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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 :
188,735,000 hectares
1970
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
160,560,000 hectares
1970
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,748,000 hectares
1970
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1970
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
42,779,000 hectares
1970
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
41,614,000 hectares
1970
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Kazakhstan :
36,579,270 hectares
1970
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 8
Brazil :
35,000,000 hectares
1970
Brazilian Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,812,660 hectares
1970
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
27,420,000 hectares
1970
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,000,000 hectares
1970
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,793,000 hectares
1970
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
21,688,000 hectares
1970
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,167,000 hectares
1970
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1970
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,417,000 hectares
1970
French Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
15,690,000 hectares
1970
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Iran :
15,150,000 hectares
1970
Iranian Agriculture
# 19
Poland :
15,088,000 hectares
1970
Polish Agriculture
# 20
Ethiopia :
12,530,000 hectares
1970
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
12,370,000 hectares
1970
South African Agriculture
# 22
Thailand :
12,300,000 hectares
1970
Thai Agriculture
# 23
Italy :
11,984,000 hectares
1970
Italian Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,952,000 hectares
1970
German Agriculture
# 25
Sudan :
11,665,000 hectares
1970
Sudanese Agriculture
# 26
Niger :
11,197,000 hectares
1970
Nigerien Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,970,000 hectares
1970
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Romania :
9,733,000 hectares
1970
Romanian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,837,000 hectares
1970
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,870,000 hectares
1970
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
United Kingdom :
7,102,000 hectares
1970
British Agriculture
# 32
Morocco :
7,076,000 hectares
1970
Moroccan Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,440,000 hectares
1970
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Belarus :
6,348,546 hectares
1970
Belarusian Agriculture
# 35
Algeria :
6,248,000 hectares
1970
Algerian Agriculture
# 36
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,654,672 hectares
1970
Serbian Agriculture
# 37
Syria :
5,651,000 hectares
1970
Syrian Agriculture
# 38
Vietnam :
5,630,000 hectares
1970
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 39
Cameroon :
5,400,000 hectares
1970
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 40
Japan :
5,196,000 hectares
1970
Japanese Agriculture
# 41
Hungary :
5,193,000 hectares
1970
Hungarian Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
4,939,000 hectares
1970
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Iraq :
4,848,000 hectares
1970
Iraqi Agriculture
# 44
Philippines :
4,670,000 hectares
1970
Philippine Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,668,540 hectares
1970
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,142,000 hectares
1970
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
3,902,000 hectares
1970
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Uganda :
3,780,000 hectares
1970
Ugandan Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,572,000 hectares
1970
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1970
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,193,000 hectares
1970
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1970
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Sweden :
3,053,000 hectares
1970
Swedish Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,010,446 hectares
1970
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Greece :
3,010,000 hectares
1970
Greek Agriculture
# 56
New Zealand :
2,965,000 hectares
1970
New Zealand Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
2,931,000 hectares
1970
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1970
Angolan Agriculture
# 59
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1970
Chadian Agriculture
# 60
Mozambique :
2,785,000 hectares
1970
Mozambican Agriculture
# 61
Egypt :
2,725,000 hectares
1970
Egyptian Agriculture
# 62
Cambodia :
2,693,000 hectares
1970
Cambodian Agriculture
# 63
Denmark :
2,661,000 hectares
1970
Danish Agriculture
# 64
Finland :
2,573,000 hectares
1970
Finnish Agriculture
# 65
Peru :
2,558,000 hectares
1970
Peruvian Agriculture
# 66
Portugal :
2,471,000 hectares
1970
Portuguese Agriculture
# 67
Senegal :
2,347,000 hectares
1970
Senegalese Agriculture
# 68
Zimbabwe :
2,335,000 hectares
1970
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 69
Cuba :
2,310,000 hectares
1970
Cuban Agriculture
# 70
Burkina Faso :
2,216,000 hectares
1970
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 71
Korea, South :
2,153,000 hectares
1970
Korean Agriculture
# 72
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1970
Korean Agriculture
# 73
Tanzania :
2,140,000 hectares
1970
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 74
Madagascar :
2,060,000 hectares
1970
Malagasy Agriculture
# 75
Nepal :
1,953,000 hectares
1970
Nepalese Agriculture
# 76
Croatia :
1,842,329 hectares
1970
Croatian Agriculture
# 77
Moldova :
1,811,485 hectares
1970
Moldovan Agriculture
# 78
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1970
Togolese Agriculture
# 79
Azerbaijan :
1,778,616 hectares
1970
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 80
Central African Republic :
1,770,000 hectares
1970
Central African Agriculture
# 81
Latvia :
1,761,398 hectares
1970
Latvian Agriculture
# 82
Ecuador :
1,725,000 hectares
1970
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 83
Libya :
1,725,000 hectares
1970
Libyan Agriculture
# 84
Mali :
1,718,000 hectares
1970
Malian Agriculture
# 85
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1970
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 86
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,700,000 hectares
1970
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 87
Austria :
1,586,000 hectares
1970
Austrian Agriculture
# 88
Bolivia :
1,564,000 hectares
1970
Bolivian Agriculture
# 89
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1970
Slovak Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,408,701 hectares
1970
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Uruguay :
1,380,000 hectares
1970
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 92
Kyrgyzstan :
1,377,397 hectares
1970
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 93
Ireland :
1,377,000 hectares
1970
Irish Agriculture
# 94
Saudi Arabia :
1,360,000 hectares
1970
Saudi Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
1,332,000 hectares
1970
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Honduras :
1,330,000 hectares
1970
Honduran Agriculture
# 97
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,292,062 hectares
1970
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 98
Malawi :
1,233,000 hectares
1970
Malawian Agriculture
# 99
Benin :
1,200,000 hectares
1970
Beninese Agriculture
# 100
Estonia :
