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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 :
188,755,000 hectares
1980
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
162,955,000 hectares
1980
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
136,911,700 hectares
1980
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1980
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
45,000,000 hectares
1980
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Canada :
44,723,000 hectares
1980
Canadian Agriculture
# 7
Australia :
44,031,000 hectares
1980
Australian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,357,190 hectares
1980
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,601,300 hectares
1980
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
27,850,000 hectares
1980
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,000,000 hectares
1980
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
25,354,000 hectares
1980
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
23,000,000 hectares
1980
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,994,000 hectares
1980
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1980
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,472,000 hectares
1980
French Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
16,515,000 hectares
1980
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Spain :
15,558,000 hectares
1980
Spanish Agriculture
# 19
Poland :
14,621,000 hectares
1980
Polish Agriculture
# 20
Ethiopia :
13,000,000 hectares
1980
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 21
Iran :
12,981,000 hectares
1980
Iranian Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,440,000 hectares
1980
South African Agriculture
# 23
Sudan :
12,360,000 hectares
1980
Sudanese Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
12,030,000 hectares
1980
German Agriculture
# 25
Niger :
10,212,000 hectares
1980
Nigerien Agriculture
# 26
Romania :
9,834,000 hectares
1980
Romanian Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,573,000 hectares
1980
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
9,483,000 hectares
1980
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,892,000 hectares
1980
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1980
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Morocco :
7,530,000 hectares
1980
Moroccan Agriculture
# 32
United Kingdom :
6,918,000 hectares
1980
British Agriculture
# 33
Algeria :
6,875,000 hectares
1980
Algerian Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,620,000 hectares
1980
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,310,003 hectares
1980
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Vietnam :
5,940,000 hectares
1980
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 37
Cameroon :
5,910,000 hectares
1980
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 38
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,395,207 hectares
1980
Serbian Agriculture
# 39
Iraq :
5,250,000 hectares
1980
Iraqi Agriculture
# 40
Syria :
5,230,000 hectares
1980
Syrian Agriculture
# 41
Philippines :
5,228,000 hectares
1980
Philippine Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
5,094,000 hectares
1980
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Hungary :
5,027,000 hectares
1980
Hungarian Agriculture
# 44
Japan :
4,874,000 hectares
1980
Japanese Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,640,197 hectares
1980
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Uganda :
4,080,000 hectares
1980
Ugandan Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
3,836,000 hectares
1980
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Bulgaria :
3,827,000 hectares
1980
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 49
Kenya :
3,800,000 hectares
1980
Kenyan Agriculture
# 50
Colombia :
3,712,000 hectares
1980
Colombian Agriculture
# 51
Peru :
3,220,000 hectares
1980
Peruvian Agriculture
# 52
Tunisia :
3,191,000 hectares
1980
Tunisian Agriculture
# 53
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1980
Czech Agriculture
# 54
Chad :
3,137,000 hectares
1980
Chadian Agriculture
# 55
Tanzania :
3,100,000 hectares
1980
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 56
Lithuania :
2,992,170 hectares
1980
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 57
Sweden :
2,979,000 hectares
1980
Swedish Agriculture
# 58
Venezuela :
2,957,000 hectares
1980
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 59
Greece :
2,903,000 hectares
1980
Greek Agriculture
# 60
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1980
Angolan Agriculture
# 61
Mozambique :
2,870,000 hectares
1980
Mozambican Agriculture
# 62
Burkina Faso :
2,745,000 hectares
1980
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 63
Denmark :
2,639,000 hectares
1980
Danish Agriculture
# 64
Cuba :
2,630,000 hectares
1980
Cuban Agriculture
# 65
New Zealand :
2,616,000 hectares
1980
New Zealand Agriculture
# 66
Madagascar :
2,540,000 hectares
1980
Malagasy Agriculture
# 67
Zimbabwe :
2,505,000 hectares
1980
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 68
Portugal :
2,423,000 hectares
1980
Portuguese Agriculture
# 69
Finland :
2,369,000 hectares
1980
Finnish Agriculture
# 70
Senegal :
2,341,000 hectares
1980
Senegalese Agriculture
# 71
Egypt :
2,286,000 hectares
1980
Egyptian Agriculture
# 72
Korea, North :
2,285,000 hectares
1980
Korean Agriculture
# 73
Nepal :
2,270,000 hectares
1980
Nepalese Agriculture
# 74
Korea, South :
2,060,000 hectares
1980
Korean Agriculture
# 75
Mali :
2,010,000 hectares
1980
Malian Agriculture
# 76
Cambodia :
2,000,000 hectares
1980
Cambodian Agriculture
# 77
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,955,000 hectares
1980
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 78
Togo :
1,950,000 hectares
1980
Togolese Agriculture
# 79
Bolivia :
1,943,000 hectares
1980
Bolivian Agriculture
# 80
Ghana :
1,900,000 hectares
1980
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 81
Saudi Arabia :
1,890,000 hectares
1980
Saudi Agriculture
# 82
Central African Republic :
1,870,000 hectares
1980
Central African Agriculture
# 83
Moldova :
1,800,488 hectares
1980
Moldovan Agriculture
# 84
Azerbaijan :
1,767,817 hectares
1980
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 85
Croatia :
1,757,793 hectares
1980
Croatian Agriculture
# 86
Libya :
1,753,000 hectares
1980
Libyan Agriculture
# 87
Latvia :
1,750,704 hectares
1980
Latvian Agriculture
# 88
Paraguay :
1,620,000 hectares
1980
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 89
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1980
Slovak Agriculture
# 90
Ecuador :
1,542,000 hectares
1980
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 91
Austria :
1,536,000 hectares
1980
Austrian Agriculture
# 92
Malawi :
1,518,000 hectares
1980
Malawian Agriculture
# 93
Benin :
1,500,000 hectares
1980
Beninese Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,484,000 hectares
1980
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Uruguay :
1,403,000 hectares
1980
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 96
Turkmenistan :
1,400,149 hectares
1980
Turkmen Agriculture
# 97
Kyrgyzstan :
1,369,034 hectares
1980
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 98
Yemen :
1,366,000 hectares
1980
Yemeni Agriculture
# 99
Guatemala :
1,270,000 hectares
1980
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,232,776 hectares
1980
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 101
Mongolia :
