan :
10,875,000 hectares
1962
Sudanese Agriculture
# 26
Thailand :
10,600,000 hectares
1962
Thai Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,922,000 hectares
1962
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Burma :
9,910,000 hectares
1962
Burmese Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,597,000 hectares
1962
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,700,000 hectares
1962
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
United Kingdom :
7,236,000 hectares
1962
British Agriculture
# 32
Morocco :
6,590,000 hectares
1962
Moroccan Agriculture
# 33
Belarus :
6,571,498 hectares
1962
Belarusian Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,400,000 hectares
1962
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Algeria :
6,300,000 hectares
1962
Algerian Agriculture
# 36
Syria :
6,200,000 hectares
1962
Syrian Agriculture
# 37
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,785,158 hectares
1962
Serbian Agriculture
# 38
Japan :
5,620,000 hectares
1962
Japanese Agriculture
# 39
Vietnam :
5,550,000 hectares
1962
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 40
Hungary :
5,192,000 hectares
1962
Hungarian Agriculture
# 41
Cameroon :
5,050,000 hectares
1962
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 42
Philippines :
4,880,000 hectares
1962
Philippine Agriculture
# 43
Uzbekistan :
4,832,492 hectares
1962
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 44
Zambia :
4,795,000 hectares
1962
Zambian Agriculture
# 45
Iraq :
4,650,000 hectares
1962
Iraqi Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,154,000 hectares
1962
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
3,660,000 hectares
1962
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Colombia :
3,532,000 hectares
1962
Colombian Agriculture
# 49
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1962
Kenyan Agriculture
# 50
Sweden :
3,488,000 hectares
1962
Swedish Agriculture
# 51
Uganda :
3,200,000 hectares
1962
Ugandan Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1962
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Lithuania :
3,116,169 hectares
1962
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 54
Tunisia :
3,100,000 hectares
1962
Tunisian Agriculture
# 55
New Zealand :
2,990,000 hectares
1962
New Zealand Agriculture
# 56
Venezuela :
2,900,000 hectares
1962
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 57
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1962
Chadian Agriculture
# 58
Greece :
2,863,000 hectares
1962
Greek Agriculture
# 59
Cambodia :
2,850,000 hectares
1962
Cambodian Agriculture
# 60
Denmark :
2,773,000 hectares
1962
Danish Agriculture
# 61
Angola :
2,700,000 hectares
1962
Angolan Agriculture
# 62
Finland :
2,674,000 hectares
1962
Finnish Agriculture
# 63
Portugal :
2,503,000 hectares
1962
Portuguese Agriculture
# 64
Mozambique :
2,450,000 hectares
1962
Mozambican Agriculture
# 65
Egypt :
2,433,000 hectares
1962
Egyptian Agriculture
# 66
Senegal :
2,347,000 hectares
1962
Senegalese Agriculture
# 67
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1962
Korean Agriculture
# 68
Burkina Faso :
2,134,000 hectares
1962
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 69
Tanzania :
2,020,000 hectares
1962
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 70
Korea, South :
1,998,000 hectares
1962
Korean Agriculture
# 71
Madagascar :
1,940,000 hectares
1962
Malagasy Agriculture
# 72
Zimbabwe :
1,935,000 hectares
1962
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 73
Peru :
1,929,000 hectares
1962
Peruvian Agriculture
# 74
Croatia :
1,884,842 hectares
1962
Croatian Agriculture
# 75
Moldova :
1,875,102 hectares
1962
Moldovan Agriculture
# 76
Azerbaijan :
1,841,078 hectares
1962
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 77
Latvia :
1,823,256 hectares
1962
Latvian Agriculture
# 78
Nepal :
1,806,000 hectares
1962
Nepalese Agriculture
# 79
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1962
Togolese Agriculture
# 80
Libya :
1,710,000 hectares
1962
Libyan Agriculture
# 81
Ecuador :
1,705,000 hectares
1962
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 82
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1962
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 83
Central African Republic :
1,690,000 hectares
1962
Central African Agriculture
# 84
Austria :
1,681,000 hectares
1962
Austrian Agriculture
# 85
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,680,000 hectares
1962
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 86
Mali :
1,643,000 hectares
1962
Malian Agriculture
# 87
Ireland :
1,567,000 hectares
1962
Irish Agriculture
# 88
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1962
Slovak Agriculture
# 89
Cuba :
1,555,000 hectares
1962
Cuban Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,458,173 hectares
1962
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Kyrgyzstan :
1,425,769 hectares
1962
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 92
Uruguay :
1,340,000 hectares
1962
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 93
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,321,878 hectares
1962
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,305,000 hectares
1962
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Bolivia :
1,296,000 hectares
1962
Bolivian Agriculture
# 96
Yemen :
1,273,000 hectares
1962
Yemeni Agriculture
# 97
Estonia :
1,204,343 hectares
1962
Estonian Agriculture
# 98
Saudi Arabia :
1,160,000 hectares
1962
Saudi Agriculture
# 99
Malawi :
1,160,000 hectares
1962
Malawian Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,100,000 hectares
1962
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Nicaragua :
1,030,000 hectares
1962
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 102
Netherlands :
966,000 hectares
1962
Dutch Agriculture
# 103
Macedonia, Republic of :
942,420.9 hectares
1962
Macedonian Agriculture
# 104
Belgium :
942,000 hectares
1962
Belgian Agriculture
# 105
Benin :
940,000 hectares
1962
Beninese Agriculture
# 106
Tajikistan :
928,909.9 hectares
1962
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 107
Haiti :
900,000 hectares
1962
Haitian Agriculture
# 108
Somalia :
896,000 hectares
1962
Somali Agriculture
# 109
Georgia :
858,701.6 hectares
1962
Georgian Agriculture
# 110
Norway :
855,000 hectares
1962
Norwegian Agriculture
# 111
Malaysia :
840,000 hectares
1962
Malaysian Agriculture
# 112
Dominican Republic :
730,000 hectares
1962
Dominican Agriculture
# 113
Mongolia :
724,000 hectares
1962
Mongolian Agriculture
# 114
Paraguay :
711,000 hectares
1962
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 115
