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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 :
189,244,000 hectares
1969
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
160,070,000 hectares
1969
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
138,171,300 hectares
1969
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1969
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
42,771,000 hectares
1969
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
41,500,000 hectares
1969
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Kazakhstan :
36,691,670 hectares
1969
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
34,919,630 hectares
1969
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Brazil :
33,000,000 hectares
1969
Brazilian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
27,300,000 hectares
1969
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
25,897,000 hectares
1969
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
25,231,000 hectares
1969
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
21,770,000 hectares
1969
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,075,000 hectares
1969
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1969
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,565,000 hectares
1969
French Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
16,082,000 hectares
1969
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Iran :
15,120,000 hectares
1969
Iranian Agriculture
# 19
Poland :
15,104,000 hectares
1969
Polish Agriculture
# 20
Ethiopia :
12,530,000 hectares
1969
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
12,330,000 hectares
1969
South African Agriculture
# 22
Italy :
12,221,000 hectares
1969
Italian Agriculture
# 23
Niger :
12,173,000 hectares
1969
Nigerien Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
12,001,000 hectares
1969
German Agriculture
# 25
Thailand :
12,000,000 hectares
1969
Thai Agriculture
# 26
Sudan :
11,567,000 hectares
1969
Sudanese Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,950,000 hectares
1969
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Romania :
9,771,000 hectares
1969
Romanian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,810,000 hectares
1969
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,860,000 hectares
1969
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
United Kingdom :
7,163,000 hectares
1969
British Agriculture
# 32
Morocco :
7,000,000 hectares
1969
Moroccan Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,420,000 hectares
1969
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Belarus :
6,368,054 hectares
1969
Belarusian Agriculture
# 35
Algeria :
6,233,000 hectares
1969
Algerian Agriculture
# 36
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,686,351 hectares
1969
Serbian Agriculture
# 37
Syria :
5,625,000 hectares
1969
Syrian Agriculture
# 38
Vietnam :
5,600,000 hectares
1969
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 39
Cameroon :
5,400,000 hectares
1969
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 40
Hungary :
5,200,000 hectares
1969
Hungarian Agriculture
# 41
Japan :
5,162,000 hectares
1969
Japanese Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
4,930,000 hectares
1969
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Iraq :
4,850,000 hectares
1969
Iraqi Agriculture
# 44
Philippines :
4,700,000 hectares
1969
Philippine Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,682,886 hectares
1969
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,158,000 hectares
1969
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
3,800,000 hectares
1969
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Uganda :
3,780,000 hectares
1969
Ugandan Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,572,000 hectares
1969
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1969
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,186,000 hectares
1969
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1969
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Sweden :
3,055,000 hectares
1969
Swedish Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,019,697 hectares
1969
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Greece :
3,017,000 hectares
1969
Greek Agriculture
# 56
New Zealand :
2,970,000 hectares
1969
New Zealand Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
2,924,000 hectares
1969
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1969
Angolan Agriculture
# 59
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1969
Chadian Agriculture
# 60
Cambodia :
2,750,000 hectares
1969
Cambodian Agriculture
# 61
Egypt :
2,725,000 hectares
1969
Egyptian Agriculture
# 62
Mozambique :
2,700,000 hectares
1969
Mozambican Agriculture
# 63
Denmark :
2,678,000 hectares
1969
Danish Agriculture
# 64
Finland :
2,599,000 hectares
1969
Finnish Agriculture
# 65
Portugal :
2,475,000 hectares
1969
Portuguese Agriculture
# 66
Peru :
2,461,000 hectares
1969
Peruvian Agriculture
# 67
Senegal :
2,347,000 hectares
1969
Senegalese Agriculture
# 68
Zimbabwe :
2,285,000 hectares
1969
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 69
Burkina Faso :
2,202,000 hectares
1969
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 70
Korea, South :
2,156,000 hectares
1969
Korean Agriculture
# 71
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1969
Korean Agriculture
# 72
Tanzania :
2,120,000 hectares
1969
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 73
Madagascar :
2,050,000 hectares
1969
Malagasy Agriculture
# 74
Cuba :
1,943,000 hectares
1969
Cuban Agriculture
# 75
Croatia :
1,852,650 hectares
1969
Croatian Agriculture
# 76
Nepal :
1,819,000 hectares
1969
Nepalese Agriculture
# 77
Moldova :
1,817,052 hectares
1969
Moldovan Agriculture
# 78
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1969
Togolese Agriculture
# 79
Azerbaijan :
1,784,081 hectares
1969
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 80
Latvia :
1,766,811 hectares
1969
Latvian Agriculture
# 81
Central African Republic :
1,760,000 hectares
1969
Central African Agriculture
# 82
Libya :
1,725,000 hectares
1969
Libyan Agriculture
# 83
Ecuador :
1,720,000 hectares
1969
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 84
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1969
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 85
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,700,000 hectares
1969
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 86
Mali :
1,668,000 hectares
1969
Malian Agriculture
# 87
Austria :
1,585,000 hectares
1969
Austrian Agriculture
# 88
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1969
Slovak Agriculture
# 89
Bolivia :
1,527,000 hectares
1969
Bolivian Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,413,030 hectares
1969
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Kyrgyzstan :
1,381,629 hectares
1969
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 92
Ireland :
1,381,000 hectares
1969
Irish Agriculture
# 93
Uruguay :
1,370,000 hectares
1969
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,328,000 hectares
1969
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
1,327,000 hectares
1969
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Saudi Arabia :
1,320,000 hectares
1969
Saudi Agriculture
# 97
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,299,301 hectares
1969
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 98
Malawi :
1,223,000 hectares
1969
