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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 :
177,000,000 hectares
1965
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
158,216,000 hectares
1965
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
140,166,800 hectares
1965
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1965
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
42,365,000 hectares
1965
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
37,221,580 hectares
1965
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
Australia :
36,966,000 hectares
1965
Australian Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
35,423,940 hectares
1965
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Brazil :
28,000,000 hectares
1965
Brazilian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
26,800,000 hectares
1965
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Turkey :
23,841,000 hectares
1965
Turkish Agriculture
# 12
Mexico :
22,100,000 hectares
1965
Mexican Agriculture
# 13
Argentina :
20,461,000 hectares
1965
Argentine Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,108,000 hectares
1965
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
France :
18,796,000 hectares
1965
French Agriculture
# 16
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1965
Indonesian Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
15,966,000 hectares
1965
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Poland :
15,437,000 hectares
1965
Polish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
15,020,000 hectares
1965
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Italy :
12,524,000 hectares
1965
Italian Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
12,200,000 hectares
1965
South African Agriculture
# 22
Germany :
12,153,000 hectares
1965
German Agriculture
# 23
Ethiopia :
11,995,000 hectares
1965
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 24
Niger :
11,498,000 hectares
1965
Nigerien Agriculture
# 25
Thailand :
11,200,000 hectares
1965
Thai Agriculture
# 26
Sudan :
11,172,000 hectares
1965
Sudanese Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,930,000 hectares
1965
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Romania :
9,814,000 hectares
1965
Romanian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,777,000 hectares
1965
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,800,000 hectares
1965
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
United Kingdom :
7,339,000 hectares
1965
British Agriculture
# 32
Morocco :
6,800,000 hectares
1965
Moroccan Agriculture
# 33
Belarus :
6,460,022 hectares
1965
Belarusian Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,360,000 hectares
1965
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Syria :
6,342,000 hectares
1965
Syrian Agriculture
# 36
Algeria :
6,203,000 hectares
1965
Algerian Agriculture
# 37
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,739,903 hectares
1965
Serbian Agriculture
# 38
Vietnam :
5,550,000 hectares
1965
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 39
Japan :
5,478,000 hectares
1965
Japanese Agriculture
# 40
Hungary :
5,229,000 hectares
1965
Hungarian Agriculture
# 41
Cameroon :
5,200,000 hectares
1965
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
4,851,000 hectares
1965
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Philippines :
4,820,000 hectares
1965
Philippine Agriculture
# 44
Iraq :
4,800,000 hectares
1965
Iraqi Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,750,516 hectares
1965
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,167,000 hectares
1965
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Uganda :
3,768,000 hectares
1965
Ugandan Agriculture
# 48
Chile :
3,720,000 hectares
1965
Chilean Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,560,000 hectares
1965
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1965
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,180,000 hectares
1965
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1965
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Sweden :
3,165,000 hectares
1965
Swedish Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,063,308 hectares
1965
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Greece :
2,991,000 hectares
1965
Greek Agriculture
# 56
New Zealand :
2,980,000 hectares
1965
New Zealand Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
2,911,000 hectares
1965
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Cambodia :
2,900,000 hectares
1965
Cambodian Agriculture
# 59
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1965
Chadian Agriculture
# 60
Angola :
2,770,000 hectares
1965
Angolan Agriculture
# 61
Denmark :
2,693,000 hectares
1965
Danish Agriculture
# 62
Finland :
2,674,000 hectares
1965
Finnish Agriculture
# 63
Egypt :
2,582,000 hectares
1965
Egyptian Agriculture
# 64
Peru :
2,511,000 hectares
1965
Peruvian Agriculture
# 65
Portugal :
2,491,000 hectares
1965
Portuguese Agriculture
# 66
Mozambique :
2,470,000 hectares
1965
Mozambican Agriculture
# 67
Senegal :
2,347,000 hectares
1965
Senegalese Agriculture
# 68
Korea, South :
2,163,000 hectares
1965
Korean Agriculture
# 69
Burkina Faso :
2,159,000 hectares
1965
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 70
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1965
Korean Agriculture
# 71
Zimbabwe :
2,065,000 hectares
1965
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 72
Tanzania :
2,050,000 hectares
1965
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 73
Madagascar :
1,985,000 hectares
1965
Malagasy Agriculture
# 74
Croatia :
1,870,097 hectares
1965
Croatian Agriculture
# 75
Moldova :
1,843,294 hectares
1965
Moldovan Agriculture
# 76
Azerbaijan :
1,809,847 hectares
1965
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 77
Nepal :
1,806,000 hectares
1965
Nepalese Agriculture
# 78
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1965
Togolese Agriculture
# 79
Latvia :
1,792,327 hectares
1965
Latvian Agriculture
# 80
Central African Republic :
1,720,000 hectares
1965
Central African Agriculture
# 81
Libya :
1,715,000 hectares
1965
Libyan Agriculture
# 82
Ecuador :
1,715,000 hectares
1965
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 83
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1965
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 84
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,680,000 hectares
1965
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 85
Austria :
1,660,000 hectares
1965
Austrian Agriculture
# 86
Mali :
1,658,000 hectares
1965
Malian Agriculture
# 87
Cuba :
1,620,000 hectares
1965
Cuban Agriculture
# 88
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1965
Slovak Agriculture
# 89
Ireland :
1,492,000 hectares
1965
Irish Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,433,437 hectares
1965
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Kyrgyzstan :
1,401,583 hectares
1965
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 92
Bolivia :
1,375,000 hectares
1965
Bolivian Agriculture
# 93
Uruguay :
1,350,000 hectares
1965
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,318,000 hectares
1965
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,311,537 hectares
1965
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 96
Yemen :
1,305,000 hectares
1965
Yemeni Agriculture
# 97
Saudi Arabia :
1,220,000 hectares