1,182,000 hectares
1980
Mongolian Agriculture
# 102
Estonia :
1,156,419 hectares
1980
Estonian Agriculture
# 103
Ireland :
1,108,000 hectares
1980
Irish Agriculture
# 104
Dominican Republic :
1,070,000 hectares
1980
Dominican Agriculture
# 105
Nicaragua :
1,070,000 hectares
1980
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 106
Malaysia :
1,000,000 hectares
1980
Malaysian Agriculture
# 107
Somalia :
984,000 hectares
1980
Somali Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1980
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
891,946.6 hectares
1980
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Macedonia, Republic of :
878,896.6 hectares
1980
Macedonian Agriculture
# 111
Sri Lanka :
850,000 hectares
1980
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 112
Georgia :
824,532 hectares
1980
Georgian Agriculture
# 113
Norway :
817,000 hectares
1980
Norwegian Agriculture
# 114
Netherlands :
790,000 hectares
1980
Dutch Agriculture
# 115
Laos :
780,000 hectares
1980
Lao Agriculture
# 116
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1980
Haitian Agriculture
# 117
Rwanda :
760,000 hectares
1980
Rwandan Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
702,000 hectares
1980
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Belgium :
700,000 hectares
1980
Belgian Agriculture
# 120
Namibia :
655,000 hectares
1980
Namibian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
585,000 hectares
1980
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
El Salvador :
558,000 hectares
1980
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
516,499.3 hectares
1980
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
Congo, Republic of the :
488,000 hectares
1980
Congolese Agriculture
# 125
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1980
Guyanese Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
450,000 hectares
1980
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Panama :
435,000 hectares
1980
Panamanian Agriculture
# 128
Botswana :
402,000 hectares
1980
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 129
Switzerland :
391,000 hectares
1980
Swiss Agriculture
# 130
Liberia :
371,000 hectares
1980
Liberian Agriculture
# 131
Israel :
325,000 hectares
1980
Israeli Agriculture
# 132
Jordan :
299,000 hectares
1980
Jordanian Agriculture
# 133
Lesotho :
292,000 hectares
1980
Basotho Agriculture
# 134
Slovenia :
290,064.9 hectares
1980
Slovenian Agriculture
# 135
Gabon :
290,000 hectares
1980
Gabonese Agriculture
# 136
Costa Rica :
283,000 hectares
1980
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
255,000 hectares
1980
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Mauritania :
210,000 hectares
1980
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
210,000 hectares
1980
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
Swaziland :
183,000 hectares
1980
Swazi Agriculture
# 141
Papua New Guinea :
167,000 hectares
1980
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 142
Gambia, The :
155,000 hectares
1980
Gambian Agriculture
# 143
Jamaica :
135,000 hectares
1980
Jamaican Agriculture
# 144
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1980
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Bhutan :
104,000 hectares
1980
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 146
Cyprus :
103,000 hectares
1980
Cypriot Agriculture
# 147
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1980
Mauritian Agriculture
# 148
East Timor :
100,000 hectares
1980
Timorese Agriculture
# 149
Fiji :
90,000 hectares
1980
Fijian Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1980
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Puerto Rico :
74,000 hectares
1980
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
70,000 hectares
1980
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1980
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1980
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Belize :
45,000 hectares
1980
Belizean Agriculture
# 156
Suriname :
40,000 hectares
1980
Surinamese Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1980
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
23,000 hectares
1980
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Vanuatu :
18,000 hectares
1980
- Agriculture
# 160
United Arab Emirates :
16,000 hectares
1980
Emirati Agriculture
# 161
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1980
Barbadian Agriculture
# 162
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1980
Tongan Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
12,000 hectares
1980
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1980
Maltese Agriculture
# 165
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1980
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 166
Iceland :
8,000 hectares
1980
Icelandic Agriculture
# 167
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1980
Barbudan Agriculture
# 168
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1980
Nevisian Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1980
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
Dominica :
7,000 hectares
1980
Dominican Agriculture
# 171
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1980
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1980
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1980
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 174
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1980
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 175
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1980
Maldivian Agriculture
# 176
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1980
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 177
Qatar :
4,000 hectares
1980
Qatari Agriculture
# 178
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1980
Bruneian Agriculture
# 179
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1980
Faroese Agriculture
# 180
Grenada :
3,000 hectares
1980
Grenadian Agriculture
# 181
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1980
American Samoan Agriculture
# 182
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1980
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 183
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1980
- Agriculture
# 184
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1980
Guamanian Agriculture
# 185
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1980
Bahraini Agriculture
# 186
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1980
Aruban Agriculture
# 187
Singapore :
2,000 hectares
1980
Singapore Agriculture
# 188
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1980
Seychellois Agriculture
# 189
Kuwait :
1,000 hectares
1980
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 190
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1980
Caymanian Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1980
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1980
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 193
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1980
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 194
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1980
Bermudian Agriculture
# 195
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1980
Djiboutian Agriculture
Total :
1,361,198,886.4 hectares
Weighted average:
6,980,507.1 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 (1980) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1980
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