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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 :
187,765,000 hectares
1982
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
163,175,000 hectares
1982
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,082,800 hectares
1982
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1982
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
47,000,000 hectares
1982
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
46,374,000 hectares
1982
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,106,000 hectares
1982
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,402,640 hectares
1982
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,644,550 hectares
1982
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
28,013,000 hectares
1982
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
27,000,000 hectares
1982
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,199,000 hectares
1982
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
23,138,000 hectares
1982
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
20,061,000 hectares
1982
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1982
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,651,000 hectares
1982
French Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
17,199,000 hectares
1982
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Spain :
15,565,000 hectares
1982
Spanish Agriculture
# 19
Poland :
14,484,000 hectares
1982
Polish Agriculture
# 20
Iran :
14,141,000 hectares
1982
Iranian Agriculture
# 21
Ethiopia :
12,600,000 hectares
1982
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 22
Sudan :
12,450,000 hectares
1982
Sudanese Agriculture
# 23
South Africa :
12,355,000 hectares
1982
South African Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,975,000 hectares
1982
German Agriculture
# 25
Romania :
9,870,000 hectares
1982
Romanian Agriculture
# 26
Niger :
9,852,000 hectares
1982
Nigerien Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,620,000 hectares
1982
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
9,458,000 hectares
1982
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,856,000 hectares
1982
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1982
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Morocco :
7,767,000 hectares
1982
Moroccan Agriculture
# 32
United Kingdom :
6,913,000 hectares
1982
British Agriculture
# 33
Algeria :
6,881,000 hectares
1982
Algerian Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,640,000 hectares
1982
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,317,890 hectares
1982
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,910,000 hectares
1982
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,880,000 hectares
1982
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,355,231 hectares
1982
Serbian Agriculture
# 39
Syria :
5,288,000 hectares
1982
Syrian Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,250,000 hectares
1982
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Philippines :
5,240,000 hectares
1982
Philippine Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
5,143,000 hectares
1982
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Hungary :
5,019,000 hectares
1982
Hungarian Agriculture
# 44
Japan :
4,852,000 hectares
1982
Japanese Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,645,996 hectares
1982
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Uganda :
4,180,000 hectares
1982
Ugandan Agriculture
# 47
Bulgaria :
3,818,000 hectares
1982
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 48
Kenya :
3,800,000 hectares
1982
Kenyan Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,743,000 hectares
1982
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Chile :
3,580,000 hectares
1982
Chilean Agriculture
# 51
Peru :
3,285,000 hectares
1982
Peruvian Agriculture
# 52
Tanzania :
3,200,000 hectares
1982
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 53
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1982
Czech Agriculture
# 54
Tunisia :
3,160,000 hectares
1982
Tunisian Agriculture
# 55
Chad :
3,132,000 hectares
1982
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Mozambique :
3,000,000 hectares
1982
Mozambican Agriculture
# 57
Lithuania :
2,995,910 hectares
1982
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 58
Sweden :
2,950,000 hectares
1982
Swedish Agriculture
# 59
Greece :
2,928,000 hectares
1982
Greek Agriculture
# 60
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1982
Angolan Agriculture
# 61
Burkina Faso :
2,835,000 hectares
1982
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 62
Venezuela :
2,811,000 hectares
1982
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 63
Cuba :
2,700,000 hectares
1982
Cuban Agriculture
# 64
Denmark :
2,630,000 hectares
1982
Danish Agriculture
# 65
Zimbabwe :
2,581,000 hectares
1982
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 66
Madagascar :
2,570,000 hectares
1982
Malagasy Agriculture
# 67
New Zealand :
2,547,000 hectares
1982
New Zealand Agriculture
# 68
Portugal :
2,413,000 hectares
1982
Portuguese Agriculture
# 69
Senegal :
2,339,000 hectares
1982
Senegalese Agriculture
# 70
Finland :
2,325,000 hectares
1982
Finnish Agriculture
# 71
Egypt :
2,305,000 hectares
1982
Egyptian Agriculture
# 72
Nepal :
2,287,000 hectares
1982
Nepalese Agriculture
# 73
Korea, North :
2,285,000 hectares
1982
Korean Agriculture
# 74
Ghana :
2,100,000 hectares
1982
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 75
Korea, South :
2,049,000 hectares
1982
Korean Agriculture
# 76
Cambodia :
2,030,000 hectares
1982
Cambodian Agriculture
# 77
Bolivia :
2,018,000 hectares
1982
Bolivian Agriculture
# 78
Mali :
2,013,000 hectares
1982
Malian Agriculture
# 79
Saudi Arabia :
1,990,000 hectares
1982
Saudi Agriculture
# 80
Côte d'Ivoire :
1,990,000 hectares
1982
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 81
Togo :
1,950,000 hectares
1982
Togolese Agriculture
# 82
Central African Republic :
1,880,000 hectares
1982
Central African Agriculture
# 83
Moldova :
1,802,738 hectares
1982
Moldovan Agriculture
# 84
Paraguay :
1,780,000 hectares
1982
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 85
Azerbaijan :
1,770,027 hectares
1982
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 86
Libya :
1,765,000 hectares
1982
Libyan Agriculture
# 87
Latvia :
1,752,893 hectares
1982
Latvian Agriculture
# 88
Croatia :
1,744,769 hectares
1982
Croatian Agriculture
# 89
Malawi :
1,614,000 hectares
1982
Malawian Agriculture
# 90
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1982
Slovak Agriculture
# 91
Ecuador :
1,552,000 hectares
1982
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 92
Benin :
1,550,000 hectares
1982
Beninese Agriculture
# 93
Austria :
1,535,000 hectares
1982
Austrian Agriculture
# 94
Honduras :
1,476,000 hectares
1982
Honduran Agriculture
# 95
Turkmenistan :
1,401,899 hectares
1982
Turkmen Agriculture
# 96
Kyrgyzstan :
1,370,745 hectares
1982
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 97
Yemen :
1,368,000 hectares
1982
Yemeni Agriculture
# 98
Uruguay :
1,350,000 hectares
1982
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 99
Guatemala :
1,300,000 hectares
1982
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 100
Mongolia :
1,251,000 hectares
1982
Mongolian Agriculture
# 101
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,223,642 hectares
