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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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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
186,472,000 hectares
1975
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
163,010,000 hectares
1975
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,445,700 hectares
1975
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1975
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Canada :
43,219,000 hectares
1975
Canadian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
42,226,000 hectares
1975
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
42,000,000 hectares
1975
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,498,980 hectares
1975
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,736,240 hectares
1975
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
27,500,000 hectares
1975
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,000,000 hectares
1975
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,908,000 hectares
1975
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
22,340,000 hectares
1975
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,595,000 hectares
1975
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1975
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,333,000 hectares
1975
French Agriculture
# 17
Iran :
15,850,000 hectares
1975
Iranian Agriculture
# 18
Spain :
15,821,000 hectares
1975
Spanish Agriculture
# 19
Thailand :
14,900,000 hectares
1975
Thai Agriculture
# 20
Poland :
14,781,000 hectares
1975
Polish Agriculture
# 21
Ethiopia :
13,000,000 hectares
1975
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,570,000 hectares
1975
South African Agriculture
# 23
Sudan :
12,115,000 hectares
1975
Sudanese Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
12,041,000 hectares
1975
German Agriculture
# 25
Niger :
9,776,000 hectares
1975
Nigerien Agriculture
# 26
Romania :
9,741,000 hectares
1975
Romanian Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,505,000 hectares
1975
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
9,330,000 hectares
1975
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,869,000 hectares
1975
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1975
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Morocco :
7,293,000 hectares
1975
Moroccan Agriculture
# 32
United Kingdom :
6,869,000 hectares
1975
British Agriculture
# 33
Algeria :
6,845,000 hectares
1975
Algerian Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,545,000 hectares
1975
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,334,612 hectares
1975
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Vietnam :
5,700,000 hectares
1975
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 37
Cameroon :
5,550,000 hectares
1975
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 38
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,521,922 hectares
1975
Serbian Agriculture
# 39
Hungary :
5,128,000 hectares
1975
Hungarian Agriculture
# 40
Syria :
5,125,000 hectares
1975
Syrian Agriculture
# 41
Iraq :
5,100,000 hectares
1975
Iraqi Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
4,988,000 hectares
1975
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Japan :
4,945,000 hectares
1975
Japanese Agriculture
# 44
Philippines :
4,850,000 hectares
1975
Philippine Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,658,293 hectares
1975
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Chile :
4,152,000 hectares
1975
Chilean Agriculture
# 47
Uganda :
4,025,000 hectares
1975
Ugandan Agriculture
# 48
Bulgaria :
3,957,000 hectares
1975
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 49
Kenya :
3,800,000 hectares
1975
Kenyan Agriculture
# 50
Colombia :
3,635,000 hectares
1975
Colombian Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
3,410,000 hectares
1975
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1975
Czech Agriculture
# 53
Sweden :
3,006,000 hectares
1975
Swedish Agriculture
# 54
Lithuania :
3,003,839 hectares
1975
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 55
Chad :
2,997,000 hectares
1975
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Peru :
2,910,000 hectares
1975
Peruvian Agriculture
# 57
Greece :
2,908,000 hectares
1975
Greek Agriculture
# 58
Venezuela :
2,907,000 hectares
1975
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 59
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1975
Angolan Agriculture
# 60
Mozambique :
2,870,000 hectares
1975
Mozambican Agriculture
# 61
New Zealand :
2,819,000 hectares
1975
New Zealand Agriculture
# 62
Egypt :
2,691,000 hectares
1975
Egyptian Agriculture
# 63
Denmark :
2,650,000 hectares
1975
Danish Agriculture
# 64
Burkina Faso :
2,506,000 hectares
1975
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 65
Cuba :
2,480,000 hectares
1975
Cuban Agriculture
# 66
Zimbabwe :
2,465,000 hectares
1975
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 67
Finland :
2,451,000 hectares
1975
Finnish Agriculture
# 68
Portugal :
2,448,000 hectares
1975
Portuguese Agriculture
# 69
Senegal :
2,346,000 hectares
1975
Senegalese Agriculture
# 70
Madagascar :
2,296,000 hectares
1975
Malagasy Agriculture
# 71
Tanzania :
2,250,000 hectares
1975
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 72
Korea, North :
2,200,000 hectares
1975
Korean Agriculture
# 73
Nepal :
2,195,000 hectares
1975
Nepalese Agriculture
# 74
Korea, South :
2,061,000 hectares
1975
Korean Agriculture
# 75
Cambodia :
1,850,000 hectares
1975
Cambodian Agriculture
# 76
Central African Republic :
1,820,000 hectares
1975
Central African Agriculture
# 77
Mali :
1,818,000 hectares
1975
Malian Agriculture
# 78
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,815,000 hectares
1975
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 79
Moldova :
1,807,509 hectares
1975
Moldovan Agriculture
# 80
Togo :
1,800,000 hectares
1975
Togolese Agriculture
# 81
Ghana :
1,800,000 hectares
1975
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 82
Croatia :
1,799,078 hectares
1975
Croatian Agriculture
# 83
Azerbaijan :
1,774,712 hectares
1975
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 84
Latvia :
1,757,532 hectares
1975
Latvian Agriculture
# 85
Bolivia :
1,752,000 hectares
1975
Bolivian Agriculture
# 86
Libya :
1,740,000 hectares
1975
Libyan Agriculture
# 87
Ecuador :
1,720,000 hectares
1975
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 88
Saudi Arabia :
1,620,000 hectares
1975
Saudi Agriculture
# 89
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1975
Slovak Agriculture
# 90
Austria :
1,511,000 hectares
1975
Austrian Agriculture
# 91
Honduras :
1,413,000 hectares
1975
Honduran Agriculture
# 92
Turkmenistan :
1,405,609 hectares
1975
Turkmen Agriculture
# 93
Uruguay :
1,390,000 hectares
1975
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 94
Kyrgyzstan :
1,374,373 hectares
1975
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 95
Benin :
1,370,000 hectares
1975
Beninese Agriculture
# 96
Yemen :
1,363,000 hectares
1975
Yemeni Agriculture
# 97
Malawi :
1,330,000 hectares
1975
Malawian Agriculture
# 98
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,261,730 hectares
1975
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 99
Ireland :
1,234,000 hectares
1975
Irish Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,170,000 hectares
