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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 :
181,000,000 hectares
1968
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
160,070,000 hectares
1968
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,989,900 hectares
1968
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1968
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
42,762,000 hectares
1968
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
41,390,000 hectares
1968
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Kazakhstan :
36,643,500 hectares
1968
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
34,873,780 hectares
1968
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Brazil :
32,000,000 hectares
1968
Brazilian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
26,925,000 hectares
1968
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Turkey :
24,092,000 hectares
1968
Turkish Agriculture
# 12
Argentina :
23,851,000 hectares
1968
Argentine Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
21,850,000 hectares
1968
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,075,000 hectares
1968
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1968
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,579,000 hectares
1968
French Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
15,692,000 hectares
1968
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Poland :
15,265,000 hectares
1968
Polish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
15,100,000 hectares
1968
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Italy :
12,346,000 hectares
1968
Italian Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
12,290,000 hectares
1968
South African Agriculture
# 22
Ethiopia :
12,250,000 hectares
1968
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 23
Niger :
12,175,000 hectares
1968
Nigerien Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
12,032,000 hectares
1968
German Agriculture
# 25
Thailand :
11,800,000 hectares
1968
Thai Agriculture
# 26
Sudan :
11,467,000 hectares
1968
Sudanese Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,940,000 hectares
1968
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Romania :
9,797,000 hectares
1968
Romanian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,829,000 hectares
1968
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,844,000 hectares
1968
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
United Kingdom :
7,277,000 hectares
1968
British Agriculture
# 32
Morocco :
7,000,000 hectares
1968
Moroccan Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,400,000 hectares
1968
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Belarus :
6,359,694 hectares
1968
Belarusian Agriculture
# 35
Algeria :
6,243,000 hectares
1968
Algerian Agriculture
# 36
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,694,647 hectares
1968
Serbian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,590,000 hectares
1968
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Syria :
5,577,000 hectares
1968
Syrian Agriculture
# 39
Cameroon :
5,350,000 hectares
1968
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 40
Japan :
5,320,000 hectares
1968
Japanese Agriculture
# 41
Hungary :
5,207,000 hectares
1968
Hungarian Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
4,910,000 hectares
1968
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Iraq :
4,850,000 hectares
1968
Iraqi Agriculture
# 44
Philippines :
4,730,000 hectares
1968
Philippine Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,676,737 hectares
1968
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,154,000 hectares
1968
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Uganda :
3,780,000 hectares
1968
Ugandan Agriculture
# 48
Chile :
3,780,000 hectares
1968
Chilean Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,570,000 hectares
1968
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1968
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,180,000 hectares
1968
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1968
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Greece :
3,053,000 hectares
1968
Greek Agriculture
# 54
Sweden :
3,031,000 hectares
1968
Swedish Agriculture
# 55
Lithuania :
3,015,733 hectares
1968
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 56
New Zealand :
2,970,000 hectares
1968
New Zealand Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
2,919,000 hectares
1968
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1968
Chadian Agriculture
# 59
Angola :
2,860,000 hectares
1968
Angolan Agriculture
# 60
Cambodia :
2,850,000 hectares
1968
Cambodian Agriculture
# 61
Denmark :
2,694,000 hectares
1968
Danish Agriculture
# 62
Egypt :
2,687,000 hectares
1968
Egyptian Agriculture
# 63
Finland :
2,649,000 hectares
1968
Finnish Agriculture
# 64
Mozambique :
2,600,000 hectares
1968
Mozambican Agriculture
# 65
Portugal :
2,479,000 hectares
1968
Portuguese Agriculture
# 66
Peru :
2,450,000 hectares
1968
Peruvian Agriculture
# 67
Senegal :
2,347,000 hectares
1968
Senegalese Agriculture
# 68
Zimbabwe :
2,235,000 hectares
1968
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 69
Burkina Faso :
2,190,000 hectares
1968
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 70
Korea, South :
2,174,000 hectares
1968
Korean Agriculture
# 71
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1968
Korean Agriculture
# 72
Tanzania :
2,100,000 hectares
1968
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 73
Madagascar :
2,030,000 hectares
1968
Malagasy Agriculture
# 74
Cuba :
1,947,000 hectares
1968
Cuban Agriculture
# 75
Croatia :
1,855,353 hectares
1968
Croatian Agriculture
# 76
Nepal :
1,819,000 hectares
1968
Nepalese Agriculture
# 77
Moldova :
1,814,666 hectares
1968
Moldovan Agriculture
# 78
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1968
Togolese Agriculture
# 79
Azerbaijan :
1,781,739 hectares
1968
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 80
Latvia :
1,764,491 hectares
1968
Latvian Agriculture
# 81
Central African Republic :
1,750,000 hectares
1968
Central African Agriculture
# 82
Libya :
1,725,000 hectares
1968
Libyan Agriculture
# 83
Ecuador :
1,715,000 hectares
1968
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 84
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,700,000 hectares
1968
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 85
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1968
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 86
Mali :
1,668,000 hectares
1968
Malian Agriculture
# 87
Austria :
1,601,000 hectares
1968
Austrian Agriculture
# 88
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1968
Slovak Agriculture
# 89
Bolivia :
1,488,000 hectares
1968
Bolivian Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,411,175 hectares
1968
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Ireland :
1,394,000 hectares
1968
Irish Agriculture
# 92
Kyrgyzstan :
1,379,815 hectares
1968
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 93
Uruguay :
1,370,000 hectares
1968
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,332,000 hectares
1968
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
1,322,000 hectares
1968
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,301,196 hectares
1968
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 97
Saudi Arabia :
1,290,000 hectares
1968
Saudi Agriculture
# 98
Malawi :
1,213,000 hectares
1968
Malawian Agriculture
# 99
Estonia :
1,165,526 hectares
1968
Estonian Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,110,000 hectares
1968