1982
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 102
Estonia :
1,157,865 hectares
1982
Estonian Agriculture
# 103
Nicaragua :
1,150,000 hectares
1982
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 104
Malaysia :
1,080,000 hectares
1982
Malaysian Agriculture
# 105
Dominican Republic :
1,075,000 hectares
1982
Dominican Agriculture
# 106
Ireland :
1,058,000 hectares
1982
Irish Agriculture
# 107
Somalia :
994,000 hectares
1982
Somali Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1982
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
893,061.4 hectares
1982
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Macedonia, Republic of :
872,384.4 hectares
1982
Macedonian Agriculture
# 111
Norway :
841,000 hectares
1982
Norwegian Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
827,000 hectares
1982
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Georgia :
825,562.6 hectares
1982
Georgian Agriculture
# 114
Rwanda :
790,000 hectares
1982
Rwandan Agriculture
# 115
Netherlands :
790,000 hectares
1982
Dutch Agriculture
# 116
Laos :
785,000 hectares
1982
Lao Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1982
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
713,000 hectares
1982
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Belgium :
696,000 hectares
1982
Belgian Agriculture
# 120
Namibia :
655,000 hectares
1982
Namibian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
589,000 hectares
1982
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Armenia :
517,144.8 hectares
1982
Armenian Agriculture
# 123
Congo, Republic of the :
516,000 hectares
1982
Congolese Agriculture
# 124
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1982
Guyanese Agriculture
# 125
El Salvador :
479,000 hectares
1982
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
460,000 hectares
1982
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Panama :
450,000 hectares
1982
Panamanian Agriculture
# 128
Botswana :
404,000 hectares
1982
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 129
Switzerland :
391,000 hectares
1982
Swiss Agriculture
# 130
Liberia :
375,000 hectares
1982
Liberian Agriculture
# 131
Israel :
325,000 hectares
1982
Israeli Agriculture
# 132
Jordan :
296,100 hectares
1982
Jordanian Agriculture
# 133
Gabon :
290,000 hectares
1982
Gabonese Agriculture
# 134
Lesotho :
288,000 hectares
1982
Basotho Agriculture
# 135
Slovenia :
287,915.7 hectares
1982
Slovenian Agriculture
# 136
Costa Rica :
283,000 hectares
1982
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
270,000 hectares
1982
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Mauritania :
250,000 hectares
1982
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
208,000 hectares
1982
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
Gambia, The :
198,000 hectares
1982
Gambian Agriculture
# 141
Papua New Guinea :
175,000 hectares
1982
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 142
Swaziland :
133,000 hectares
1982
Swazi Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1982
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Jamaica :
125,000 hectares
1982
Jamaican Agriculture
# 145
Bhutan :
107,000 hectares
1982
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 146
Cyprus :
103,000 hectares
1982
Cypriot Agriculture
# 147
Fiji :
100,000 hectares
1982
Fijian Agriculture
# 148
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1982
Mauritian Agriculture
# 149
East Timor :
100,000 hectares
1982
Timorese Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1982
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
72,000 hectares
1982
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Puerto Rico :
67,000 hectares
1982
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1982
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1982
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Suriname :
46,000 hectares
1982
Surinamese Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
46,000 hectares
1982
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1982
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
23,000 hectares
1982
Omani Agriculture
# 159
Vanuatu :
19,000 hectares
1982
- Agriculture
# 160
United Arab Emirates :
18,000 hectares
1982
Emirati Agriculture
# 161
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1982
Barbadian Agriculture
# 162
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1982
Tongan Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
13,000 hectares
1982
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1982
Maltese Agriculture
# 165
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1982
Barbudan Agriculture
# 166
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1982
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 167
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1982
Nevisian Agriculture
# 168
Iceland :
8,000 hectares
1982
Icelandic Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1982
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1982
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 171
Qatar :
6,000 hectares
1982
Qatari Agriculture
# 172
Dominica :
6,000 hectares
1982
Dominican Agriculture
# 173
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1982
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 174
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1982
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 175
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1982
Maldivian Agriculture
# 176
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
4,000 hectares
1982
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1982
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1982
Faroese Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1982
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Grenada :
3,000 hectares
1982
Grenadian Agriculture
# 181
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1982
Bahraini Agriculture
# 182
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1982
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 183
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1982
- Agriculture
# 184
Kuwait :
2,000 hectares
1982
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 185
Singapore :
2,000 hectares
1982
Singapore Agriculture
# 186
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1982
Guamanian Agriculture
# 187
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1982
American Samoan Agriculture
# 188
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1982
Aruban Agriculture
# 189
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1982
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 190
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1982
Bermudian Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1982
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1982
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 193
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1982
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 194
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1982
Seychellois Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1982
Caymanian Agriculture
Total :
1,368,141,763.9 hectares
Weighted average:
7,016,111.6 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 (1982) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1982
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