1975
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Estonia :
1,160,929 hectares
1975
Estonian Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,060,000 hectares
1975
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Paraguay :
1,040,000 hectares
1975
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 104
Malaysia :
968,000 hectares
1975
Malaysian Agriculture
# 105
Somalia :
960,000 hectares
1975
Somali Agriculture
# 106
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1975
Burundian Agriculture
# 107
Belgium :
920,000 hectares
1975
Belgian Agriculture
# 108
Dominican Republic :
915,000 hectares
1975
Dominican Agriculture
# 109
Macedonia, Republic of :
899,538.9 hectares
1975
Macedonian Agriculture
# 110
Tajikistan :
895,425 hectares
1975
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 111
Sri Lanka :
840,000 hectares
1975
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 112
Georgia :
827,747.6 hectares
1975
Georgian Agriculture
# 113
Mongolia :
827,000 hectares
1975
Mongolian Agriculture
# 114
Norway :
792,000 hectares
1975
Norwegian Agriculture
# 115
Haiti :
768,000 hectares
1975
Haitian Agriculture
# 116
Netherlands :
759,000 hectares
1975
Dutch Agriculture
# 117
Laos :
750,000 hectares
1975
Lao Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
690,000 hectares
1975
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Rwanda :
686,000 hectares
1975
Rwandan Agriculture
# 120
Namibia :
652,000 hectares
1975
Namibian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
563,000 hectares
1975
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
527,000 hectares
1975
Congolese Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
518,513.6 hectares
1975
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
El Salvador :
488,000 hectares
1975
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
433,000 hectares
1975
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
425,000 hectares
1975
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Botswana :
400,000 hectares
1975
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 128
Switzerland :
376,000 hectares
1975
Swiss Agriculture
# 129
Lesotho :
372,000 hectares
1975
Basotho Agriculture
# 130
Liberia :
366,000 hectares
1975
Liberian Agriculture
# 131
Guyana :
364,000 hectares
1975
Guyanese Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
336,000 hectares
1975
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Slovenia :
296,877.5 hectares
1975
Slovenian Agriculture
# 134
Jordan :
291,000 hectares
1975
Jordanian Agriculture
# 135
Costa Rica :
283,000 hectares
1975
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
255,000 hectares
1975
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Lebanon :
234,000 hectares
1975
Lebanese Agriculture
# 138
Gabon :
232,000 hectares
1975
Gabonese Agriculture
# 139
Mauritania :
192,000 hectares
1975
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 140
Swaziland :
167,000 hectares
1975
Swazi Agriculture
# 141
Gambia, The :
160,000 hectares
1975
Gambian Agriculture
# 142
Jamaica :
145,000 hectares
1975
Jamaican Agriculture
# 143
Papua New Guinea :
132,000 hectares
1975
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1975
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
1975
Cypriot Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
99,000 hectares
1975
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Bhutan :
96,000 hectares
1975
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 148
Puerto Rico :
94,000 hectares
1975
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 149
East Timor :
85,000 hectares
1975
Timorese Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1975
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Fiji :
75,000 hectares
1975
Fijian Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
70,000 hectares
1975
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1975
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1975
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Belize :
42,000 hectares
1975
Belizean Agriculture
# 156
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1975
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 157
Suriname :
35,000 hectares
1975
Surinamese Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
23,000 hectares
1975
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Tonga :
17,000 hectares
1975
Tongan Agriculture
# 160
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1975
Barbadian Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
16,000 hectares
1975
- Agriculture
# 162
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1975
Maltese Agriculture
# 163
United Arab Emirates :
11,000 hectares
1975
Emirati Agriculture
# 164
Solomon Islands :
10,000 hectares
1975
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 165
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1975
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 166
Iceland :
8,000 hectares
1975
Icelandic Agriculture
# 167
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1975
Barbudan Agriculture
# 168
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1975
Nevisian Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1975
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1975
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 171
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1975
Dominican Agriculture
# 172
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1975
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1975
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 174
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1975
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 175
Grenada :
4,000 hectares
1975
Grenadian Agriculture
# 176
Brunei :
4,000 hectares
1975
Bruneian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1975
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1975
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1975
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1975
- Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1975
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1975
Guamanian Agriculture
# 183
Qatar :
2,000 hectares
1975
Qatari Agriculture
# 184
Singapore :
2,000 hectares
1975
Singapore Agriculture
# 185
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1975
American Samoan Agriculture
# 186
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1975
Aruban Agriculture
# 187
Bahrain :
1,000 hectares
1975
Bahraini Agriculture
# 188
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1975
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 189
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1975
Bermudian Agriculture
# 190
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1975
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1975
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1975
Seychellois Agriculture
# 193
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1975
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 194
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1975
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1975
Caymanian Agriculture
Total :
1,347,281,160.6 hectares
Weighted average:
6,909,134.2 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 (1975) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1975
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