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Benin :
1,100,000 hectares
1968
Beninese Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,040,000 hectares
1968
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Macedonia, Republic of :
927,676.4 hectares
1968
Macedonian Agriculture
# 104
Belgium :
927,000 hectares
1968
Belgian Agriculture
# 105
Somalia :
926,000 hectares
1968
Somali Agriculture
# 106
Haiti :
900,000 hectares
1968
Haitian Agriculture
# 107
Malaysia :
900,000 hectares
1968
Malaysian Agriculture
# 108
Tajikistan :
898,970.5 hectares
1968
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 109
Netherlands :
864,000 hectares
1968
Dutch Agriculture
# 110
Norway :
843,000 hectares
1968
Norwegian Agriculture
# 111
Georgia :
831,025.1 hectares
1968
Georgian Agriculture
# 112
Paraguay :
805,000 hectares
1968
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 113
Burundi :
800,000 hectares
1968
Burundian Agriculture
# 114
Sri Lanka :
798,000 hectares
1968
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 115
Dominican Republic :
780,000 hectares
1968
Dominican Agriculture
# 116
Mongolia :
777,000 hectares
1968
Mongolian Agriculture
# 117
Guinea :
680,000 hectares
1968
Guinean Agriculture
# 118
Laos :
658,000 hectares
1968
Lao Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
648,000 hectares
1968
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Rwanda :
521,000 hectares
1968
Rwandan Agriculture
# 121
Armenia :
520,566.6 hectares
1968
Armenian Agriculture
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
518,000 hectares
1968
Congolese Agriculture
# 123
Albania :
500,000 hectares
1968
Albanian Agriculture
# 124
El Salvador :
458,000 hectares
1968
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
434,000 hectares
1968
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1968
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 127
Sierra Leone :
390,000 hectares
1968
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 128
Switzerland :
375,000 hectares
1968
Swiss Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
368,000 hectares
1968
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
365,000 hectares
1968
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
355,000 hectares
1968
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
322,000 hectares
1968
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
306,163.8 hectares
1968
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1968
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
281,000 hectares
1968
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Mauritania :
268,000 hectares
1968
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
245,000 hectares
1968
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Lebanon :
226,000 hectares
1968
Lebanese Agriculture
# 139
Puerto Rico :
164,000 hectares
1968
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 140
Gabon :
160,000 hectares
1968
Gabonese Agriculture
# 141
Jamaica :
155,000 hectares
1968
Jamaican Agriculture
# 142
Swaziland :
153,000 hectares
1968
Swazi Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
125,000 hectares
1968
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Gambia, The :
125,000 hectares
1968
Gambian Agriculture
# 145
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1968
Cypriot Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1968
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Bhutan :
87,000 hectares
1968
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 148
Papua New Guinea :
85,000 hectares
1968
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 149
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1968
Comoran Agriculture
# 150
East Timor :
72,000 hectares
1968
Timorese Agriculture
# 151
Fiji :
67,000 hectares
1968
Fijian Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1968
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
57,000 hectares
1968
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
53,000 hectares
1968
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1968
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
38,000 hectares
1968
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
30,000 hectares
1968
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
22,000 hectares
1968
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1968
Barbadian Agriculture
# 160
Tonga :
15,000 hectares
1968
Tongan Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
13,000 hectares
1968
- Agriculture
# 162
Malta :
13,000 hectares
1968
Maltese Agriculture
# 163
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
10,000 hectares
1968
Nevisian Agriculture
# 164
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1968
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 165
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1968
Bahamian Agriculture
# 166
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1968
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 167
Antigua and Barbuda :
7,000 hectares
1968
Barbudan Agriculture
# 168
Netherlands Antilles :
7,000 hectares
1968
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 169
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1968
Dominican Agriculture
# 170
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1968
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1968
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Brunei :
6,000 hectares
1968
Bruneian Agriculture
# 173
United Arab Emirates :
6,000 hectares
1968
Emirati Agriculture
# 174
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1968
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 175
Grenada :
5,000 hectares
1968
Grenadian Agriculture
# 176
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1968
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1968
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Singapore :
3,000 hectares
1968
Singapore Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1968
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Maldives :
2,000 hectares
1968
Maldivian Agriculture
# 181
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1968
American Samoan Agriculture
# 182
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1968
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 183
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1968
- Agriculture
# 184
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1968
Guamanian Agriculture
# 185
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1968
Aruban Agriculture
# 186
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1968
Bermudian Agriculture
# 187
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1968
Qatari Agriculture
# 188
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1968
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 189
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1968
Caymanian Agriculture
# 190
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1968
Bahraini Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1968
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1968
Seychellois Agriculture
# 193
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1968
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 194
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1968
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 195
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1968
Sao Tomean Agriculture
Total :
1,320,200,354.4 hectares
Weighted average:
6,770,258.2 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 (1968) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1968
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