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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 :
185,742,000 hectares
1987
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
163,270,000 hectares
1987
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,578,700 hectares
1987
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1987
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
49,500,000 hectares
1987
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
46,941,000 hectares
1987
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,306,000 hectares
1987
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,534,310 hectares
1987
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,769,860 hectares
1987
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
28,947,000 hectares
1987
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,800,000 hectares
1987
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,964,000 hectares
1987
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
23,700,000 hectares
1987
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Indonesia :
21,170,000 hectares
1987
Indonesian Agriculture
# 15
Pakistan :
20,499,000 hectares
1987
Pakistani Agriculture
# 16
France :
18,167,000 hectares
1987
French Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
17,930,000 hectares
1987
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Spain :
15,584,000 hectares
1987
Spanish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
15,400,000 hectares
1987
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Poland :
14,480,000 hectares
1987
Polish Agriculture
# 21
Sudan :
12,700,000 hectares
1987
Sudanese Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
12,670,000 hectares
1987
South African Agriculture
# 23
Germany :
11,945,000 hectares
1987
German Agriculture
# 24
Ethiopia :
11,300,000 hectares
1987
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 25
Romania :
10,080,000 hectares
1987
Romanian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,574,000 hectares
1987
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Niger :
9,502,000 hectares
1987
Nigerien Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
9,065,000 hectares
1987
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,968,000 hectares
1987
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Morocco :
8,166,000 hectares
1987
Moroccan Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1987
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,069,000 hectares
1987
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
United Kingdom :
6,935,000 hectares
1987
British Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
1987
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,340,743 hectares
1987
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,930,000 hectares
1987
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,527,000 hectares
1987
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,420,000 hectares
1987
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,309,222 hectares
1987
Serbian Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,250,000 hectares
1987
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Zambia :
5,190,000 hectares
1987
Zambian Agriculture
# 42
Hungary :
5,048,000 hectares
1987
Hungarian Agriculture
# 43
Uganda :
5,000,000 hectares
1987
Ugandan Agriculture
# 44
Syria :
4,980,000 hectares
1987
Syrian Agriculture
# 45
Japan :
4,814,000 hectares
1987
Japanese Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
4,662,801 hectares
1987
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Kenya :
4,000,000 hectares
1987
Kenyan Agriculture
# 48
Bulgaria :
3,825,000 hectares
1987
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,824,000 hectares
1987
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Tanzania :
3,444,000 hectares
1987
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 51
Peru :
3,400,000 hectares
1987
Peruvian Agriculture
# 52
Mozambique :
3,300,000 hectares
1987
Mozambican Agriculture
# 53
Chad :
3,180,000 hectares
1987
Chadian Agriculture
# 54
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1987
Czech Agriculture
# 55
Venezuela :
3,097,000 hectares
1987
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 56
Chile :
3,076,000 hectares
1987
Chilean Agriculture
# 57
Burkina Faso :
3,070,000 hectares
1987
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 58
Lithuania :
3,006,746 hectares
1987
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 59
Cambodia :
3,000,000 hectares
1987
Cambodian Agriculture
# 60
Tunisia :
2,980,000 hectares
1987
Tunisian Agriculture
# 61
Cuba :
2,950,000 hectares
1987
Cuban Agriculture
# 62
Saudi Arabia :
2,900,000 hectares
1987
Saudi Agriculture
# 63
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1987
Angolan Agriculture
# 64
Sweden :
2,890,000 hectares
1987
Swedish Agriculture
# 65
Greece :
2,870,000 hectares
1987
Greek Agriculture
# 66
Zimbabwe :
2,776,000 hectares
1987
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 67
Madagascar :
2,680,000 hectares
1987
Malagasy Agriculture
# 68
New Zealand :
2,616,000 hectares
1987
New Zealand Agriculture
# 69
Denmark :
2,578,000 hectares
1987
Danish Agriculture
# 70
Ghana :
2,500,000 hectares
1987
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 71
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,400,000 hectares
1987
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 72
Portugal :
2,388,000 hectares
1987
Portuguese Agriculture
# 73
Senegal :
2,332,000 hectares
1987
Senegalese Agriculture
# 74
Finland :
2,288,000 hectares
1987
Finnish Agriculture
# 75
Egypt :
2,288,000 hectares
1987
Egyptian Agriculture
# 76
Nepal :
2,287,000 hectares
1987
Nepalese Agriculture
# 77
Korea, North :
2,285,000 hectares
1987
Korean Agriculture
# 78
Bolivia :
2,070,000 hectares
1987
Bolivian Agriculture
# 79
Mali :
2,036,000 hectares
1987
Malian Agriculture
# 80
Togo :
2,020,000 hectares
1987
Togolese Agriculture
# 81
Korea, South :
2,007,000 hectares
1987
Korean Agriculture
# 82
Paraguay :
1,990,000 hectares
1987
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 83
Central African Republic :
1,920,000 hectares
1987
Central African Agriculture
# 84
Moldova :
1,809,259 hectares
1987
Moldovan Agriculture
# 85
Libya :
1,800,000 hectares
1987
Libyan Agriculture
# 86
Malawi :
1,797,000 hectares
1987
Malawian Agriculture
# 87
Azerbaijan :
1,776,429 hectares
1987
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 88
Latvia :
1,759,233 hectares
1987
Latvian Agriculture
# 89
Croatia :
1,729,779 hectares
1987
Croatian Agriculture
# 90
Ecuador :
1,616,000 hectares
1987
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 91
Benin :
1,600,000 hectares
1987
Beninese Agriculture
# 92
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1987
Slovak Agriculture
# 93
Honduras :
1,441,000 hectares
1987
Honduran Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
1,439,000 hectares
1987
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
Malaysia :
1,420,000 hectares
1987
Malaysian Agriculture
# 96
Turkmenistan :
1,406,970 hectares
1987
Turkmen Agriculture
# 97
Yemen :
1,376,000 hectares
1987
Yemeni Agriculture
# 98
Kyrgyzstan :
1,375,704 hectares
1987
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 99
Mongolia :
1,335,000 hectares
1987
Mongolian Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,300,000 hectares
1987
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Uruguay :
1,260,000 hectares
1987
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 102
