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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
1988
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
162,810,000 hectares
1988
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
137,264,300 hectares
1988
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1988
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
49,800,000 hectares
1988
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
47,000,000 hectares
1988
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,372,000 hectares
1988
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,450,810 hectares
1988
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,690,400 hectares
1988
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
29,177,000 hectares
1988
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,367,000 hectares
1988
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,786,000 hectares
1988
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
23,800,000 hectares
1988
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
21,393,000 hectares
1988
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
21,156,000 hectares
1988
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,813,000 hectares
1988
French Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
17,728,000 hectares
1988
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Iran :
15,580,000 hectares
1988
Iranian Agriculture
# 19
Spain :
15,577,000 hectares
1988
Spanish Agriculture
# 20
Poland :
14,464,000 hectares
1988
Polish Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
12,860,000 hectares
1988
South African Agriculture
# 22
Sudan :
12,740,000 hectares
1988
Sudanese Agriculture
# 23
Germany :
11,948,000 hectares
1988
German Agriculture
# 24
Ethiopia :
11,100,000 hectares
1988
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 25
Romania :
10,107,000 hectares
1988
Romanian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,552,000 hectares
1988
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Niger :
9,489,000 hectares
1988
Nigerien Agriculture
# 28
Bangladesh :
9,179,000 hectares
1988
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
8,958,000 hectares
1988
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Morocco :
8,174,000 hectares
1988
Moroccan Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1988
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,101,000 hectares
1988
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
United Kingdom :
6,886,000 hectares
1988
British Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
1988
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,326,251 hectares
1988
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,940,000 hectares
1988
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,460,000 hectares
1988
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,440,000 hectares
1988
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,307,713 hectares
1988
Serbian Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,300,000 hectares
1988
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Zambia :
5,220,000 hectares
1988
Zambian Agriculture
# 42
Hungary :
5,050,000 hectares
1988
Hungarian Agriculture
# 43
Uganda :
5,000,000 hectares
1988
Ugandan Agriculture
# 44
Syria :
4,812,000 hectares
1988
Syrian Agriculture
# 45
Japan :
4,806,000 hectares
1988
Japanese Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
4,652,145 hectares
1988
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Kenya :
4,200,000 hectares
1988
Kenyan Agriculture
# 48
Bulgaria :
3,840,000 hectares
1988
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 49
Colombia :
3,639,000 hectares
1988
Colombian Agriculture
# 50
Burkina Faso :
3,504,000 hectares
1988
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 51
Tanzania :
3,450,000 hectares
1988
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 52
Cambodia :
3,450,000 hectares
1988
Cambodian Agriculture
# 53
Peru :
3,400,000 hectares
1988
Peruvian Agriculture
# 54
Mozambique :
3,350,000 hectares
1988
Mozambican Agriculture
# 55
Chad :
3,203,000 hectares
1988
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1988
Czech Agriculture
# 57
Venezuela :
3,097,000 hectares
1988
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 58
Chile :
3,059,000 hectares
1988
Chilean Agriculture
# 59
Saudi Arabia :
3,050,000 hectares
1988
Saudi Agriculture
# 60
Lithuania :
2,999,874 hectares
1988
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 61
Cuba :
2,970,000 hectares
1988
Cuban Agriculture
# 62
Tunisia :
2,936,000 hectares
1988
Tunisian Agriculture
# 63
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1988
Angolan Agriculture
# 64
Sweden :
2,872,000 hectares
1988
Swedish Agriculture
# 65
Greece :
2,863,000 hectares
1988
Greek Agriculture
# 66
Zimbabwe :
2,814,000 hectares
1988
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 67
Madagascar :
2,700,000 hectares
1988
Malagasy Agriculture
# 68
Ghana :
2,600,000 hectares
1988
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 69
Denmark :
2,560,000 hectares
1988
Danish Agriculture
# 70
New Zealand :
2,519,000 hectares
1988
New Zealand Agriculture
# 71
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,420,000 hectares
1988
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 72
Portugal :
2,383,000 hectares
1988
Portuguese Agriculture
# 73
Senegal :
2,330,000 hectares
1988
Senegalese Agriculture
# 74
Egypt :
2,310,000 hectares
1988
Egyptian Agriculture
# 75
Nepal :
2,287,000 hectares
1988
Nepalese Agriculture
# 76
Korea, North :
2,285,000 hectares
1988
Korean Agriculture
# 77
Finland :
2,245,000 hectares
1988
Finnish Agriculture
# 78
Bolivia :
2,080,000 hectares
1988
Bolivian Agriculture
# 79
Mali :
2,053,000 hectares
1988
Malian Agriculture
# 80
Togo :
2,050,000 hectares
1988
Togolese Agriculture
# 81
Paraguay :
2,030,000 hectares
1988
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 82
Korea, South :
1,997,000 hectares
1988
Korean Agriculture
# 83
Central African Republic :
1,920,000 hectares
1988
Central African Agriculture
# 84
Moldova :
1,805,124 hectares
1988
Moldovan Agriculture
# 85
Malawi :
1,803,000 hectares
1988
Malawian Agriculture
# 86
Libya :
1,800,000 hectares
1988
Libyan Agriculture
# 87
Azerbaijan :
1,772,369 hectares
1988
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 88
Latvia :
1,755,212 hectares
1988
Latvian Agriculture
# 89
Croatia :
1,729,287 hectares
1988
Croatian Agriculture
# 90
Ecuador :
1,625,000 hectares
1988
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 91
Benin :
1,610,000 hectares
1988
Beninese Agriculture
# 92
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1988
Slovak Agriculture
# 93
Malaysia :
1,500,000 hectares
1988
Malaysian Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
1,458,000 hectares
1988
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
Honduras :
1,431,000 hectares
1988
Honduran Agriculture
# 96
Turkmenistan :
1,403,754 hectares
1988
Turkmen Agriculture
# 97
Yemen :
1,376,000 hectares
1988
Yemeni Agriculture
# 98
Kyrgyzstan :
1,372,559 hectares
1988
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 99
Mongolia :
1,365,000 hectares
1988
Mongolian Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,300,000 hectares
1988
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Nicaragua :
1,280,000 hectares
1988
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 102
Uruguay :
1,260,000 hectares
1988
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 103