Burundi :
700,000 hectares
1962
Burundian Agriculture
# 116
Guinea :
670,000 hectares
1962
Guinean Agriculture
# 117
Namibia :
641,000 hectares
1962
Namibian Agriculture
# 118
Laos :
640,000 hectares
1962
Lao Agriculture
# 119
Sri Lanka :
577,000 hectares
1962
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 120
Armenia :
537,903.6 hectares
1962
Armenian Agriculture
# 121
Congo, Republic of the :
520,000 hectares
1962
Congolese Agriculture
# 122
Rwanda :
490,000 hectares
1962
Rwandan Agriculture
# 123
El Salvador :
488,000 hectares
1962
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 124
Panama :
438,000 hectares
1962
Panamanian Agriculture
# 125
Albania :
436,000 hectares
1962
Albanian Agriculture
# 126
Switzerland :
410,000 hectares
1962
Swiss Agriculture
# 127
Botswana :
399,000 hectares
1962
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 128
Liberia :
376,000 hectares
1962
Liberian Agriculture
# 129
Sierra Leone :
360,000 hectares
1962
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
353,000 hectares
1962
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
350,000 hectares
1962
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Slovenia :
311,030 hectares
1962
Slovenian Agriculture
# 133
Israel :
309,000 hectares
1962
Israeli Agriculture
# 134
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1962
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
272,000 hectares
1962
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Mauritania :
267,000 hectares
1962
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
235,000 hectares
1962
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Puerto Rico :
213,000 hectares
1962
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
180,000 hectares
1962
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
Jamaica :
166,000 hectares
1962
Jamaican Agriculture
# 141
Swaziland :
134,000 hectares
1962
Swazi Agriculture
# 142
Gambia, The :
119,000 hectares
1962
Gambian Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
115,000 hectares
1962
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1962
Cypriot Agriculture
# 145
Gabon :
100,000 hectares
1962
Gabonese Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
91,000 hectares
1962
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Fiji :
89,000 hectares
1962
Fijian Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
81,000 hectares
1962
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
Papua New Guinea :
75,000 hectares
1962
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 150
East Timor :
70,000 hectares
1962
Timorese Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
65,000 hectares
1962
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1962
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
57,000 hectares
1962
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
52,000 hectares
1962
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1962
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
36,000 hectares
1962
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
29,000 hectares
1962
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
20,000 hectares
1962
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1962
Barbadian Agriculture
# 160
Malta :
16,000 hectares
1962
Maltese Agriculture
# 161
Tonga :
14,000 hectares
1962
Tongan Agriculture
# 162
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
10,000 hectares
1962
Nevisian Agriculture
# 163
Vanuatu :
10,000 hectares
1962
- Agriculture
# 164
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1962
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 165
Dominica :
8,000 hectares
1962
Dominican Agriculture
# 166
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1962
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 167
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1962
Bahamian Agriculture
# 168
Antigua and Barbuda :
7,000 hectares
1962
Barbudan Agriculture
# 169
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1962
Icelandic Agriculture
# 170
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1962
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 171
Netherlands Antilles :
6,000 hectares
1962
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 172
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1962
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 173
United Arab Emirates :
5,000 hectares
1962
Emirati Agriculture
# 174
Grenada :
5,000 hectares
1962
Grenadian Agriculture
# 175
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1962
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 176
Virgin Islands :
4,000 hectares
1962
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 177
Singapore :
4,000 hectares
1962
Singapore Agriculture
# 178
Brunei :
4,000 hectares
1962
Bruneian Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1962
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Maldives :
2,000 hectares
1962
Maldivian Agriculture
# 181
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1962
American Samoan Agriculture
# 182
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1962
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 183
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1962
- Agriculture
# 184
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1962
Guamanian Agriculture
# 185
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1962
Aruban Agriculture
# 186
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1962
Bahraini Agriculture
# 187
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1962
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 188
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1962
Bermudian Agriculture
# 189
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1962
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 190
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1962
Andorran Agriculture
# 191
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1962
Qatari Agriculture
# 192
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1962
Seychellois Agriculture
# 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1962
Caymanian Agriculture
# 194
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1962
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 195
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1962
Sao Tomean Agriculture
Total :
1,290,448,324 hectares
Weighted average:
6,617,683.7 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 (1962) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1962
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