Nicaragua :
1,250,000 hectares
1987
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 103
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,213,129 hectares
1987
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 104
Estonia :
1,162,053 hectares
1987
Estonian Agriculture
# 105
Somalia :
1,018,000 hectares
1987
Somali Agriculture
# 106
Dominican Republic :
991,000 hectares
1987
Dominican Agriculture
# 107
Ireland :
980,000 hectares
1987
Irish Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1987
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
896,291.7 hectares
1987
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Sri Lanka :
870,000 hectares
1987
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 111
Norway :
869,000 hectares
1987
Norwegian Agriculture
# 112
Macedonia, Republic of :
864,889.3 hectares
1987
Macedonian Agriculture
# 113
Netherlands :
861,000 hectares
1987
Dutch Agriculture
# 114
Rwanda :
842,000 hectares
1987
Rwandan Agriculture
# 115
Georgia :
828,548.8 hectares
1987
Georgian Agriculture
# 116
Laos :
793,000 hectares
1987
Lao Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1987
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
726,000 hectares
1987
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
660,000 hectares
1987
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Belgium :
606,000 hectares
1987
Belgian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
590,000 hectares
1987
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
El Salvador :
520,000 hectares
1987
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
519,015.4 hectares
1987
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
Congo, Republic of the :
498,000 hectares
1987
Congolese Agriculture
# 125
Sierra Leone :
485,000 hectares
1987
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 126
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1987
Guyanese Agriculture
# 127
Panama :
475,000 hectares
1987
Panamanian Agriculture
# 128
Botswana :
408,000 hectares
1987
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 129
Switzerland :
391,000 hectares
1987
Swiss Agriculture
# 130
Liberia :
390,000 hectares
1987
Liberian Agriculture
# 131
Mauritania :
340,000 hectares
1987
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
339,000 hectares
1987
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Lesotho :
326,000 hectares
1987
Basotho Agriculture
# 134
Jordan :
303,000 hectares
1987
Jordanian Agriculture
# 135
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1987
Guinean Agriculture
# 136
Gabon :
290,000 hectares
1987
Gabonese Agriculture
# 137
Slovenia :
285,442 hectares
1987
Slovenian Agriculture
# 138
Costa Rica :
285,000 hectares
1987
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
188,000 hectares
1987
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
Papua New Guinea :
186,000 hectares
1987
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 141
Gambia, The :
179,000 hectares
1987
Gambian Agriculture
# 142
Swaziland :
164,000 hectares
1987
Swazi Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1987
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Fiji :
130,000 hectares
1987
Fijian Agriculture
# 145
Jamaica :
115,000 hectares
1987
Jamaican Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
111,000 hectares
1987
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
Cyprus :
103,000 hectares
1987
Cypriot Agriculture
# 148
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1987
Mauritian Agriculture
# 149
East Timor :
100,000 hectares
1987
Timorese Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
77,000 hectares
1987
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
74,000 hectares
1987
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Puerto Rico :
63,000 hectares
1987
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1987
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1987
Surinamese Agriculture
# 155
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1987
Samoan Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
49,000 hectares
1987
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
38,000 hectares
1987
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
33,000 hectares
1987
Omani Agriculture
# 159
United Arab Emirates :
29,000 hectares
1987
Emirati Agriculture
# 160
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1987
- Agriculture
# 161
Solomon Islands :
17,000 hectares
1987
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 162
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1987
Barbadian Agriculture
# 163
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1987
Tongan Agriculture
# 164
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1987
Maltese Agriculture
# 165
New Caledonia :
9,000 hectares
1987
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 166
Qatar :
9,000 hectares
1987
Qatari Agriculture
# 167
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1987
Nevisian Agriculture
# 168
Bahamas, The :
8,000 hectares
1987
Bahamian Agriculture
# 169
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1987
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 170
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1987
Barbudan Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1987
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Dominica :
6,000 hectares
1987
Dominican Agriculture
# 173
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1987
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1987
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 175
Virgin Islands :
4,000 hectares
1987
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 176
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1987
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 177
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1987
Maldivian Agriculture
# 178
Kuwait :
4,000 hectares
1987
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1987
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1987
Faroese Agriculture
# 181
Singapore :
2,000 hectares
1987
Singapore Agriculture
# 182
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1987
Bahraini Agriculture
# 183
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1987
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 184
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1987
Guamanian Agriculture
# 185
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2,000 hectares
1987
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 186
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1987
American Samoan Agriculture
# 187
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1987
- Agriculture
# 188
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1987
Grenadian Agriculture
# 189
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1987
Aruban Agriculture
# 190
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1987
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1987
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1987
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1987
Caymanian Agriculture
# 194
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1987
Seychellois Agriculture
# 195
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1987
Bermudian Agriculture
Total :
1,383,494,125.2 hectares
Weighted average:
7,094,841.7 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 (1987) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1987
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