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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 :
188,140,000 hectares
1971
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
159,640,000 hectares
1971
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,627,100 hectares
1971
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1971
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
42,788,000 hectares
1971
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
41,110,000 hectares
1971
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
37,000,000 hectares
1971
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,547,160 hectares
1971
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,782,090 hectares
1971
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
27,420,000 hectares
1971
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,000,000 hectares
1971
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,978,000 hectares
1971
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
21,820,000 hectares
1971
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,114,000 hectares
1971
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1971
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,056,000 hectares
1971
French Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
16,339,000 hectares
1971
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Iran :
15,581,000 hectares
1971
Iranian Agriculture
# 19
Poland :
14,980,000 hectares
1971
Polish Agriculture
# 20
Ethiopia :
12,770,000 hectares
1971
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 21
Thailand :
12,431,000 hectares
1971
Thai Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,410,000 hectares
1971
South African Agriculture
# 23
Germany :
11,965,000 hectares
1971
German Agriculture
# 24
Sudan :
11,763,000 hectares
1971
Sudanese Agriculture
# 25
Niger :
11,226,000 hectares
1971
Nigerien Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,970,000 hectares
1971
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,728,000 hectares
1971
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
9,511,000 hectares
1971
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,837,000 hectares
1971
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Morocco :
7,983,000 hectares
1971
Moroccan Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,900,000 hectares
1971
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
United Kingdom :
7,132,000 hectares
1971
British Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,470,000 hectares
1971
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Algeria :
6,380,000 hectares
1971
Algerian Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,342,972 hectares
1971
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Syria :
5,647,000 hectares
1971
Syrian Agriculture
# 37
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,630,536 hectares
1971
Serbian Agriculture
# 38
Vietnam :
5,630,000 hectares
1971
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 39
Cameroon :
5,450,000 hectares
1971
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 40
Hungary :
5,184,000 hectares
1971
Hungarian Agriculture
# 41
Japan :
5,125,000 hectares
1971
Japanese Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
4,969,000 hectares
1971
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Iraq :
4,848,000 hectares
1971
Iraqi Agriculture
# 44
Uzbekistan :
4,664,441 hectares
1971
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 45
Philippines :
4,644,000 hectares
1971
Philippine Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,132,000 hectares
1971
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
3,952,000 hectares
1971
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Uganda :
3,800,000 hectares
1971
Ugandan Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,573,000 hectares
1971
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1971
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,200,000 hectares
1971
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1971
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Sweden :
3,051,000 hectares
1971
Swedish Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,007,803 hectares
1971
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Greece :
2,991,000 hectares
1971
Greek Agriculture
# 56
New Zealand :
2,960,000 hectares
1971
New Zealand Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
2,937,000 hectares
1971
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1971
Angolan Agriculture
# 59
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1971
Chadian Agriculture
# 60
Mozambique :
2,785,000 hectares
1971
Mozambican Agriculture
# 61
Egypt :
2,735,000 hectares
1971
Egyptian Agriculture
# 62
Denmark :
2,647,000 hectares
1971
Danish Agriculture
# 63
Peru :
2,558,000 hectares
1971
Peruvian Agriculture
# 64
Finland :
2,549,000 hectares
1971
Finnish Agriculture
# 65
Portugal :
2,467,000 hectares
1971
Portuguese Agriculture
# 66
Zimbabwe :
2,385,000 hectares
1971
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 67
Senegal :
2,346,000 hectares
1971
Senegalese Agriculture
# 68
Cuba :
2,277,000 hectares
1971
Cuban Agriculture
# 69
Burkina Faso :
2,200,000 hectares
1971
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 70
Tanzania :
2,180,000 hectares
1971
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 71
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1971
Korean Agriculture
# 72
Korea, South :
2,134,000 hectares
1971
Korean Agriculture
# 73
Madagascar :
2,070,000 hectares
1971
Malagasy Agriculture
# 74
Nepal :
1,953,000 hectares
1971
Nepalese Agriculture
# 75
Croatia :
1,834,465 hectares
1971
Croatian Agriculture
# 76
Moldova :
1,809,895 hectares
1971
Moldovan Agriculture
# 77
Cambodia :
1,800,000 hectares
1971
Cambodian Agriculture
# 78
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1971
Togolese Agriculture
# 79
Central African Republic :
1,780,000 hectares
1971
Central African Agriculture
# 80
Azerbaijan :
1,777,054 hectares
1971
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 81
Latvia :
1,759,852 hectares
1971
Latvian Agriculture
# 82
Libya :
1,730,000 hectares
1971
Libyan Agriculture
# 83
Ecuador :
1,730,000 hectares
1971
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 84
Mali :
1,718,000 hectares
1971
Malian Agriculture
# 85
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,700,000 hectares
1971
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 86
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1971
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 87
Bolivia :
1,591,000 hectares
1971
Bolivian Agriculture
# 88
Austria :
1,587,000 hectares
1971
Austrian Agriculture
# 89
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1971
Slovak Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,407,464 hectares
1971
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Saudi Arabia :
1,400,000 hectares
1971
Saudi Agriculture
# 92
Uruguay :
1,380,000 hectares
1971
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 93
Kyrgyzstan :
1,376,187 hectares
1971
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 94
Ireland :
1,363,000 hectares
1971
Irish Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
1,340,000 hectares
1971
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Honduras :
1,333,000 hectares
1971
Honduran Agriculture
# 97
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,286,547 hectares
1971
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 98
Malawi :
1,253,000 hectares
1971
Malawian Agriculture
# 99
Benin :
1,250,000 hectares
1971
Beninese Agriculture
# 100
Estonia :