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,212,784 hectares
1988
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 104
Estonia :
1,159,397 hectares
1988
Estonian Agriculture
# 105
Ireland :
1,027,000 hectares
1988
Irish Agriculture
# 106
Somalia :
1,021,000 hectares
1988
Somali Agriculture
# 107
Dominican Republic :
991,000 hectares
1988
Dominican Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1988
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
894,243.2 hectares
1988
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Norway :
874,000 hectares
1988
Norwegian Agriculture
# 111
Sri Lanka :
873,000 hectares
1988
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 112
Netherlands :
869,000 hectares
1988
Dutch Agriculture
# 113
Macedonia, Republic of :
864,643.6 hectares
1988
Macedonian Agriculture
# 114
Rwanda :
849,000 hectares
1988
Rwandan Agriculture
# 115
Georgia :
826,655.1 hectares
1988
Georgian Agriculture
# 116
Laos :
795,000 hectares
1988
Lao Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1988
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
726,000 hectares
1988
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Belgium :
705,000 hectares
1988
Belgian Agriculture
# 120
Namibia :
660,000 hectares
1988
Namibian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
590,000 hectares
1988
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
El Salvador :
540,000 hectares
1988
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
517,829.2 hectares
1988
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
Congo, Republic of the :
500,000 hectares
1988
Congolese Agriculture
# 125
Sierra Leone :
486,000 hectares
1988
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 126
Panama :
480,000 hectares
1988
Panamanian Agriculture
# 127
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1988
Guyanese Agriculture
# 128
Botswana :
408,000 hectares
1988
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
400,000 hectares
1988
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Switzerland :
391,000 hectares
1988
Swiss Agriculture
# 131
Mauritania :
360,000 hectares
1988
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 132
Lesotho :
339,000 hectares
1988
Basotho Agriculture
# 133
Israel :
339,000 hectares
1988
Israeli Agriculture
# 134
Jordan :
308,000 hectares
1988
Jordanian Agriculture
# 135
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1988
Guinean Agriculture
# 136
Gabon :
290,000 hectares
1988
Gabonese Agriculture
# 137
Slovenia :
285,360.9 hectares
1988
Slovenian Agriculture
# 138
Costa Rica :
280,000 hectares
1988
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 139
Gambia, The :
194,000 hectares
1988
Gambian Agriculture
# 140
Papua New Guinea :
188,000 hectares
1988
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 141
Lebanon :
186,000 hectares
1988
Lebanese Agriculture
# 142
Swaziland :
177,000 hectares
1988
Swazi Agriculture
# 143
Fiji :
140,000 hectares
1988
Fijian Agriculture
# 144
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1988
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Jamaica :
115,000 hectares
1988
Jamaican Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
111,000 hectares
1988
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
Cyprus :
104,000 hectares
1988
Cypriot Agriculture
# 148
East Timor :
100,000 hectares
1988
Timorese Agriculture
# 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1988
Mauritian Agriculture
# 150
Puerto Rico :
77,000 hectares
1988
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
77,000 hectares
1988
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
74,000 hectares
1988
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1988
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1988
Surinamese Agriculture
# 155
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1988
Samoan Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
50,000 hectares
1988
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
40,000 hectares
1988
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
33,000 hectares
1988
Omani Agriculture
# 159
United Arab Emirates :
29,000 hectares
1988
Emirati Agriculture
# 160
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1988
- Agriculture
# 161
Solomon Islands :
17,000 hectares
1988
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 162
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1988
Tongan Agriculture
# 163
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1988
Barbadian Agriculture
# 164
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1988
Maltese Agriculture
# 165
Qatar :
9,000 hectares
1988
Qatari Agriculture
# 166
New Caledonia :
9,000 hectares
1988
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 167
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1988
Barbudan Agriculture
# 168
Bahamas, The :
8,000 hectares
1988
Bahamian Agriculture
# 169
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1988
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 170
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1988
Nevisian Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1988
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Dominica :
5,000 hectares
1988
Dominican Agriculture
# 173
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1988
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1988
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 175
Kuwait :
4,000 hectares
1988
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 176
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1988
Maldivian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1988
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Virgin Islands :
4,000 hectares
1988
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1988
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1988
Faroese Agriculture
# 181
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1988
Bahraini Agriculture
# 182
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1988
- Agriculture
# 183
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1988
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 184
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1988
Aruban Agriculture
# 185
Singapore :
2,000 hectares
1988
Singapore Agriculture
# 186
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1988
Guamanian Agriculture
# 187
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1988
American Samoan Agriculture
# 188
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2,000 hectares
1988
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 189
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1988
Grenadian Agriculture
# 190
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1988
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 191
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1988
Seychellois Agriculture
# 192
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1988
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 193
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1988
Andorran Agriculture
# 194
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1988
Bermudian Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1988
Caymanian Agriculture
Total :
1,384,782,711 hectares
Weighted average:
7,101,449.8 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 (1988) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1988
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