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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 :
187,545,000 hectares
1972
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
160,460,000 hectares
1972
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,566,600 hectares
1972
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1972
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
42,895,000 hectares
1972
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
40,616,000 hectares
1972
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
38,000,000 hectares
1972
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,531,100 hectares
1972
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,766,810 hectares
1972
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
27,420,000 hectares
1972
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,000,000 hectares
1972
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
25,573,000 hectares
1972
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
21,950,000 hectares
1972
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
18,944,000 hectares
1972
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1972
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,027,000 hectares
1972
French Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
16,288,000 hectares
1972
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Iran :
16,227,000 hectares
1972
Iranian Agriculture
# 19
Poland :
14,844,000 hectares
1972
Polish Agriculture
# 20
Thailand :
13,150,000 hectares
1972
Thai Agriculture
# 21
Ethiopia :
13,000,000 hectares
1972
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,450,000 hectares
1972
South African Agriculture
# 23
Germany :
12,004,000 hectares
1972
German Agriculture
# 24
Sudan :
11,861,000 hectares
1972
Sudanese Agriculture
# 25
Niger :
11,173,000 hectares
1972
Nigerien Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,970,000 hectares
1972
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,713,000 hectares
1972
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
9,393,000 hectares
1972
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,854,000 hectares
1972
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1972
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Morocco :
7,131,000 hectares
1972
Moroccan Agriculture
# 32
United Kingdom :
7,129,000 hectares
1972
British Agriculture
# 33
Algeria :
6,510,000 hectares
1972
Algerian Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,500,000 hectares
1972
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,340,186 hectares
1972
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Syria :
5,711,000 hectares
1972
Syrian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,650,000 hectares
1972
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,599,611 hectares
1972
Serbian Agriculture
# 39
Cameroon :
5,450,000 hectares
1972
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 40
Hungary :
5,177,000 hectares
1972
Hungarian Agriculture
# 41
Japan :
5,057,000 hectares
1972
Japanese Agriculture
# 42
Iraq :
5,000,000 hectares
1972
Iraqi Agriculture
# 43
Zambia :
4,969,000 hectares
1972
Zambian Agriculture
# 44
Philippines :
4,700,000 hectares
1972
Philippine Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,662,392 hectares
1972
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,128,000 hectares
1972
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
4,002,000 hectares
1972
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Uganda :
3,850,000 hectares
1972
Ugandan Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,588,000 hectares
1972
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1972
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,230,000 hectares
1972
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1972
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Sweden :
3,031,000 hectares
1972
Swedish Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,006,482 hectares
1972
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Greece :
2,985,000 hectares
1972
Greek Agriculture
# 56
New Zealand :
2,951,000 hectares
1972
New Zealand Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
2,904,000 hectares
1972
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1972
Angolan Agriculture
# 59
Chad :
2,897,000 hectares
1972
Chadian Agriculture
# 60
Peru :
2,850,000 hectares
1972
Peruvian Agriculture
# 61
Mozambique :
2,800,000 hectares
1972
Mozambican Agriculture
# 62
Egypt :
2,725,000 hectares
1972
Egyptian Agriculture
# 63
Denmark :
2,651,000 hectares
1972
Danish Agriculture
# 64
Finland :
2,529,000 hectares
1972
Finnish Agriculture
# 65
Cuba :
2,494,000 hectares
1972
Cuban Agriculture
# 66
Portugal :
2,463,000 hectares
1972
Portuguese Agriculture
# 67
Zimbabwe :
2,415,000 hectares
1972
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 68
Senegal :
2,346,000 hectares
1972
Senegalese Agriculture
# 69
Burkina Faso :
2,282,000 hectares
1972
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 70
Tanzania :
2,200,000 hectares
1972
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 71
Korea, North :
2,150,000 hectares
1972
Korean Agriculture
# 72
Korea, South :
2,104,000 hectares
1972
Korean Agriculture
# 73
Madagascar :
2,090,000 hectares
1972
Malagasy Agriculture
# 74
Nepal :
2,055,000 hectares
1972
Nepalese Agriculture
# 75
Croatia :
1,824,389 hectares
1972
Croatian Agriculture
# 76
Moldova :
1,809,100 hectares
1972
Moldovan Agriculture
# 77
Cambodia :
1,800,000 hectares
1972
Cambodian Agriculture
# 78
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1972
Togolese Agriculture
# 79
Central African Republic :
1,790,000 hectares
1972
Central African Agriculture
# 80
Azerbaijan :
1,776,273 hectares
1972
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 81
Latvia :
1,759,078 hectares
1972
Latvian Agriculture
# 82
Ecuador :
1,735,000 hectares
1972
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 83
Libya :
1,730,000 hectares
1972
Libyan Agriculture
# 84
Mali :
1,718,000 hectares
1972
Malian Agriculture
# 85
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,710,000 hectares
1972
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 86
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1972
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 87
Bolivia :
1,634,000 hectares
1972
Bolivian Agriculture
# 88
Austria :
1,588,000 hectares
1972
Austrian Agriculture
# 89
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1972
Slovak Agriculture
# 90
Saudi Arabia :
1,450,000 hectares
1972
Saudi Agriculture
# 91
Turkmenistan :
1,406,846 hectares
1972
Turkmen Agriculture
# 92
Uruguay :
1,380,000 hectares
1972
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 93
Kyrgyzstan :
1,375,583 hectares
1972
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,368,000 hectares
1972
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
1,345,000 hectares
1972
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Ireland :
1,333,000 hectares
1972
Irish Agriculture
# 97
Benin :
1,280,000 hectares
1972
Beninese Agriculture
# 98
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,279,481 hectares
1972
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 99
Malawi :
1,273,000 hectares
1972
Malawian Agriculture
# 100
Estonia :
1,161,951 hectares
1972
Estonian Agriculture
# 101
Guatemala :
1,120,000 hectares
1972
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,040,000 hectares
1972
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Somalia :
