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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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Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
179,574,000 hectares
1963
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
157,470,000 hectares
1963
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
141,376,100 hectares
1963
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1963
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
41,604,000 hectares
1963
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
37,542,730 hectares
1963
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
Ukraine :
35,729,580 hectares
1963
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 8
Australia :
33,034,000 hectares
1963
Australian Agriculture
# 9
Nigeria :
26,600,000 hectares
1963
Nigerian Agriculture
# 10
Brazil :
26,000,000 hectares
1963
Brazilian Agriculture
# 11
Turkey :
23,895,000 hectares
1963
Turkish Agriculture
# 12
Mexico :
22,260,000 hectares
1963
Mexican Agriculture
# 13
Argentina :
19,600,000 hectares
1963
Argentine Agriculture
# 14
France :
19,455,000 hectares
1963
French Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1963
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
Pakistan :
17,150,000 hectares
1963
Pakistani Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
16,205,000 hectares
1963
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Poland :
15,733,000 hectares
1963
Polish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
15,000,000 hectares
1963
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Italy :
12,674,000 hectares
1963
Italian Agriculture
# 21
Germany :
12,165,000 hectares
1963
German Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,100,000 hectares
1963
South African Agriculture
# 23
Ethiopia :
11,631,000 hectares
1963
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 24
Niger :
11,499,000 hectares
1963
Nigerien Agriculture
# 25
Sudan :
10,975,000 hectares
1963
Sudanese Agriculture
# 26
Thailand :
10,800,000 hectares
1963
Thai Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,920,000 hectares
1963
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Romania :
9,853,000 hectares
1963
Romanian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,605,000 hectares
1963
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,750,000 hectares
1963
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
United Kingdom :
7,275,000 hectares
1963
British Agriculture
# 32
Morocco :
6,650,000 hectares
1963
Moroccan Agriculture
# 33
Belarus :
6,515,760 hectares
1963
Belarusian Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,400,000 hectares
1963
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Syria :
6,300,000 hectares
1963
Syrian Agriculture
# 36
Algeria :
6,200,000 hectares
1963
Algerian Agriculture
# 37
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,777,616 hectares
1963
Serbian Agriculture
# 38
Japan :
5,570,000 hectares
1963
Japanese Agriculture
# 39
Vietnam :
5,550,000 hectares
1963
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 40
Hungary :
5,195,000 hectares
1963
Hungarian Agriculture
# 41
Cameroon :
5,100,000 hectares
1963
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 42
Philippines :
4,860,000 hectares
1963
Philippine Agriculture
# 43
Zambia :
4,812,000 hectares
1963
Zambian Agriculture
# 44
Uzbekistan :
4,791,504 hectares
1963
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 45
Iraq :
4,700,000 hectares
1963
Iraqi Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,138,000 hectares
1963
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
3,680,000 hectares
1963
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Colombia :
3,550,000 hectares
1963
Colombian Agriculture
# 49
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1963
Kenyan Agriculture
# 50
Sweden :
3,297,000 hectares
1963
Swedish Agriculture
# 51
Uganda :
3,269,000 hectares
1963
Ugandan Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1963
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Tunisia :
3,100,000 hectares
1963
Tunisian Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,089,738 hectares
1963
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Greece :
3,057,000 hectares
1963
Greek Agriculture
# 56
New Zealand :
2,985,000 hectares
1963
New Zealand Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
2,903,000 hectares
1963
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1963
Chadian Agriculture
# 59
Cambodia :
2,850,000 hectares
1963
Cambodian Agriculture
# 60
Denmark :
2,744,000 hectares
1963
Danish Agriculture
# 61
Angola :
2,720,000 hectares
1963
Angolan Agriculture
# 62
Finland :
2,674,000 hectares
1963
Finnish Agriculture
# 63
Portugal :
2,499,000 hectares
1963
Portuguese Agriculture
# 64
Mozambique :
2,455,000 hectares
1963
Mozambican Agriculture
# 65
Egypt :
2,413,000 hectares
1963
Egyptian Agriculture
# 66
Senegal :
2,347,000 hectares
1963
Senegalese Agriculture
# 67
Peru :
2,200,000 hectares
1963
Peruvian Agriculture
# 68
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1963
Korean Agriculture
# 69
Burkina Faso :
2,144,000 hectares
1963
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 70
Tanzania :
2,030,000 hectares
1963
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 71
Korea, South :
2,010,000 hectares
1963
Korean Agriculture
# 72
Zimbabwe :
1,985,000 hectares
1963
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 73
Madagascar :
1,955,000 hectares
1963
Malagasy Agriculture
# 74
Croatia :
1,882,384 hectares
1963
Croatian Agriculture
# 75
Moldova :
1,859,198 hectares
1963
Moldovan Agriculture
# 76
Azerbaijan :
1,825,462 hectares
1963
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 77
Nepal :
1,816,000 hectares
1963
Nepalese Agriculture
# 78
Latvia :
1,807,791 hectares
1963
Latvian Agriculture
# 79
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1963
Togolese Agriculture
# 80
Libya :
1,710,000 hectares
1963
Libyan Agriculture
# 81
Ecuador :
1,710,000 hectares
1963
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 82
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1963
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 83
Central African Republic :
1,700,000 hectares
1963
Central African Agriculture
# 84
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,680,000 hectares
1963
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 85
Austria :
1,656,000 hectares
1963
Austrian Agriculture
# 86
Mali :
1,648,000 hectares
1963
Malian Agriculture
# 87
Cuba :
1,592,000 hectares
1963
Cuban Agriculture
# 88
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1963
Slovak Agriculture
# 89
Ireland :
1,561,000 hectares
1963
Irish Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,445,805 hectares
1963
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Kyrgyzstan :
1,413,676 hectares
1963
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 92
Uruguay :
1,340,000 hectares
1963
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 93
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,320,154 hectares
1963
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,310,000 hectares
1963
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Bolivia :
1,304,000 hectares
1963
Bolivian Agriculture
# 96
Yemen :
1,285,000 hectares
1963
Yemeni Agriculture
# 97
Estonia :
1,194,128 hectares
1963
Estonian Agriculture
# 98
Saudi Arabia :
1,180,000 hectares
1963
Saudi Agriculture
# 99
Malawi :
1,170,000 hectares
1963
Malawian Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,100,000 hectares
1963