1,162,461 hectares
1971
Estonian Agriculture
# 101
Guatemala :
1,100,000 hectares
1971
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,040,000 hectares
1971
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Somalia :
941,000 hectares
1971
Somali Agriculture
# 104
Malaysia :
930,000 hectares
1971
Malaysian Agriculture
# 105
Burundi :
929,000 hectares
1971
Burundian Agriculture
# 106
Belgium :
925,000 hectares
1971
Belgian Agriculture
# 107
Macedonia, Republic of :
917,232.4 hectares
1971
Macedonian Agriculture
# 108
Haiti :
900,000 hectares
1971
Haitian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
896,606.9 hectares
1971
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Georgia :
828,840.1 hectares
1971
Georgian Agriculture
# 111
Dominican Republic :
826,000 hectares
1971
Dominican Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
816,000 hectares
1971
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Norway :
806,000 hectares
1971
Norwegian Agriculture
# 114
Paraguay :
805,000 hectares
1971
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 115
Mongolia :
775,000 hectares
1971
Mongolian Agriculture
# 116
Netherlands :
770,000 hectares
1971
Dutch Agriculture
# 117
Guinea :
680,000 hectares
1971
Guinean Agriculture
# 118
Laos :
670,000 hectares
1971
Lao Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
652,000 hectares
1971
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Rwanda :
560,000 hectares
1971
Rwandan Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
530,000 hectares
1971
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
520,000 hectares
1971
Congolese Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
519,197.9 hectares
1971
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
El Salvador :
488,000 hectares
1971
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
432,000 hectares
1971
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
405,000 hectares
1971
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1971
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 128
Switzerland :
367,000 hectares
1971
Swiss Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
366,000 hectares
1971
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
360,000 hectares
1971
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
360,000 hectares
1971
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
326,000 hectares
1971
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
302,716.9 hectares
1971
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1971
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
285,000 hectares
1971
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
245,000 hectares
1971
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Lebanon :
240,000 hectares
1971
Lebanese Agriculture
# 138
Mauritania :
239,000 hectares
1971
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 139
Gabon :
190,000 hectares
1971
Gabonese Agriculture
# 140
Swaziland :
149,000 hectares
1971
Swazi Agriculture
# 141
Jamaica :
145,000 hectares
1971
Jamaican Agriculture
# 142
Puerto Rico :
130,000 hectares
1971
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1971
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Gambia, The :
129,000 hectares
1971
Gambian Agriculture
# 145
Papua New Guinea :
108,000 hectares
1971
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1971
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1971
Cypriot Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
90,000 hectares
1971
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
East Timor :
78,000 hectares
1971
Timorese Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1971
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Fiji :
67,000 hectares
1971
Fijian Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1971
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
60,000 hectares
1971
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
54,000 hectares
1971
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Belize :
40,000 hectares
1971
Belizean Agriculture
# 156
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1971
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
33,000 hectares
1971
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
22,000 hectares
1971
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Tonga :
17,000 hectares
1971
Tongan Agriculture
# 160
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1971
Barbadian Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
15,000 hectares
1971
- Agriculture
# 162
Malta :
13,000 hectares
1971
Maltese Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1971
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1971
Nevisian Agriculture
# 165
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1971
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 166
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1971
Barbudan Agriculture
# 167
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1971
Icelandic Agriculture
# 168
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1971
Bahamian Agriculture
# 169
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1971
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 170
United Arab Emirates :
7,000 hectares
1971
Emirati Agriculture
# 171
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1971
Dominican Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1971
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Grenada :
5,000 hectares
1971
Grenadian Agriculture
# 174
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1971
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 175
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1971
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 176
Brunei :
4,000 hectares
1971
Bruneian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1971
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
3,000 hectares
1971
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1971
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Singapore :
2,000 hectares
1971
Singapore Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1971
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1971
- Agriculture
# 183
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1971
American Samoan Agriculture
# 184
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1971
Aruban Agriculture
# 185
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1971
Guamanian Agriculture
# 186
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1971
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 187
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1971
Andorran Agriculture
# 188
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1971
Caymanian Agriculture
# 189
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1971
Bahraini Agriculture
# 190
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1971
Qatari Agriculture
# 191
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1971
Seychellois Agriculture
# 192
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1971
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 193
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1971
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 194
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1971
Bermudian Agriculture
# 195
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1971
Sao Tomean Agriculture
Total :
1,334,295,621.2 hectares
Weighted average:
6,842,541.6 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 (1971) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1971
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