1,163,483 hectares
1970
Estonian Agriculture
# 101
Guatemala :
1,100,000 hectares
1970
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,040,000 hectares
1970
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Burundi :
940,000 hectares
1970
Burundian Agriculture
# 104
Somalia :
936,000 hectares
1970
Somali Agriculture
# 105
Belgium :
925,000 hectares
1970
Belgian Agriculture
# 106
Macedonia, Republic of :
921,164.3 hectares
1970
Macedonian Agriculture
# 107
Malaysia :
920,000 hectares
1970
Malaysian Agriculture
# 108
Haiti :
900,000 hectares
1970
Haitian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
897,394.8 hectares
1970
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Georgia :
829,568.4 hectares
1970
Georgian Agriculture
# 111
Netherlands :
824,000 hectares
1970
Dutch Agriculture
# 112
Dominican Republic :
820,000 hectares
1970
Dominican Agriculture
# 113
Norway :
814,000 hectares
1970
Norwegian Agriculture
# 114
Sri Lanka :
810,000 hectares
1970
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 115
Paraguay :
805,000 hectares
1970
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 116
Mongolia :
744,000 hectares
1970
Mongolian Agriculture
# 117
Guinea :
680,000 hectares
1970
Guinean Agriculture
# 118
Laos :
665,000 hectares
1970
Lao Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
650,000 hectares
1970
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Rwanda :
522,000 hectares
1970
Rwandan Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
521,000 hectares
1970
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
520,000 hectares
1970
Congolese Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
519,654.2 hectares
1970
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
El Salvador :
450,000 hectares
1970
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
432,000 hectares
1970
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
400,000 hectares
1970
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1970
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 128
Lesotho :
368,000 hectares
1970
Basotho Agriculture
# 129
Switzerland :
367,000 hectares
1970
Swiss Agriculture
# 130
Liberia :
366,000 hectares
1970
Liberian Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
360,000 hectares
1970
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
325,000 hectares
1970
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
304,014.6 hectares
1970
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1970
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
284,000 hectares
1970
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Mauritania :
278,000 hectares
1970
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
245,000 hectares
1970
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Lebanon :
235,000 hectares
1970
Lebanese Agriculture
# 139
Gabon :
180,000 hectares
1970
Gabonese Agriculture
# 140
Puerto Rico :
152,000 hectares
1970
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 141
Swaziland :
149,000 hectares
1970
Swazi Agriculture
# 142
Jamaica :
145,000 hectares
1970
Jamaican Agriculture
# 143
Gambia, The :
126,000 hectares
1970
Gambian Agriculture
# 144
Equatorial Guinea :
125,000 hectares
1970
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Papua New Guinea :
102,000 hectares
1970
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1970
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1970
Cypriot Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
89,000 hectares
1970
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
East Timor :
78,000 hectares
1970
Timorese Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1970
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Fiji :
67,000 hectares
1970
Fijian Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1970
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
57,000 hectares
1970
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
53,000 hectares
1970
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Belize :
39,000 hectares
1970
Belizean Agriculture
# 156
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1970
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
30,000 hectares
1970
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
22,000 hectares
1970
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Tonga :
17,000 hectares
1970
Tongan Agriculture
# 160
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1970
Barbadian Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
15,000 hectares
1970
- Agriculture
# 162
Malta :
13,000 hectares
1970
Maltese Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1970
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1970
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 165
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1970
Nevisian Agriculture
# 166
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1970
Barbudan Agriculture
# 167
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1970
Icelandic Agriculture
# 168
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1970
Dominican Agriculture
# 169
United Arab Emirates :
7,000 hectares
1970
Emirati Agriculture
# 170
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1970
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 171
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1970
Bahamian Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1970
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Brunei :
6,000 hectares
1970
Bruneian Agriculture
# 174
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1970
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 175
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1970
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 176
Grenada :
5,000 hectares
1970
Grenadian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1970
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Singapore :
4,000 hectares
1970
Singapore Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1970
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Maldives :
2,000 hectares
1970
Maldivian Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1970
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1970
- Agriculture
# 183
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1970
Guamanian Agriculture
# 184
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1970
Aruban Agriculture
# 185
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1970
American Samoan Agriculture
# 186
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1970
Seychellois Agriculture
# 187
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1970
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 188
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1970
Bermudian Agriculture
# 189
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1970
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 190
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1970
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1970
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1970
Bahraini Agriculture
# 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1970
Caymanian Agriculture
# 194
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1970
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 195
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1970
Qatari Agriculture
Total :
1,335,148,401.3 hectares
Weighted average:
6,846,914.9 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 (1970) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1970
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