946,000 hectares
1972
Somali Agriculture
# 104
Malaysia :
940,000 hectares
1972
Malaysian Agriculture
# 105
Belgium :
925,000 hectares
1972
Belgian Agriculture
# 106
Macedonia, Republic of :
912,194.6 hectares
1972
Macedonian Agriculture
# 107
Tajikistan :
896,212.9 hectares
1972
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
896,000 hectares
1972
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Dominican Republic :
850,000 hectares
1972
Dominican Agriculture
# 110
Georgia :
828,475.9 hectares
1972
Georgian Agriculture
# 111
Sri Lanka :
822,000 hectares
1972
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 112
Paraguay :
805,000 hectares
1972
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 113
Norway :
795,000 hectares
1972
Norwegian Agriculture
# 114
Mongolia :
776,000 hectares
1972
Mongolian Agriculture
# 115
Haiti :
768,000 hectares
1972
Haitian Agriculture
# 116
Netherlands :
765,000 hectares
1972
Dutch Agriculture
# 117
Laos :
700,000 hectares
1972
Lao Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
690,000 hectares
1972
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
652,000 hectares
1972
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Rwanda :
621,000 hectares
1972
Rwandan Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
540,000 hectares
1972
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
520,000 hectares
1972
Congolese Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
518,969.8 hectares
1972
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
El Salvador :
488,000 hectares
1972
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
432,000 hectares
1972
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
410,000 hectares
1972
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1972
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 128
Switzerland :
367,000 hectares
1972
Swiss Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
366,000 hectares
1972
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Guyana :
360,000 hectares
1972
Guyanese Agriculture
# 131
Lesotho :
355,000 hectares
1972
Basotho Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
325,000 hectares
1972
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
301,054.3 hectares
1972
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Jordan :
287,000 hectares
1972
Jordanian Agriculture
# 135
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1972
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
245,000 hectares
1972
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Lebanon :
240,000 hectares
1972
Lebanese Agriculture
# 138
Mauritania :
239,000 hectares
1972
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 139
Gabon :
200,000 hectares
1972
Gabonese Agriculture
# 140
Swaziland :
168,000 hectares
1972
Swazi Agriculture
# 141
Jamaica :
145,000 hectares
1972
Jamaican Agriculture
# 142
Gambia, The :
134,000 hectares
1972
Gambian Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1972
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Puerto Rico :
115,000 hectares
1972
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 145
Papua New Guinea :
114,000 hectares
1972
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1972
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1972
Cypriot Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
92,000 hectares
1972
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
East Timor :
80,000 hectares
1972
Timorese Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1972
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Fiji :
70,000 hectares
1972
Fijian Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1972
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Trinidad and Tobago :
60,000 hectares
1972
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
54,000 hectares
1972
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Belize :
40,000 hectares
1972
Belizean Agriculture
# 156
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1972
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
33,000 hectares
1972
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
23,000 hectares
1972
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Tonga :
17,000 hectares
1972
Tongan Agriculture
# 160
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1972
Barbadian Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
15,000 hectares
1972
- Agriculture
# 162
Malta :
13,000 hectares
1972
Maltese Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1972
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1972
Nevisian Agriculture
# 165
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1972
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 166
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1972
Barbudan Agriculture
# 167
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1972
Icelandic Agriculture
# 168
United Arab Emirates :
7,000 hectares
1972
Emirati Agriculture
# 169
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1972
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 170
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1972
Dominican Agriculture
# 171
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1972
Bahamian Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1972
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1972
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 174
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1972
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 175
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1972
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 176
Grenada :
4,000 hectares
1972
Grenadian Agriculture
# 177
Brunei :
4,000 hectares
1972
Bruneian Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
3,000 hectares
1972
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Singapore :
3,000 hectares
1972
Singapore Agriculture
# 180
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1972
Faroese Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1972
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1972
- Agriculture
# 183
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1972
American Samoan Agriculture
# 184
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1972
Guamanian Agriculture
# 185
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1972
Aruban Agriculture
# 186
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1972
Caymanian Agriculture
# 187
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1972
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 188
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1972
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 189
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1972
Andorran Agriculture
# 190
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1972
Qatari Agriculture
# 191
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1972
Seychellois Agriculture
# 192
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1972
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 193
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1972
Bahraini Agriculture
# 194
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1972
Bermudian Agriculture
# 195
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1972
Sao Tomean Agriculture
Total :
1,337,449,789.5 hectares
Weighted average:
6,858,716.9 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 (1972) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1972
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