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Nicaragua :
1,030,000 hectares
1963
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 102
Benin :
960,000 hectares
1963
Beninese Agriculture
# 103
Netherlands :
949,000 hectares
1963
Dutch Agriculture
# 104
Macedonia, Republic of :
941,192.2 hectares
1963
Macedonian Agriculture
# 105
Belgium :
939,000 hectares
1963
Belgian Agriculture
# 106
Tajikistan :
921,031.1 hectares
1963
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 107
Somalia :
901,000 hectares
1963
Somali Agriculture
# 108
Haiti :
900,000 hectares
1963
Haitian Agriculture
# 109
Norway :
853,000 hectares
1963
Norwegian Agriculture
# 110
Georgia :
851,418.3 hectares
1963
Georgian Agriculture
# 111
Malaysia :
850,000 hectares
1963
Malaysian Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
792,000 hectares
1963
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Dominican Republic :
740,000 hectares
1963
Dominican Agriculture
# 114
Mongolia :
729,000 hectares
1963
Mongolian Agriculture
# 115
Paraguay :
729,000 hectares
1963
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 116
Burundi :
724,000 hectares
1963
Burundian Agriculture
# 117
Guinea :
670,000 hectares
1963
Guinean Agriculture
# 118
Namibia :
641,000 hectares
1963
Namibian Agriculture
# 119
Laos :
640,000 hectares
1963
Lao Agriculture
# 120
Armenia :
533,341.3 hectares
1963
Armenian Agriculture
# 121
Congo, Republic of the :
520,000 hectares
1963
Congolese Agriculture
# 122
Rwanda :
495,000 hectares
1963
Rwandan Agriculture
# 123
El Salvador :
488,000 hectares
1963
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 124
Albania :
440,000 hectares
1963
Albanian Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
438,000 hectares
1963
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Switzerland :
410,000 hectares
1963
Swiss Agriculture
# 127
Botswana :
399,000 hectares
1963
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 128
Liberia :
376,000 hectares
1963
Liberian Agriculture
# 129
Sierra Leone :
365,000 hectares
1963
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
353,000 hectares
1963
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
350,000 hectares
1963
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
320,000 hectares
1963
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
310,624.5 hectares
1963
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1963
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
273,000 hectares
1963
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Mauritania :
267,000 hectares
1963
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
235,000 hectares
1963
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Puerto Rico :
212,000 hectares
1963
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
180,000 hectares
1963
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
Jamaica :
166,000 hectares
1963
Jamaican Agriculture
# 141
Swaziland :
129,000 hectares
1963
Swazi Agriculture
# 142
Gambia, The :
120,000 hectares
1963
Gambian Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
120,000 hectares
1963
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Gabon :
110,000 hectares
1963
Gabonese Agriculture
# 145
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1963
Cypriot Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
91,000 hectares
1963
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Fiji :
86,000 hectares
1963
Fijian Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
82,000 hectares
1963
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
Papua New Guinea :
75,000 hectares
1963
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
70,000 hectares
1963
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
East Timor :
70,000 hectares
1963
Timorese Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1963
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
57,000 hectares
1963
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
52,000 hectares
1963
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1963
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
37,000 hectares
1963
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
29,000 hectares
1963
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
20,000 hectares
1963
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1963
Barbadian Agriculture
# 160
Malta :
15,000 hectares
1963
Maltese Agriculture
# 161
Tonga :
14,000 hectares
1963
Tongan Agriculture
# 162
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1963
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 163
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
10,000 hectares
1963
Nevisian Agriculture
# 164
Vanuatu :
10,000 hectares
1963
- Agriculture
# 165
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1963
Barbudan Agriculture
# 166
Dominica :
8,000 hectares
1963
Dominican Agriculture
# 167
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1963
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 168
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1963
Bahamian Agriculture
# 169
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1963
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 170
Netherlands Antilles :
6,000 hectares
1963
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1963
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Virgin Islands :
6,000 hectares
1963
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 173
United Arab Emirates :
5,000 hectares
1963
Emirati Agriculture
# 174
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1963
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 175
Grenada :
5,000 hectares
1963
Grenadian Agriculture
# 176
Brunei :
4,000 hectares
1963
Bruneian Agriculture
# 177
Singapore :
4,000 hectares
1963
Singapore Agriculture
# 178
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1963
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1963
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1963
Aruban Agriculture
# 181
Maldives :
2,000 hectares
1963
Maldivian Agriculture
# 182
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1963
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 183
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1963
Guamanian Agriculture
# 184
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1963
American Samoan Agriculture
# 185
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1963
- Agriculture
# 186
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1963
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 187
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1963
Caymanian Agriculture
# 188
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1963
Qatari Agriculture
# 189
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1963
Bermudian Agriculture
# 190
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1963
Andorran Agriculture
# 191
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1963
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 192
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1963
Bahraini Agriculture
# 193
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1963
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 194
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1963
Seychellois Agriculture
# 195
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1963
Sammarinese Agriculture
Total :
1,297,387,233.4 hectares
Weighted average:
6,653,267.9 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 (1963) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1963
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