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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 :
187,050,000 hectares
1973
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
161,530,000 hectares
1973
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,385,200 hectares
1973
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1973
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
43,003,000 hectares
1973
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
40,216,000 hectares
1973
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
39,000,000 hectares
1973
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,482,920 hectares
1973
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,720,960 hectares
1973
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
27,420,000 hectares
1973
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,000,000 hectares
1973
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
25,543,000 hectares
1973
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
22,080,000 hectares
1973
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,191,000 hectares
1973
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1973
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,096,000 hectares
1973
French Agriculture
# 17
Iran :
16,901,000 hectares
1973
Iranian Agriculture
# 18
Spain :
16,054,000 hectares
1973
Spanish Agriculture
# 19
Poland :
14,800,000 hectares
1973
Polish Agriculture
# 20
Thailand :
13,900,000 hectares
1973
Thai Agriculture
# 21
Ethiopia :
13,000,000 hectares
1973
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,490,000 hectares
1973
South African Agriculture
# 23
Germany :
11,990,000 hectares
1973
German Agriculture
# 24
Sudan :
11,958,000 hectares
1973
Sudanese Agriculture
# 25
Niger :
10,810,000 hectares
1973
Nigerien Agriculture
# 26
Romania :
9,658,000 hectares
1973
Romanian Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,485,000 hectares
1973
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
9,288,000 hectares
1973
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,858,000 hectares
1973
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1973
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Morocco :
7,195,000 hectares
1973
Moroccan Agriculture
# 32
United Kingdom :
7,075,000 hectares
1973
British Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,520,000 hectares
1973
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Algeria :
6,512,000 hectares
1973
Algerian Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,331,825 hectares
1973
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Vietnam :
5,680,000 hectares
1973
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 37
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,567,178 hectares
1973
Serbian Agriculture
# 38
Syria :
5,550,000 hectares
1973
Syrian Agriculture
# 39
Cameroon :
5,450,000 hectares
1973
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 40
Hungary :
5,176,000 hectares
1973
Hungarian Agriculture
# 41
Japan :
5,015,000 hectares
1973
Japanese Agriculture
# 42
Iraq :
5,000,000 hectares
1973
Iraqi Agriculture
# 43
Zambia :
4,973,000 hectares
1973
Zambian Agriculture
# 44
Philippines :
4,750,000 hectares
1973
Philippine Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,656,243 hectares
1973
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Bulgaria :
4,120,000 hectares
1973
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
4,102,000 hectares
1973
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Uganda :
3,900,000 hectares
1973
Ugandan Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,604,000 hectares
1973
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1973
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,290,000 hectares
1973
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1973
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Sweden :
3,018,000 hectares
1973
Swedish Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,002,517 hectares
1973
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Greece :
2,957,000 hectares
1973
Greek Agriculture
# 56
New Zealand :
2,912,000 hectares
1973
New Zealand Agriculture
# 57
Chad :
2,907,000 hectares
1973
Chadian Agriculture
# 58
Venezuela :
2,900,000 hectares
1973
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 59
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1973
Angolan Agriculture
# 60
Peru :
2,900,000 hectares
1973
Peruvian Agriculture
# 61
Mozambique :
2,850,000 hectares
1973
Mozambican Agriculture
# 62
Egypt :
2,723,000 hectares
1973
Egyptian Agriculture
# 63
Denmark :
2,653,000 hectares
1973
Danish Agriculture
# 64
Cuba :
2,539,000 hectares
1973
Cuban Agriculture
# 65
Finland :
2,498,000 hectares
1973
Finnish Agriculture
# 66
Portugal :
2,458,000 hectares
1973
Portuguese Agriculture
# 67
Zimbabwe :
2,415,000 hectares
1973
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 68
Burkina Faso :
2,353,000 hectares
1973
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 69
Senegal :
2,346,000 hectares
1973
Senegalese Agriculture
# 70
Tanzania :
2,230,000 hectares
1973
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 71
Korea, North :
2,200,000 hectares
1973
Korean Agriculture
# 72
Nepal :
2,165,000 hectares
1973
Nepalese Agriculture
# 73
Madagascar :
2,100,000 hectares
1973
Malagasy Agriculture
# 74
Korea, South :
2,095,000 hectares
1973
Korean Agriculture
# 75
Croatia :
1,813,822 hectares
1973
Croatian Agriculture
# 76
Moldova :
1,806,714 hectares
1973
Moldovan Agriculture
# 77
Central African Republic :
1,800,000 hectares
1973
Central African Agriculture
# 78
Cambodia :
1,800,000 hectares
1973
Cambodian Agriculture
# 79
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1973
Togolese Agriculture
# 80
Azerbaijan :
1,773,931 hectares
1973
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 81
Latvia :
1,756,759 hectares
1973
Latvian Agriculture
# 82
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,740,000 hectares
1973
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 83
Ecuador :
1,740,000 hectares
1973
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 84
Libya :
1,735,000 hectares
1973
Libyan Agriculture
# 85
Mali :
1,718,000 hectares
1973
Malian Agriculture
# 86
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1973
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 87
Bolivia :
1,678,000 hectares
1973
Bolivian Agriculture
# 88
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1973
Slovak Agriculture
# 89
Austria :
1,514,000 hectares
1973
Austrian Agriculture
# 90
Saudi Arabia :
1,500,000 hectares
1973
Saudi Agriculture
# 91
Turkmenistan :
1,404,991 hectares
1973
Turkmen Agriculture
# 92
Uruguay :
1,380,000 hectares
1973
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 93
Honduras :
1,378,000 hectares
1973
Honduran Agriculture
# 94
Kyrgyzstan :
1,373,769 hectares
1973
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
1,350,000 hectares
1973
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Benin :
1,300,000 hectares
1973
Beninese Agriculture
# 97
Malawi :
1,293,000 hectares
1973
Malawian Agriculture
# 98
Ireland :
1,283,000 hectares
1973
Irish Agriculture
# 99
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,272,070 hectares
1973
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 100
Estonia :
1,160,418 hectares
1973
Estonian Agriculture
# 101
Guatemala :
1,150,000 hectares
1973
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,050,000 hectares
