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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 :
175,705,000 hectares
1966
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
158,590,000 hectares
1966
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
138,534,100 hectares
1966
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1966
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
42,745,000 hectares
1966
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
39,614,000 hectares
1966
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Kazakhstan :
36,788,020 hectares
1966
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
35,011,320 hectares
1966
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Brazil :
29,000,000 hectares
1966
Brazilian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
26,850,000 hectares
1966
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Turkey :
24,000,000 hectares
1966
Turkish Agriculture
# 12
Mexico :
22,020,000 hectares
1966
Mexican Agriculture
# 13
Argentina :
21,608,000 hectares
1966
Argentine Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,537,000 hectares
1966
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
France :
18,463,000 hectares
1966
French Agriculture
# 16
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1966
Indonesian Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
15,509,000 hectares
1966
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Poland :
15,436,000 hectares
1966
Polish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
15,030,000 hectares
1966
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Italy :
12,444,000 hectares
1966
Italian Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
12,230,000 hectares
1966
South African Agriculture
# 22
Germany :
12,155,000 hectares
1966
German Agriculture
# 23
Ethiopia :
12,070,000 hectares
1966
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 24
Niger :
11,498,000 hectares
1966
Nigerien Agriculture
# 25
Thailand :
11,400,000 hectares
1966
Thai Agriculture
# 26
Sudan :
11,270,000 hectares
1966
Sudanese Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,940,000 hectares
1966
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Romania :
9,797,000 hectares
1966
Romanian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,798,000 hectares
1966
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,835,000 hectares
1966
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
United Kingdom :
7,324,000 hectares
1966
British Agriculture
# 32
Morocco :
6,900,000 hectares
1966
Moroccan Agriculture
# 33
Belarus :
6,384,776 hectares
1966
Belarusian Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,360,000 hectares
1966
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Algeria :
6,221,000 hectares
1966
Algerian Agriculture
# 36
Syria :
5,873,000 hectares
1966
Syrian Agriculture
# 37
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,709,733 hectares
1966
Serbian Agriculture
# 38
Vietnam :
5,550,000 hectares
1966
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 39
Japan :
5,453,000 hectares
1966
Japanese Agriculture
# 40
Cameroon :
5,250,000 hectares
1966
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 41
Hungary :
5,225,000 hectares
1966
Hungarian Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
4,871,000 hectares
1966
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Philippines :
4,800,000 hectares
1966
Philippine Agriculture
# 44
Iraq :
4,800,000 hectares
1966
Iraqi Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,695,182 hectares
1966
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,166,000 hectares
1966
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Uganda :
3,776,000 hectares
1966
Ugandan Agriculture
# 48
Chile :
3,740,000 hectares
1966
Chilean Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,570,000 hectares
1966
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1966
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,180,000 hectares
1966
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1966
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Sweden :
3,113,000 hectares
1966
Swedish Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,027,626 hectares
1966
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Greece :
2,995,000 hectares
1966
Greek Agriculture
# 56
New Zealand :
2,975,000 hectares
1966
New Zealand Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
2,913,000 hectares
1966
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Cambodia :
2,900,000 hectares
1966
Cambodian Agriculture
# 59
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1966
Chadian Agriculture
# 60
Angola :
2,800,000 hectares
1966
Angolan Agriculture
# 61
Denmark :
2,686,000 hectares
1966
Danish Agriculture
# 62
Egypt :
2,683,000 hectares
1966
Egyptian Agriculture
# 63
Finland :
2,674,000 hectares
1966
Finnish Agriculture
# 64
Portugal :
2,487,000 hectares
1966
Portuguese Agriculture
# 65
Mozambique :
2,474,000 hectares
1966
Mozambican Agriculture
# 66
Peru :
2,417,000 hectares
1966
Peruvian Agriculture
# 67
Senegal :
2,347,000 hectares
1966
Senegalese Agriculture
# 68
Korea, South :
2,187,000 hectares
1966
Korean Agriculture
# 69
Burkina Faso :
2,170,000 hectares
1966
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 70
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1966
Korean Agriculture
# 71
Zimbabwe :
2,135,000 hectares
1966
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 72
Tanzania :
2,060,000 hectares
1966
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 73
Madagascar :
2,000,000 hectares
1966
Malagasy Agriculture
# 74
Croatia :
1,860,268 hectares
1966
Croatian Agriculture
# 75
Moldova :
1,821,823 hectares
1966
Moldovan Agriculture
# 76
Nepal :
1,806,000 hectares
1966
Nepalese Agriculture
# 77
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1966
Togolese Agriculture
# 78
Azerbaijan :
1,788,766 hectares
1966
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 79
Latvia :
1,771,450 hectares
1966
Latvian Agriculture
# 80
Central African Republic :
1,730,000 hectares
1966
Central African Agriculture
# 81
Libya :
1,720,000 hectares
1966
Libyan Agriculture
# 82
Ecuador :
1,715,000 hectares
1966
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 83
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1966
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 84
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,680,000 hectares
1966
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 85
Mali :
1,662,000 hectares
1966
Malian Agriculture
# 86
Austria :
1,616,000 hectares
1966
Austrian Agriculture
# 87
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1966
Slovak Agriculture
# 88
Cuba :
1,551,000 hectares
1966
Cuban Agriculture
# 89
Ireland :
1,429,000 hectares
1966
Irish Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,416,740 hectares
1966
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Bolivia :
1,414,000 hectares
1966
Bolivian Agriculture
# 92
Kyrgyzstan :
1,385,257 hectares
1966
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 93
Uruguay :
1,360,000 hectares
1966
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,324,000 hectares
1966
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
1,310,000 hectares
1966
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,304,643 hectares
1966
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 97
Saudi Arabia :
1,240,000 hectares
1966
Saudi Agriculture
# 98
Malawi :
1,197,000 hectares
1966
Malawian Agriculture
# 99
Estonia :