Malawian Agriculture
# 99
Benin :
1,180,000 hectares
1969
Beninese Agriculture
# 100
Estonia :
1,167,058 hectares
1969
Estonian Agriculture
# 101
Guatemala :
1,100,000 hectares
1969
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,040,000 hectares
1969
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Burundi :
992,000 hectares
1969
Burundian Agriculture
# 104
Somalia :
931,000 hectares
1969
Somali Agriculture
# 105
Macedonia, Republic of :
926,324.8 hectares
1969
Macedonian Agriculture
# 106
Belgium :
926,000 hectares
1969
Belgian Agriculture
# 107
Malaysia :
910,000 hectares
1969
Malaysian Agriculture
# 108
Tajikistan :
900,152.3 hectares
1969
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 109
Haiti :
900,000 hectares
1969
Haitian Agriculture
# 110
Netherlands :
845,000 hectares
1969
Dutch Agriculture
# 111
Georgia :
832,117.6 hectares
1969
Georgian Agriculture
# 112
Norway :
827,000 hectares
1969
Norwegian Agriculture
# 113
Dominican Republic :
815,000 hectares
1969
Dominican Agriculture
# 114
Paraguay :
805,000 hectares
1969
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 115
Sri Lanka :
804,000 hectares
1969
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 116
Mongolia :
746,000 hectares
1969
Mongolian Agriculture
# 117
Guinea :
680,000 hectares
1969
Guinean Agriculture
# 118
Laos :
660,000 hectares
1969
Lao Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
648,000 hectares
1969
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Rwanda :
528,000 hectares
1969
Rwandan Agriculture
# 121
Armenia :
521,251 hectares
1969
Armenian Agriculture
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
519,000 hectares
1969
Congolese Agriculture
# 123
Albania :
510,000 hectares
1969
Albanian Agriculture
# 124
El Salvador :
455,000 hectares
1969
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
432,000 hectares
1969
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1969
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 127
Sierra Leone :
395,000 hectares
1969
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 128
Switzerland :
370,000 hectares
1969
Swiss Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
368,000 hectares
1969
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
365,000 hectares
1969
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
355,000 hectares
1969
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
321,000 hectares
1969
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
305,717.8 hectares
1969
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1969
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
282,000 hectares
1969
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Mauritania :
278,000 hectares
1969
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
245,000 hectares
1969
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Lebanon :
230,000 hectares
1969
Lebanese Agriculture
# 139
Gabon :
170,000 hectares
1969
Gabonese Agriculture
# 140
Puerto Rico :
166,000 hectares
1969
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 141
Jamaica :
155,000 hectares
1969
Jamaican Agriculture
# 142
Swaziland :
149,000 hectares
1969
Swazi Agriculture
# 143
Gambia, The :
127,000 hectares
1969
Gambian Agriculture
# 144
Equatorial Guinea :
125,000 hectares
1969
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1969
Cypriot Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1969
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Papua New Guinea :
91,000 hectares
1969
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
88,000 hectares
1969
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1969
Comoran Agriculture
# 150
East Timor :
73,000 hectares
1969
Timorese Agriculture
# 151
Fiji :
67,000 hectares
1969
Fijian Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1969
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
57,000 hectares
1969
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
53,000 hectares
1969
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Belize :
39,000 hectares
1969
Belizean Agriculture
# 156
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1969
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
30,000 hectares
1969
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
22,000 hectares
1969
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Tonga :
17,000 hectares
1969
Tongan Agriculture
# 160
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1969
Barbadian Agriculture
# 161
Malta :
13,000 hectares
1969
Maltese Agriculture
# 162
Vanuatu :
13,000 hectares
1969
- Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1969
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1969
Nevisian Agriculture
# 165
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1969
Barbudan Agriculture
# 166
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1969
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 167
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1969
Dominican Agriculture
# 168
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1969
Bahamian Agriculture
# 169
Netherlands Antilles :
7,000 hectares
1969
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 170
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1969
Icelandic Agriculture
# 171
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1969
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 172
United Arab Emirates :
6,000 hectares
1969
Emirati Agriculture
# 173
Brunei :
6,000 hectares
1969
Bruneian Agriculture
# 174
Grenada :
5,000 hectares
1969
Grenadian Agriculture
# 175
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1969
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 176
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1969
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1969
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1969
Faroese Agriculture
# 179
Singapore :
3,000 hectares
1969
Singapore Agriculture
# 180
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1969
- Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1969
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1969
Aruban Agriculture
# 183
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1969
American Samoan Agriculture
# 184
Maldives :
2,000 hectares
1969
Maldivian Agriculture
# 185
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1969
Guamanian Agriculture
# 186
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1969
Seychellois Agriculture
# 187
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1969
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 188
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1969
Caymanian Agriculture
# 189
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1969
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 190
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1969
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1969
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1969
Qatari Agriculture
# 193
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1969
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 194
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1969
Bahraini Agriculture
# 195
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1969
Bermudian Agriculture
Total :
1,334,335,763.5 hectares
Weighted average:
6,842,747.5 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 (1969) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1969
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