1965
Saudi Agriculture
# 98
Malawi :
1,187,000 hectares
1965
Malawian Agriculture
# 99
Estonia :
1,183,913 hectares
1965
Estonian Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,100,000 hectares
1965
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Nicaragua :
1,030,000 hectares
1965
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 102
Benin :
1,000,000 hectares
1965
Beninese Agriculture
# 103
Macedonia, Republic of :
935,048.7 hectares
1965
Macedonian Agriculture
# 104
Belgium :
934,000 hectares
1965
Belgian Agriculture
# 105
Netherlands :
928,000 hectares
1965
Dutch Agriculture
# 106
Tajikistan :
913,152.3 hectares
1965
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 107
Somalia :
911,000 hectares
1965
Somali Agriculture
# 108
Haiti :
900,000 hectares
1965
Haitian Agriculture
# 109
Malaysia :
870,000 hectares
1965
Malaysian Agriculture
# 110
Mongolia :
867,000 hectares
1965
Mongolian Agriculture
# 111
Norway :
849,000 hectares
1965
Norwegian Agriculture
# 112
Georgia :
844,135 hectares
1965
Georgian Agriculture
# 113
Sri Lanka :
793,000 hectares
1965
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 114
Paraguay :
784,000 hectares
1965
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 115
Dominican Republic :
760,000 hectares
1965
Dominican Agriculture
# 116
Burundi :
756,000 hectares
1965
Burundian Agriculture
# 117
Guinea :
670,000 hectares
1965
Guinean Agriculture
# 118
Namibia :
645,000 hectares
1965
Namibian Agriculture
# 119
Laos :
640,000 hectares
1965
Lao Agriculture
# 120
Armenia :
528,778.9 hectares
1965
Armenian Agriculture
# 121
Congo, Republic of the :
518,000 hectares
1965
Congolese Agriculture
# 122
Rwanda :
505,000 hectares
1965
Rwandan Agriculture
# 123
El Salvador :
480,000 hectares
1965
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 124
Albania :
460,000 hectares
1965
Albanian Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
438,000 hectares
1965
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1965
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 127
Switzerland :
388,000 hectares
1965
Swiss Agriculture
# 128
Sierra Leone :
375,000 hectares
1965
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
373,000 hectares
1965
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
355,000 hectares
1965
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
350,000 hectares
1965
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
312,000 hectares
1965
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
308,596.9 hectares
1965
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1965
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
276,000 hectares
1965
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Mauritania :
265,000 hectares
1965
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
235,000 hectares
1965
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Puerto Rico :
215,000 hectares
1965
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
206,000 hectares
1965
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
Jamaica :
150,000 hectares
1965
Jamaican Agriculture
# 141
Swaziland :
140,000 hectares
1965
Swazi Agriculture
# 142
Gabon :
130,000 hectares
1965
Gabonese Agriculture
# 143
Gambia, The :
122,000 hectares
1965
Gambian Agriculture
# 144
Equatorial Guinea :
121,000 hectares
1965
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1965
Cypriot Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
92,000 hectares
1965
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Bhutan :
84,000 hectares
1965
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 148
Fiji :
81,000 hectares
1965
Fijian Agriculture
# 149
Papua New Guinea :
75,000 hectares
1965
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1965
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
East Timor :
70,000 hectares
1965
Timorese Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1965
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
57,000 hectares
1965
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
52,000 hectares
1965
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1965
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
37,000 hectares
1965
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
32,000 hectares
1965
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
20,000 hectares
1965
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1965
Barbadian Agriculture
# 160
Tonga :
15,000 hectares
1965
Tongan Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
13,000 hectares
1965
- Agriculture
# 162
Malta :
13,000 hectares
1965
Maltese Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1965
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
10,000 hectares
1965
Nevisian Agriculture
# 165
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1965
Barbudan Agriculture
# 166
Dominica :
8,000 hectares
1965
Dominican Agriculture
# 167
Netherlands Antilles :
7,000 hectares
1965
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 168
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1965
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1965
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1965
Icelandic Agriculture
# 171
Virgin Islands :
6,000 hectares
1965
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1965
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1965
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 174
United Arab Emirates :
5,000 hectares
1965
Emirati Agriculture
# 175
Grenada :
5,000 hectares
1965
Grenadian Agriculture
# 176
Brunei :
4,000 hectares
1965
Bruneian Agriculture
# 177
Singapore :
4,000 hectares
1965
Singapore Agriculture
# 178
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1965
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1965
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1965
- Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1965
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Maldives :
2,000 hectares
1965
Maldivian Agriculture
# 183
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1965
Guamanian Agriculture
# 184
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1965
Aruban Agriculture
# 185
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1965
American Samoan Agriculture
# 186
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1965
Seychellois Agriculture
# 187
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1965
Bermudian Agriculture
# 188
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1965
Qatari Agriculture
# 189
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1965
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 190
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1965
Andorran Agriculture
# 191
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1965
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 192
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1965
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 193
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1965
Bahraini Agriculture
# 194
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1965
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1965
Caymanian Agriculture
Total :
1,305,009,815.8 hectares
Weighted average:
6,692,358.0 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 (1965) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1965
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