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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 :
174,487,000 hectares
1967
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
159,780,000 hectares
1967
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
138,292,200 hectares
1967
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1967
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
42,754,000 hectares
1967
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
41,278,000 hectares
1967
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Kazakhstan :
36,723,790 hectares
1967
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
34,950,190 hectares
1967
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Brazil :
30,000,000 hectares
1967
Brazilian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
26,925,000 hectares
1967
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Turkey :
23,836,000 hectares
1967
Turkish Agriculture
# 12
Argentina :
22,341,000 hectares
1967
Argentine Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
21,930,000 hectares
1967
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,101,000 hectares
1967
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
France :
18,076,000 hectares
1967
French Agriculture
# 16
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1967
Indonesian Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
15,740,000 hectares
1967
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Poland :
15,291,000 hectares
1967
Polish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
15,050,000 hectares
1967
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Italy :
12,389,000 hectares
1967
Italian Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
12,250,000 hectares
1967
South African Agriculture
# 22
Ethiopia :
12,150,000 hectares
1967
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 23
Germany :
12,049,000 hectares
1967
German Agriculture
# 24
Thailand :
11,600,000 hectares
1967
Thai Agriculture
# 25
Niger :
11,498,000 hectares
1967
Nigerien Agriculture
# 26
Sudan :
11,370,000 hectares
1967
Sudanese Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,940,000 hectares
1967
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Romania :
9,799,000 hectares
1967
Romanian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,843,000 hectares
1967
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,844,000 hectares
1967
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
United Kingdom :
7,309,000 hectares
1967
British Agriculture
# 32
Morocco :
6,900,000 hectares
1967
Moroccan Agriculture
# 33
Belarus :
6,373,628 hectares
1967
Belarusian Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,370,000 hectares
1967
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Algeria :
6,301,000 hectares
1967
Algerian Agriculture
# 36
Syria :
5,876,000 hectares
1967
Syrian Agriculture
# 37
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,709,733 hectares
1967
Serbian Agriculture
# 38
Vietnam :
5,570,000 hectares
1967
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 39
Japan :
5,377,000 hectares
1967
Japanese Agriculture
# 40
Cameroon :
5,300,000 hectares
1967
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 41
Hungary :
5,215,000 hectares
1967
Hungarian Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
4,891,000 hectares
1967
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Iraq :
4,850,000 hectares
1967
Iraqi Agriculture
# 44
Philippines :
4,760,000 hectares
1967
Philippine Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,686,984 hectares
1967
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,146,000 hectares
1967
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Uganda :
3,772,000 hectares
1967
Ugandan Agriculture
# 48
Chile :
3,760,000 hectares
1967
Chilean Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,570,000 hectares
1967
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1967
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,180,000 hectares
1967
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1967
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Sweden :
3,100,000 hectares
1967
Swedish Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,022,340 hectares
1967
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Greece :
3,020,000 hectares
1967
Greek Agriculture
# 56
New Zealand :
2,975,000 hectares
1967
New Zealand Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
2,922,000 hectares
1967
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Cambodia :
2,902,000 hectares
1967
Cambodian Agriculture
# 59
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1967
Chadian Agriculture
# 60
Angola :
2,830,000 hectares
1967
Angolan Agriculture
# 61
Egypt :
2,694,000 hectares
1967
Egyptian Agriculture
# 62
Denmark :
2,685,000 hectares
1967
Danish Agriculture
# 63
Finland :
2,674,000 hectares
1967
Finnish Agriculture
# 64
Mozambique :
2,500,000 hectares
1967
Mozambican Agriculture
# 65
Portugal :
2,483,000 hectares
1967
Portuguese Agriculture
# 66
Peru :
2,426,000 hectares
1967
Peruvian Agriculture
# 67
Senegal :
2,347,000 hectares
1967
Senegalese Agriculture
# 68
Korea, South :
2,196,000 hectares
1967
Korean Agriculture
# 69
Zimbabwe :
2,185,000 hectares
1967
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 70
Burkina Faso :
2,180,000 hectares
1967
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 71
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1967
Korean Agriculture
# 72
Tanzania :
2,080,000 hectares
1967
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 73
Madagascar :
2,015,000 hectares
1967
Malagasy Agriculture
# 74
Croatia :
1,860,268 hectares
1967
Croatian Agriculture
# 75
Nepal :
1,819,000 hectares
1967
Nepalese Agriculture
# 76
Moldova :
1,818,642 hectares
1967
Moldovan Agriculture
# 77
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1967
Togolese Agriculture
# 78
Azerbaijan :
1,785,643 hectares
1967
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 79
Latvia :
1,768,357 hectares
1967
Latvian Agriculture
# 80
Central African Republic :
1,740,000 hectares
1967
Central African Agriculture
# 81
Libya :
1,720,000 hectares
1967
Libyan Agriculture
# 82
Ecuador :
1,720,000 hectares
1967
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 83
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1967
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 84
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,700,000 hectares
1967
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 85
Cuba :
1,693,000 hectares
1967
Cuban Agriculture
# 86
Mali :
1,668,000 hectares
1967
Malian Agriculture
# 87
Austria :
1,600,000 hectares
1967
Austrian Agriculture
# 88
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1967
Slovak Agriculture
# 89
Bolivia :
1,448,000 hectares
1967
Bolivian Agriculture
# 90
Ireland :
1,424,000 hectares
1967
Irish Agriculture
# 91
Turkmenistan :
1,414,267 hectares
1967
Turkmen Agriculture
# 92
Kyrgyzstan :
1,382,838 hectares
1967
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 93
Uruguay :
1,360,000 hectares
1967
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,330,000 hectares
1967
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
1,317,000 hectares
1967
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,304,643 hectares
1967
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 97
Saudi Arabia :
1,260,000 hectares
1967
Saudi Agriculture
# 98
Malawi :
1,205,000 hectares
1967
Malawian Agriculture
# 99
Estonia :
1,168,079 hectares
1967
Estonian Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,110,000 hectares