1,170,122 hectares
1966
Estonian Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,100,000 hectares
1966
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Nicaragua :
1,040,000 hectares
1966
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 102
Benin :
1,030,000 hectares
1966
Beninese Agriculture
# 103
Belgium :
932,000 hectares
1966
Belgian Agriculture
# 104
Macedonia, Republic of :
930,133.8 hectares
1966
Macedonian Agriculture
# 105
Somalia :
916,000 hectares
1966
Somali Agriculture
# 106
Tajikistan :
902,515.9 hectares
1966
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 107
Haiti :
900,000 hectares
1966
Haitian Agriculture
# 108
Netherlands :
897,000 hectares
1966
Dutch Agriculture
# 109
Mongolia :
885,000 hectares
1966
Mongolian Agriculture
# 110
Malaysia :
880,000 hectares
1966
Malaysian Agriculture
# 111
Norway :
847,000 hectares
1966
Norwegian Agriculture
# 112
Georgia :
834,302.6 hectares
1966
Georgian Agriculture
# 113
Paraguay :
809,000 hectares
1966
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 114
Sri Lanka :
792,000 hectares
1966
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 115
Dominican Republic :
770,000 hectares
1966
Dominican Agriculture
# 116
Burundi :
753,000 hectares
1966
Burundian Agriculture
# 117
Guinea :
670,000 hectares
1966
Guinean Agriculture
# 118
Laos :
650,000 hectares
1966
Lao Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
645,000 hectares
1966
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Armenia :
522,619.7 hectares
1966
Armenian Agriculture
# 121
Congo, Republic of the :
518,000 hectares
1966
Congolese Agriculture
# 122
Rwanda :
510,000 hectares
1966
Rwandan Agriculture
# 123
Albania :
475,000 hectares
1966
Albanian Agriculture
# 124
El Salvador :
470,000 hectares
1966
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
438,000 hectares
1966
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1966
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 127
Switzerland :
385,000 hectares
1966
Swiss Agriculture
# 128
Sierra Leone :
380,000 hectares
1966
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
370,000 hectares
1966
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
360,000 hectares
1966
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
355,000 hectares
1966
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
322,000 hectares
1966
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
306,974.8 hectares
1966
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1966
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
278,000 hectares
1966
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Mauritania :
266,000 hectares
1966
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
235,000 hectares
1966
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Lebanon :
206,000 hectares
1966
Lebanese Agriculture
# 139
Puerto Rico :
187,000 hectares
1966
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 140
Jamaica :
150,000 hectares
1966
Jamaican Agriculture
# 141
Swaziland :
149,000 hectares
1966
Swazi Agriculture
# 142
Gabon :
140,000 hectares
1966
Gabonese Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
125,000 hectares
1966
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Gambia, The :
123,000 hectares
1966
Gambian Agriculture
# 145
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1966
Cypriot Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
89,000 hectares
1966
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Bhutan :
85,000 hectares
1966
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 148
Fiji :
81,000 hectares
1966
Fijian Agriculture
# 149
Papua New Guinea :
78,000 hectares
1966
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1966
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
East Timor :
70,000 hectares
1966
Timorese Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1966
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
57,000 hectares
1966
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
52,000 hectares
1966
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Belize :
38,000 hectares
1966
Belizean Agriculture
# 156
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1966
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
31,000 hectares
1966
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
20,000 hectares
1966
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1966
Barbadian Agriculture
# 160
Tonga :
15,000 hectares
1966
Tongan Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
13,000 hectares
1966
- Agriculture
# 162
Malta :
13,000 hectares
1966
Maltese Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1966
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
10,000 hectares
1966
Nevisian Agriculture
# 165
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1966
Barbudan Agriculture
# 166
Netherlands Antilles :
7,000 hectares
1966
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 167
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1966
Dominican Agriculture
# 168
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1966
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1966
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
United Arab Emirates :
6,000 hectares
1966
Emirati Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1966
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Virgin Islands :
6,000 hectares
1966
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1966
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 174
Brunei :
6,000 hectares
1966
Bruneian Agriculture
# 175
Grenada :
5,000 hectares
1966
Grenadian Agriculture
# 176
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1966
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 177
Singapore :
4,000 hectares
1966
Singapore Agriculture
# 178
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1966
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1966
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1966
- Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1966
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Maldives :
2,000 hectares
1966
Maldivian Agriculture
# 183
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1966
Guamanian Agriculture
# 184
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1966
Aruban Agriculture
# 185
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1966
American Samoan Agriculture
# 186
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1966
Seychellois Agriculture
# 187
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1966
Bermudian Agriculture
# 188
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1966
Qatari Agriculture
# 189
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1966
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 190
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1966
Andorran Agriculture
# 191
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1966
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 192
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1966
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 193
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1966
Bahraini Agriculture
# 194
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1966
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1966
Caymanian Agriculture
Total :
1,306,423,372.8 hectares
Weighted average:
6,699,607.0 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 (1966) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1966
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