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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
1986
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
163,250,000 hectares
1986
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,505,500 hectares
1986
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1986
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
49,000,000 hectares
1986
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
46,813,000 hectares
1986
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,239,000 hectares
1986
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,514,880 hectares
1986
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,751,370 hectares
1986
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
28,825,000 hectares
1986
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
27,000,000 hectares
1986
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,558,000 hectares
1986
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
23,700,000 hectares
1986
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
20,249,000 hectares
1986
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
20,178,000 hectares
1986
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,998,000 hectares
1986
French Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
17,810,000 hectares
1986
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Spain :
15,565,000 hectares
1986
Spanish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
15,150,000 hectares
1986
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Poland :
14,484,000 hectares
1986
Polish Agriculture
# 21
Sudan :
12,650,000 hectares
1986
Sudanese Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,480,000 hectares
1986
South African Agriculture
# 23
Germany :
11,960,000 hectares
1986
German Agriculture
# 24
Ethiopia :
11,600,000 hectares
1986
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 25
Romania :
10,005,000 hectares
1986
Romanian Agriculture
# 26
Niger :
9,770,000 hectares
1986
Nigerien Agriculture
# 27
Burma :
9,596,000 hectares
1986
Burmese Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
9,086,000 hectares
1986
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,884,000 hectares
1986
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Morocco :
7,957,000 hectares
1986
Moroccan Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1986
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
6,967,000 hectares
1986
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
United Kingdom :
6,940,000 hectares
1986
British Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,720,000 hectares
1986
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,337,371 hectares
1986
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,930,000 hectares
1986
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,570,000 hectares
1986
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,400,000 hectares
1986
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,315,256 hectares
1986
Serbian Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,250,000 hectares
1986
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Zambia :
5,171,000 hectares
1986
Zambian Agriculture
# 42
Hungary :
5,043,000 hectares
1986
Hungarian Agriculture
# 43
Syria :
5,013,000 hectares
1986
Syrian Agriculture
# 44
Uganda :
5,000,000 hectares
1986
Ugandan Agriculture
# 45
Japan :
4,820,000 hectares
1986
Japanese Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
4,660,322 hectares
1986
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Kenya :
4,000,000 hectares
1986
Kenyan Agriculture
# 48
Bulgaria :
3,819,000 hectares
1986
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,805,000 hectares
1986
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Tanzania :
3,400,000 hectares
1986
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 51
Peru :
3,385,000 hectares
1986
Peruvian Agriculture
# 52
Chile :
3,354,000 hectares
1986
Chilean Agriculture
# 53
Mozambique :
3,200,000 hectares
1986
Mozambican Agriculture
# 54
Chad :
3,180,000 hectares
1986
Chadian Agriculture
# 55
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1986
Czech Agriculture
# 56
Venezuela :
3,085,000 hectares
1986
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 57
Tunisia :
3,030,000 hectares
1986
Tunisian Agriculture
# 58
Lithuania :
3,005,147 hectares
1986
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 59
Burkina Faso :
3,005,000 hectares
1986
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 60
Sweden :
2,908,000 hectares
1986
Swedish Agriculture
# 61
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1986
Angolan Agriculture
# 62
Cuba :
2,900,000 hectares
1986
Cuban Agriculture
# 63
Greece :
2,879,000 hectares
1986
Greek Agriculture
# 64
Zimbabwe :
2,733,000 hectares
1986
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 65
Saudi Arabia :
2,700,000 hectares
1986
Saudi Agriculture
# 66
Madagascar :
2,670,000 hectares
1986
Malagasy Agriculture
# 67
Cambodia :
2,600,000 hectares
1986
Cambodian Agriculture
# 68
Denmark :
2,594,000 hectares
1986
Danish Agriculture
# 69
New Zealand :
2,585,000 hectares
1986
New Zealand Agriculture
# 70
Ghana :
2,400,000 hectares
1986
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 71
Portugal :
2,393,000 hectares
1986
Portuguese Agriculture
# 72
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,380,000 hectares
1986
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 73
Senegal :
2,334,000 hectares
1986
Senegalese Agriculture
# 74
Egypt :
2,318,000 hectares
1986
Egyptian Agriculture
# 75
Nepal :
2,287,000 hectares
1986
Nepalese Agriculture
# 76
Korea, North :
2,285,000 hectares
1986
Korean Agriculture
# 77
Finland :
2,257,000 hectares
1986
Finnish Agriculture
# 78
Bolivia :
2,060,000 hectares
1986
Bolivian Agriculture
# 79
Mali :
2,036,000 hectares
1986
Malian Agriculture
# 80
Korea, South :
2,004,000 hectares
1986
Korean Agriculture
# 81
Togo :
2,000,000 hectares
1986
Togolese Agriculture
# 82
Paraguay :
1,950,000 hectares
1986
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 83
Central African Republic :
1,920,000 hectares
1986
Central African Agriculture
# 84
Moldova :
1,808,296 hectares
1986
Moldovan Agriculture
# 85
Libya :
1,795,000 hectares
1986
Libyan Agriculture
# 86
Malawi :
1,782,000 hectares
1986
Malawian Agriculture
# 87
Azerbaijan :
1,775,485 hectares
1986
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 88
Latvia :
1,758,297 hectares
1986
Latvian Agriculture
# 89
Croatia :
1,731,745 hectares
1986
Croatian Agriculture
# 90
Ecuador :
1,605,000 hectares
1986
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 91
Benin :
1,590,000 hectares
1986
Beninese Agriculture
# 92
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1986
Slovak Agriculture
# 93
Honduras :
1,451,000 hectares
1986
Honduran Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
1,439,000 hectares
1986
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
Turkmenistan :
1,406,221 hectares
1986
Turkmen Agriculture
# 96
Kyrgyzstan :
1,374,972 hectares
1986
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 97
Yemen :
1,372,000 hectares
1986
Yemeni Agriculture
# 98
Malaysia :
1,360,000 hectares
1986
Malaysian Agriculture
# 99
Mongolia :
1,307,000 hectares
1986
Mongolian Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,300,000 hectares
1986
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Uruguay :
1,260,000 hectares
1986
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,220,000 hectares