1967
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Benin :
1,070,000 hectares
1967
Beninese Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,040,000 hectares
1967
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Macedonia, Republic of :
930,133.8 hectares
1967
Macedonian Agriculture
# 104
Belgium :
928,000 hectares
1967
Belgian Agriculture
# 105
Somalia :
921,000 hectares
1967
Somali Agriculture
# 106
Tajikistan :
900,940.2 hectares
1967
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 107
Haiti :
900,000 hectares
1967
Haitian Agriculture
# 108
Malaysia :
890,000 hectares
1967
Malaysian Agriculture
# 109
Netherlands :
873,000 hectares
1967
Dutch Agriculture
# 110
Norway :
845,000 hectares
1967
Norwegian Agriculture
# 111
Georgia :
832,845.9 hectares
1967
Georgian Agriculture
# 112
Mongolia :
819,000 hectares
1967
Mongolian Agriculture
# 113
Paraguay :
809,000 hectares
1967
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 114
Sri Lanka :
792,000 hectares
1967
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 115
Burundi :
788,000 hectares
1967
Burundian Agriculture
# 116
Dominican Republic :
780,000 hectares
1967
Dominican Agriculture
# 117
Guinea :
680,000 hectares
1967
Guinean Agriculture
# 118
Laos :
650,000 hectares
1967
Lao Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
648,000 hectares
1967
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Armenia :
521,707.2 hectares
1967
Armenian Agriculture
# 121
Congo, Republic of the :
518,000 hectares
1967
Congolese Agriculture
# 122
Rwanda :
515,000 hectares
1967
Rwandan Agriculture
# 123
Albania :
488,000 hectares
1967
Albanian Agriculture
# 124
El Salvador :
460,000 hectares
1967
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
434,000 hectares
1967
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1967
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 127
Sierra Leone :
385,000 hectares
1967
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 128
Switzerland :
380,000 hectares
1967
Swiss Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
370,000 hectares
1967
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
360,000 hectares
1967
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
355,000 hectares
1967
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
323,000 hectares
1967
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
306,974.8 hectares
1967
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1967
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
279,000 hectares
1967
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Mauritania :
267,000 hectares
1967
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
245,000 hectares
1967
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Lebanon :
216,000 hectares
1967
Lebanese Agriculture
# 139
Puerto Rico :
170,000 hectares
1967
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 140
Jamaica :
155,000 hectares
1967
Jamaican Agriculture
# 141
Swaziland :
153,000 hectares
1967
Swazi Agriculture
# 142
Gabon :
150,000 hectares
1967
Gabonese Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
125,000 hectares
1967
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Gambia, The :
125,000 hectares
1967
Gambian Agriculture
# 145
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1967
Cypriot Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
94,000 hectares
1967
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Bhutan :
86,000 hectares
1967
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 148
Papua New Guinea :
80,000 hectares
1967
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 149
Fiji :
79,000 hectares
1967
Fijian Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1967
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
East Timor :
72,000 hectares
1967
Timorese Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1967
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
57,000 hectares
1967
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
52,000 hectares
1967
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Belize :
38,000 hectares
1967
Belizean Agriculture
# 156
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1967
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
30,000 hectares
1967
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
20,000 hectares
1967
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1967
Barbadian Agriculture
# 160
Tonga :
15,000 hectares
1967
Tongan Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
13,000 hectares
1967
- Agriculture
# 162
Malta :
13,000 hectares
1967
Maltese Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1967
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
10,000 hectares
1967
Nevisian Agriculture
# 165
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1967
Dominican Agriculture
# 166
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1967
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 167
Netherlands Antilles :
7,000 hectares
1967
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 168
Antigua and Barbuda :
7,000 hectares
1967
Barbudan Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1967
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1967
Icelandic Agriculture
# 171
United Arab Emirates :
6,000 hectares
1967
Emirati Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1967
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Brunei :
6,000 hectares
1967
Bruneian Agriculture
# 174
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1967
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 175
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1967
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 176
Grenada :
5,000 hectares
1967
Grenadian Agriculture
# 177
Singapore :
4,000 hectares
1967
Singapore Agriculture
# 178
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1967
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1967
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1967
- Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1967
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Maldives :
2,000 hectares
1967
Maldivian Agriculture
# 183
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1967
Guamanian Agriculture
# 184
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1967
Aruban Agriculture
# 185
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1967
American Samoan Agriculture
# 186
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1967
Seychellois Agriculture
# 187
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1967
Bermudian Agriculture
# 188
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1967
Qatari Agriculture
# 189
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1967
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 190
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1967
Andorran Agriculture
# 191
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1967
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 192
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1967
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 193
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1967
Bahraini Agriculture
# 194
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1967
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1967
Caymanian Agriculture
Total :
1,309,387,203.9 hectares
Weighted average:
6,714,806.2 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 (1967) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1967
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