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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
1983
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
162,720,000 hectares
1983
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,143,300 hectares
1983
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1983
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
47,000,000 hectares
1983
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Canada :
45,139,000 hectares
1983
Canadian Agriculture
# 7
Australia :
44,817,000 hectares
1983
Australian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,418,690 hectares
1983
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,659,830 hectares
1983
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
28,175,000 hectares
1983
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
27,000,000 hectares
1983
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
23,696,000 hectares
1983
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
23,138,000 hectares
1983
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
19,971,000 hectares
1983
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,000,000 hectares
1983
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,669,000 hectares
1983
French Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
17,293,000 hectares
1983
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Spain :
15,592,000 hectares
1983
Spanish Agriculture
# 19
Poland :
14,474,000 hectares
1983
Polish Agriculture
# 20
Iran :
14,400,000 hectares
1983
Iranian Agriculture
# 21
Sudan :
12,500,000 hectares
1983
Sudanese Agriculture
# 22
Ethiopia :
12,400,000 hectares
1983
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 23
South Africa :
12,355,000 hectares
1983
South African Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,967,000 hectares
1983
German Agriculture
# 25
Niger :
10,002,000 hectares
1983
Nigerien Agriculture
# 26
Romania :
9,904,000 hectares
1983
Romanian Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,613,000 hectares
1983
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
9,128,000 hectares
1983
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,856,000 hectares
1983
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1983
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Morocco :
7,823,000 hectares
1983
Moroccan Agriculture
# 32
United Kingdom :
6,899,000 hectares
1983
British Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,650,000 hectares
1983
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Algeria :
6,592,000 hectares
1983
Algerian Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,320,677 hectares
1983
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,910,000 hectares
1983
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,850,000 hectares
1983
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,335,621 hectares
1983
Serbian Agriculture
# 39
Philippines :
5,260,000 hectares
1983
Philippine Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,250,000 hectares
1983
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Zambia :
5,142,000 hectares
1983
Zambian Agriculture
# 42
Syria :
5,082,000 hectares
1983
Syrian Agriculture
# 43
Hungary :
5,020,000 hectares
1983
Hungarian Agriculture
# 44
Japan :
4,843,000 hectares
1983
Japanese Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,648,046 hectares
1983
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Uganda :
4,600,000 hectares
1983
Ugandan Agriculture
# 47
Bulgaria :
3,812,000 hectares
1983
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 48
Kenya :
3,800,000 hectares
1983
Kenyan Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,759,000 hectares
1983
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Chile :
3,528,000 hectares
1983
Chilean Agriculture
# 51
Peru :
3,333,000 hectares
1983
Peruvian Agriculture
# 52
Tanzania :
3,250,000 hectares
1983
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 53
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1983
Czech Agriculture
# 54
Tunisia :
3,140,000 hectares
1983
Tunisian Agriculture
# 55
Chad :
3,130,000 hectares
1983
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Mozambique :
3,000,000 hectares
1983
Mozambican Agriculture
# 57
Lithuania :
2,997,231 hectares
1983
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 58
Sweden :
2,941,000 hectares
1983
Swedish Agriculture
# 59
Greece :
2,900,000 hectares
1983
Greek Agriculture
# 60
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1983
Angolan Agriculture
# 61
Burkina Faso :
2,875,000 hectares
1983
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 62
Cuba :
2,750,000 hectares
1983
Cuban Agriculture
# 63
Venezuela :
2,710,000 hectares
1983
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 64
Zimbabwe :
2,619,000 hectares
1983
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 65
Madagascar :
2,600,000 hectares
1983
Malagasy Agriculture
# 66
Denmark :
2,593,000 hectares
1983
Danish Agriculture
# 67
New Zealand :
2,585,000 hectares
1983
New Zealand Agriculture
# 68
Portugal :
2,408,000 hectares
1983
Portuguese Agriculture
# 69
Senegal :
2,338,000 hectares
1983
Senegalese Agriculture
# 70
Finland :
2,312,000 hectares
1983
Finnish Agriculture
# 71
Egypt :
2,308,000 hectares
1983
Egyptian Agriculture
# 72
Nepal :
2,287,000 hectares
1983
Nepalese Agriculture
# 73
Korea, North :
2,285,000 hectares
1983
Korean Agriculture
# 74
Saudi Arabia :
2,200,000 hectares
1983
Saudi Agriculture
# 75
Ghana :
2,100,000 hectares
1983
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 76
Bolivia :
2,051,000 hectares
1983
Bolivian Agriculture
# 77
Cambodia :
2,040,000 hectares
1983
Cambodian Agriculture
# 78
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,034,000 hectares
1983
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 79
Korea, South :
2,032,000 hectares
1983
Korean Agriculture
# 80
Mali :
2,013,000 hectares
1983
Malian Agriculture
# 81
Togo :
1,950,000 hectares
1983
Togolese Agriculture
# 82
Central African Republic :
1,890,000 hectares
1983
Central African Agriculture
# 83
Paraguay :
1,820,000 hectares
1983
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 84
Moldova :
1,803,533 hectares
1983
Moldovan Agriculture
# 85
Libya :
1,775,000 hectares
1983
Libyan Agriculture
# 86
Azerbaijan :
1,770,808 hectares
1983
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 87
Latvia :
1,753,666 hectares
1983
Latvian Agriculture
# 88
Croatia :
1,738,380 hectares
1983
Croatian Agriculture
# 89
Malawi :
1,662,000 hectares
1983
Malawian Agriculture
# 90
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1983
Slovak Agriculture
# 91
Ecuador :
1,560,000 hectares
1983
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 92
Benin :
1,560,000 hectares
1983
Beninese Agriculture
# 93
Honduras :
1,467,000 hectares
1983
Honduran Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
1,439,000 hectares
1983
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
Turkmenistan :
1,402,517 hectares
1983
Turkmen Agriculture
# 96
Kyrgyzstan :
1,371,350 hectares
1983
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 97
Yemen :
1,368,000 hectares
1983
Yemeni Agriculture
# 98
Uruguay :
1,330,000 hectares
1983
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 99
Mongolia :
1,313,000 hectares
1983
Mongolian Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,300,000 hectares
1983
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,219,161 hectares