1986
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,214,507 hectares
1986
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 104
Estonia :
1,161,435 hectares
1986
Estonian Agriculture
# 105
Dominican Republic :
1,075,000 hectares
1986
Dominican Agriculture
# 106
Somalia :
1,014,000 hectares
1986
Somali Agriculture
# 107
Ireland :
1,007,000 hectares
1986
Irish Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1986
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
895,815.1 hectares
1986
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Norway :
869,000 hectares
1986
Norwegian Agriculture
# 111
Macedonia, Republic of :
865,872.3 hectares
1986
Macedonian Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
862,000 hectares
1986
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Netherlands :
844,000 hectares
1986
Dutch Agriculture
# 114
Rwanda :
834,000 hectares
1986
Rwandan Agriculture
# 115
Georgia :
828,108.1 hectares
1986
Georgian Agriculture
# 116
Laos :
793,000 hectares
1986
Lao Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1986
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
726,000 hectares
1986
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Belgium :
703,000 hectares
1986
Belgian Agriculture
# 120
Namibia :
660,000 hectares
1986
Namibian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
589,000 hectares
1986
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
525,000 hectares
1986
Congolese Agriculture
# 123
El Salvador :
520,000 hectares
1986
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 124
Armenia :
518,739.4 hectares
1986
Armenian Agriculture
# 125
Sierra Leone :
480,000 hectares
1986
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 126
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1986
Guyanese Agriculture
# 127
Panama :
470,000 hectares
1986
Panamanian Agriculture
# 128
Botswana :
406,000 hectares
1986
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 129
Switzerland :
391,000 hectares
1986
Swiss Agriculture
# 130
Liberia :
390,000 hectares
1986
Liberian Agriculture
# 131
Israel :
338,000 hectares
1986
Israeli Agriculture
# 132
Mauritania :
320,000 hectares
1986
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 133
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1986
Guinean Agriculture
# 134
Gabon :
290,000 hectares
1986
Gabonese Agriculture
# 135
Lesotho :
287,000 hectares
1986
Basotho Agriculture
# 136
Slovenia :
285,766.4 hectares
1986
Slovenian Agriculture
# 137
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1986
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 138
Jordan :
276,800 hectares
1986
Jordanian Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
200,000 hectares
1986
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
Papua New Guinea :
185,000 hectares
1986
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 141
Gambia, The :
172,000 hectares
1986
Gambian Agriculture
# 142
Swaziland :
154,000 hectares
1986
Swazi Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1986
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Fiji :
120,000 hectares
1986
Fijian Agriculture
# 145
Jamaica :
115,000 hectares
1986
Jamaican Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
110,000 hectares
1986
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
Cyprus :
103,000 hectares
1986
Cypriot Agriculture
# 148
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1986
Mauritian Agriculture
# 149
East Timor :
100,000 hectares
1986
Timorese Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
77,000 hectares
1986
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
72,000 hectares
1986
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Puerto Rico :
64,000 hectares
1986
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1986
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1986
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Suriname :
54,000 hectares
1986
Surinamese Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
44,000 hectares
1986
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1986
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
32,000 hectares
1986
Omani Agriculture
# 159
United Arab Emirates :
29,000 hectares
1986
Emirati Agriculture
# 160
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1986
- Agriculture
# 161
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1986
Barbadian Agriculture
# 162
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1986
Tongan Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
15,000 hectares
1986
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1986
Maltese Agriculture
# 165
New Caledonia :
9,000 hectares
1986
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 166
Qatar :
8,000 hectares
1986
Qatari Agriculture
# 167
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1986
Nevisian Agriculture
# 168
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1986
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
8,000 hectares
1986
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1986
Barbudan Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1986
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Dominica :
6,000 hectares
1986
Dominican Agriculture
# 173
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1986
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 174
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1986
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 175
Virgin Islands :
4,000 hectares
1986
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 176
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1986
Maldivian Agriculture
# 177
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
4,000 hectares
1986
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 178
Kuwait :
4,000 hectares
1986
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1986
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1986
Faroese Agriculture
# 181
Grenada :
3,000 hectares
1986
Grenadian Agriculture
# 182
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2,000 hectares
1986
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 183
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1986
Bahraini Agriculture
# 184
Singapore :
2,000 hectares
1986
Singapore Agriculture
# 185
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1986
- Agriculture
# 186
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1986
Aruban Agriculture
# 187
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1986
American Samoan Agriculture
# 188
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1986
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 189
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1986
Guamanian Agriculture
# 190
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1986
Seychellois Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1986
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1986
Caymanian Agriculture
# 193
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1986
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 194
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1986
Bermudian Agriculture
# 195
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1986
Djiboutian Agriculture
Total :
1,381,647,905.3 hectares
Weighted average:
7,085,373.9 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 (1986) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1986
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