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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 :
186,472,000 hectares
1974
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
162,230,000 hectares
1974
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,748,000 hectares
1974
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1974
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
43,111,000 hectares
1974
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
42,121,000 hectares
1974
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
41,000,000 hectares
1974
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,579,270 hectares
1974
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,812,660 hectares
1974
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
27,420,000 hectares
1974
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,000,000 hectares
1974
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
25,161,000 hectares
1974
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
22,200,000 hectares
1974
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,345,000 hectares
1974
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1974
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,278,000 hectares
1974
French Agriculture
# 17
Iran :
16,370,000 hectares
1974
Iranian Agriculture
# 18
Spain :
15,918,000 hectares
1974
Spanish Agriculture
# 19
Poland :
14,764,000 hectares
1974
Polish Agriculture
# 20
Thailand :
14,624,000 hectares
1974
Thai Agriculture
# 21
Ethiopia :
13,000,000 hectares
1974
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,530,000 hectares
1974
South African Agriculture
# 23
Germany :
12,020,000 hectares
1974
German Agriculture
# 24
Sudan :
12,015,000 hectares
1974
Sudanese Agriculture
# 25
Niger :
9,776,000 hectares
1974
Nigerien Agriculture
# 26
Romania :
9,703,000 hectares
1974
Romanian Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,494,000 hectares
1974
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
9,319,000 hectares
1974
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,875,000 hectares
1974
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1974
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Morocco :
7,200,000 hectares
1974
Moroccan Agriculture
# 32
United Kingdom :
7,067,000 hectares
1974
British Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,550,000 hectares
1974
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Algeria :
6,544,000 hectares
1974
Algerian Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,348,546 hectares
1974
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Vietnam :
5,700,000 hectares
1974
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 37
Syria :
5,682,000 hectares
1974
Syrian Agriculture
# 38
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,547,567 hectares
1974
Serbian Agriculture
# 39
Cameroon :
5,500,000 hectares
1974
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 40
Hungary :
5,129,000 hectares
1974
Hungarian Agriculture
# 41
Iraq :
5,100,000 hectares
1974
Iraqi Agriculture
# 42
Japan :
4,978,000 hectares
1974
Japanese Agriculture
# 43
Zambia :
4,973,000 hectares
1974
Zambian Agriculture
# 44
Philippines :
4,800,000 hectares
1974
Philippine Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,668,540 hectares
1974
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Chile :
4,152,000 hectares
1974
Chilean Agriculture
# 47
Bulgaria :
4,098,000 hectares
1974
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 48
Uganda :
3,950,000 hectares
1974
Ugandan Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,619,000 hectares
1974
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Kenya :
3,500,000 hectares
1974
Kenyan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,340,000 hectares
1974
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1974
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Sweden :
3,019,000 hectares
1974
Swedish Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,010,446 hectares
1974
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Greece :
2,948,000 hectares
1974
Greek Agriculture
# 56
Chad :
2,917,000 hectares
1974
Chadian Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
2,906,000 hectares
1974
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Peru :
2,900,000 hectares
1974
Peruvian Agriculture
# 59
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1974
Angolan Agriculture
# 60
New Zealand :
2,889,000 hectares
1974
New Zealand Agriculture
# 61
Mozambique :
2,850,000 hectares
1974
Mozambican Agriculture
# 62
Egypt :
2,707,000 hectares
1974
Egyptian Agriculture
# 63
Denmark :
2,641,000 hectares
1974
Danish Agriculture
# 64
Finland :
2,478,000 hectares
1974
Finnish Agriculture
# 65
Zimbabwe :
2,465,000 hectares
1974
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 66
Portugal :
2,453,000 hectares
1974
Portuguese Agriculture
# 67
Burkina Faso :
2,433,000 hectares
1974
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 68
Cuba :
2,376,000 hectares
1974
Cuban Agriculture
# 69
Senegal :
2,346,000 hectares
1974
Senegalese Agriculture
# 70
Tanzania :
2,250,000 hectares
1974
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 71
Korea, North :
2,200,000 hectares
1974
Korean Agriculture
# 72
Nepal :
2,180,000 hectares
1974
Nepalese Agriculture
# 73
Madagascar :
2,124,000 hectares
1974
Malagasy Agriculture
# 74
Korea, South :
2,075,000 hectares
1974
Korean Agriculture
# 75
Cambodia :
1,850,000 hectares
1974
Cambodian Agriculture
# 76
Moldova :
1,811,485 hectares
1974
Moldovan Agriculture
# 77
Central African Republic :
1,810,000 hectares
1974
Central African Agriculture
# 78
Croatia :
1,807,433 hectares
1974
Croatian Agriculture
# 79
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1974
Togolese Agriculture
# 80
Azerbaijan :
1,778,616 hectares
1974
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 81
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,775,000 hectares
1974
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 82
Mali :
1,768,000 hectares
1974
Malian Agriculture
# 83
Latvia :
1,761,398 hectares
1974
Latvian Agriculture
# 84
Ecuador :
1,753,000 hectares
1974
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 85
Libya :
1,735,000 hectares
1974
Libyan Agriculture
# 86
Bolivia :
1,711,000 hectares
1974
Bolivian Agriculture
# 87
Ghana :
1,700,000 hectares
1974
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 88
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1974
Slovak Agriculture
# 89
Saudi Arabia :
1,560,000 hectares
1974
Saudi Agriculture
# 90
Austria :
1,514,000 hectares
1974
Austrian Agriculture
# 91
Turkmenistan :
1,408,701 hectares
1974
Turkmen Agriculture
# 92
Uruguay :
1,385,000 hectares
1974
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 93
Honduras :
1,384,000 hectares
1974
Honduran Agriculture
# 94
Kyrgyzstan :
1,377,397 hectares
1974
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
1,355,000 hectares
1974
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Benin :
1,330,000 hectares
1974
Beninese Agriculture
# 97
Malawi :
1,310,000 hectares
1974
Malawian Agriculture
# 98
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,267,589 hectares
1974
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 99
Ireland :
1,253,000 hectares
1974
Irish Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,170,000 hectares
1974