1983
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 102
Estonia :
1,158,375 hectares
1983
Estonian Agriculture
# 103
Nicaragua :
1,150,000 hectares
1983
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 104
Malaysia :
1,140,000 hectares
1983
Malaysian Agriculture
# 105
Dominican Republic :
1,075,000 hectares
1983
Dominican Agriculture
# 106
Ireland :
1,017,000 hectares
1983
Irish Agriculture
# 107
Somalia :
999,000 hectares
1983
Somali Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1983
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
893,455.3 hectares
1983
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Macedonia, Republic of :
869,189.8 hectares
1983
Macedonian Agriculture
# 111
Norway :
849,000 hectares
1983
Norwegian Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
839,000 hectares
1983
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Georgia :
825,926.8 hectares
1983
Georgian Agriculture
# 114
Rwanda :
805,000 hectares
1983
Rwandan Agriculture
# 115
Netherlands :
801,000 hectares
1983
Dutch Agriculture
# 116
Laos :
785,000 hectares
1983
Lao Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1983
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
714,000 hectares
1983
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Belgium :
697,000 hectares
1983
Belgian Agriculture
# 120
Namibia :
660,000 hectares
1983
Namibian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
589,000 hectares
1983
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
520,000 hectares
1983
Congolese Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
517,373 hectares
1983
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1983
Guyanese Agriculture
# 125
El Salvador :
470,000 hectares
1983
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
465,000 hectares
1983
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Panama :
455,000 hectares
1983
Panamanian Agriculture
# 128
Botswana :
404,000 hectares
1983
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 129
Switzerland :
391,000 hectares
1983
Swiss Agriculture
# 130
Liberia :
380,000 hectares
1983
Liberian Agriculture
# 131
Israel :
315,000 hectares
1983
Israeli Agriculture
# 132
Jordan :
304,000 hectares
1983
Jordanian Agriculture
# 133
Gabon :
290,000 hectares
1983
Gabonese Agriculture
# 134
Slovenia :
286,861.3 hectares
1983
Slovenian Agriculture
# 135
Lesotho :
283,000 hectares
1983
Basotho Agriculture
# 136
Costa Rica :
283,000 hectares
1983
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
280,000 hectares
1983
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Mauritania :
270,000 hectares
1983
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
208,000 hectares
1983
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
Gambia, The :
179,000 hectares
1983
Gambian Agriculture
# 141
Papua New Guinea :
179,000 hectares
1983
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 142
Swaziland :
133,000 hectares
1983
Swazi Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1983
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Jamaica :
115,000 hectares
1983
Jamaican Agriculture
# 145
Bhutan :
109,000 hectares
1983
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 146
Fiji :
105,000 hectares
1983
Fijian Agriculture
# 147
Cyprus :
103,000 hectares
1983
Cypriot Agriculture
# 148
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1983
Mauritian Agriculture
# 149
East Timor :
100,000 hectares
1983
Timorese Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
75,000 hectares
1983
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
72,000 hectares
1983
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Puerto Rico :
64,000 hectares
1983
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1983
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1983
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Suriname :
48,000 hectares
1983
Surinamese Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
46,000 hectares
1983
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1983
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
27,000 hectares
1983
Omani Agriculture
# 159
United Arab Emirates :
23,000 hectares
1983
Emirati Agriculture
# 160
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1983
- Agriculture
# 161
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1983
Barbadian Agriculture
# 162
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1983
Tongan Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
13,000 hectares
1983
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1983
Maltese Agriculture
# 165
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1983
Barbudan Agriculture
# 166
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1983
Nevisian Agriculture
# 167
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1983
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 168
Iceland :
8,000 hectares
1983
Icelandic Agriculture
# 169
Qatar :
7,000 hectares
1983
Qatari Agriculture
# 170
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1983
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 171
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
1983
Bahamian Agriculture
# 172
Dominica :
6,000 hectares
1983
Dominican Agriculture
# 173
Virgin Islands :
5,000 hectares
1983
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 174
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1983
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 175
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1983
Maldivian Agriculture
# 176
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
4,000 hectares
1983
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1983
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1983
Faroese Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1983
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Grenada :
3,000 hectares
1983
Grenadian Agriculture
# 181
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1983
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 182
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1983
Bahraini Agriculture
# 183
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1983
Aruban Agriculture
# 184
Kuwait :
2,000 hectares
1983
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 185
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1983
- Agriculture
# 186
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1983
American Samoan Agriculture
# 187
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1983
Guamanian Agriculture
# 188
Singapore :
2,000 hectares
1983
Singapore Agriculture
# 189
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1983
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 190
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1983
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1983
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1983
Bermudian Agriculture
# 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1983
Caymanian Agriculture
# 194
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000 hectares
1983
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 195
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1983
Seychellois Agriculture
Total :
1,366,318,991.2 hectares
Weighted average:
7,006,764.1 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 (1983) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1983
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