1973
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Somalia :
951,000 hectares
1973
Somali Agriculture
# 104
Malaysia :
950,000 hectares
1973
Malaysian Agriculture
# 105
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1973
Burundian Agriculture
# 106
Belgium :
923,000 hectares
1973
Belgian Agriculture
# 107
Macedonia, Republic of :
906,911.2 hectares
1973
Macedonian Agriculture
# 108
Tajikistan :
895,031.1 hectares
1973
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 109
Dominican Republic :
865,000 hectares
1973
Dominican Agriculture
# 110
Sri Lanka :
828,000 hectares
1973
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 111
Georgia :
827,383.4 hectares
1973
Georgian Agriculture
# 112
Paraguay :
804,000 hectares
1973
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 113
Norway :
790,000 hectares
1973
Norwegian Agriculture
# 114
Mongolia :
789,000 hectares
1973
Mongolian Agriculture
# 115
Haiti :
768,000 hectares
1973
Haitian Agriculture
# 116
Netherlands :
761,000 hectares
1973
Dutch Agriculture
# 117
Laos :
720,000 hectares
1973
Lao Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
690,000 hectares
1973
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
652,000 hectares
1973
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Rwanda :
610,000 hectares
1973
Rwandan Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
548,000 hectares
1973
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
524,000 hectares
1973
Congolese Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
518,285.4 hectares
1973
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
El Salvador :
488,000 hectares
1973
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
432,000 hectares
1973
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
415,000 hectares
1973
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1973
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 128
Switzerland :
366,000 hectares
1973
Swiss Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
366,000 hectares
1973
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Guyana :
362,000 hectares
1973
Guyanese Agriculture
# 131
Lesotho :
355,000 hectares
1973
Basotho Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
334,000 hectares
1973
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
299,310.6 hectares
1973
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Jordan :
288,000 hectares
1973
Jordanian Agriculture
# 135
Costa Rica :
283,000 hectares
1973
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
250,000 hectares
1973
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Lebanon :
240,000 hectares
1973
Lebanese Agriculture
# 138
Mauritania :
226,000 hectares
1973
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 139
Gabon :
210,000 hectares
1973
Gabonese Agriculture
# 140
Swaziland :
168,000 hectares
1973
Swazi Agriculture
# 141
Jamaica :
145,000 hectares
1973
Jamaican Agriculture
# 142
Gambia, The :
139,000 hectares
1973
Gambian Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1973
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Papua New Guinea :
120,000 hectares
1973
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1973
Mauritian Agriculture
# 146
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1973
Cypriot Agriculture
# 147
Puerto Rico :
95,000 hectares
1973
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
93,000 hectares
1973
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
East Timor :
85,000 hectares
1973
Timorese Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1973
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Fiji :
70,000 hectares
1973
Fijian Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
69,000 hectares
1973
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1973
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
54,000 hectares
1973
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Belize :
41,000 hectares
1973
Belizean Agriculture
# 156
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1973
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
35,000 hectares
1973
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
23,000 hectares
1973
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Tonga :
17,000 hectares
1973
Tongan Agriculture
# 160
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1973
Barbadian Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
15,000 hectares
1973
- Agriculture
# 162
Malta :
13,000 hectares
1973
Maltese Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1973
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
United Arab Emirates :
8,000 hectares
1973
Emirati Agriculture
# 165
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1973
Nevisian Agriculture
# 166
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1973
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 167
Iceland :
8,000 hectares
1973
Icelandic Agriculture
# 168
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1973
Barbudan Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1973
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1973
Dominican Agriculture
# 171
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1973
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 172
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1973
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1973
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 174
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1973
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 175
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1973
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 176
Brunei :
4,000 hectares
1973
Bruneian Agriculture
# 177
Grenada :
4,000 hectares
1973
Grenadian Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
3,000 hectares
1973
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1973
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Singapore :
3,000 hectares
1973
Singapore Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1973
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1973
Guamanian Agriculture
# 183
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1973
- Agriculture
# 184
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1973
American Samoan Agriculture
# 185
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1973
Aruban Agriculture
# 186
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1973
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 187
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1973
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 188
Qatar :
1,000 hectares
1973
Qatari Agriculture
# 189
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1973
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 190
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1973
Bermudian Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1973
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1973
Bahraini Agriculture
# 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1973
Caymanian Agriculture
# 194
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1973
Seychellois Agriculture
# 195
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1973
Kuwaiti Agriculture
Total :
1,339,707,238.7 hectares
Weighted average:
6,870,293.5 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 (1973) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1973
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