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Estonia :
1,163,483 hectares
1974
Estonian Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,060,000 hectares
1974
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Malaysia :
960,000 hectares
1974
Malaysian Agriculture
# 104
Somalia :
955,000 hectares
1974
Somali Agriculture
# 105
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1974
Burundian Agriculture
# 106
Belgium :
921,000 hectares
1974
Belgian Agriculture
# 107
Paraguay :
920,000 hectares
1974
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 108
Macedonia, Republic of :
903,716.6 hectares
1974
Macedonian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
897,394.8 hectares
1974
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Dominican Republic :
885,000 hectares
1974
Dominican Agriculture
# 111
Sri Lanka :
834,000 hectares
1974
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 112
Georgia :
829,568.4 hectares
1974
Georgian Agriculture
# 113
Mongolia :
801,000 hectares
1974
Mongolian Agriculture
# 114
Norway :
793,000 hectares
1974
Norwegian Agriculture
# 115
Haiti :
768,000 hectares
1974
Haitian Agriculture
# 116
Netherlands :
762,000 hectares
1974
Dutch Agriculture
# 117
Laos :
740,000 hectares
1974
Lao Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
690,000 hectares
1974
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Rwanda :
668,000 hectares
1974
Rwandan Agriculture
# 120
Namibia :
652,000 hectares
1974
Namibian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
557,000 hectares
1974
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
526,000 hectares
1974
Congolese Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
519,654.2 hectares
1974
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
El Salvador :
488,000 hectares
1974
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
433,000 hectares
1974
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
420,000 hectares
1974
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1974
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 128
Switzerland :
368,000 hectares
1974
Swiss Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
366,000 hectares
1974
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Guyana :
362,000 hectares
1974
Guyanese Agriculture
# 131
Lesotho :
355,000 hectares
1974
Basotho Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
339,000 hectares
1974
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
298,256.3 hectares
1974
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Jordan :
290,000 hectares
1974
Jordanian Agriculture
# 135
Costa Rica :
283,000 hectares
1974
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
255,000 hectares
1974
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Lebanon :
237,000 hectares
1974
Lebanese Agriculture
# 138
Gabon :
220,000 hectares
1974
Gabonese Agriculture
# 139
Mauritania :
196,000 hectares
1974
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 140
Gambia, The :
166,000 hectares
1974
Gambian Agriculture
# 141
Swaziland :
155,000 hectares
1974
Swazi Agriculture
# 142
Jamaica :
145,000 hectares
1974
Jamaican Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1974
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Papua New Guinea :
126,000 hectares
1974
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1974
Cypriot Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1974
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Puerto Rico :
95,000 hectares
1974
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
94,000 hectares
1974
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
East Timor :
85,000 hectares
1974
Timorese Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1974
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Fiji :
70,000 hectares
1974
Fijian Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
70,000 hectares
1974
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1974
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1974
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Belize :
41,000 hectares
1974
Belizean Agriculture
# 156
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1974
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
35,000 hectares
1974
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
23,000 hectares
1974
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Tonga :
17,000 hectares
1974
Tongan Agriculture
# 160
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1974
Barbadian Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
15,000 hectares
1974
- Agriculture
# 162
Malta :
13,000 hectares
1974
Maltese Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1974
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
United Arab Emirates :
9,000 hectares
1974
Emirati Agriculture
# 165
Iceland :
8,000 hectares
1974
Icelandic Agriculture
# 166
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1974
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 167
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1974
Barbudan Agriculture
# 168
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1974
Nevisian Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1974
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1974
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 171
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1974
Dominican Agriculture
# 172
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1974
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1974
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 174
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1974
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 175
Grenada :
4,000 hectares
1974
Grenadian Agriculture
# 176
Brunei :
4,000 hectares
1974
Bruneian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1974
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1974
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1974
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1974
- Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1974
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1974
Guamanian Agriculture
# 183
Qatar :
2,000 hectares
1974
Qatari Agriculture
# 184
Singapore :
2,000 hectares
1974
Singapore Agriculture
# 185
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1974
American Samoan Agriculture
# 186
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1974
Aruban Agriculture
# 187
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1974
Bahraini Agriculture
# 188
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1974
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 189
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1974
Bermudian Agriculture
# 190
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1974
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1974
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1974
Seychellois Agriculture
# 193
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1974
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 194
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1974
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1974
Caymanian Agriculture
Total :
1,344,718,721.3 hectares
Weighted average:
6,895,993.4 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 (1974) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1974
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