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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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Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
185,726,000 hectares
1989
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
162,985,000 hectares
1989
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
136,296,800 hectares
1989
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1989
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
49,900,000 hectares
1989
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
47,700,000 hectares
1989
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,438,000 hectares
1989
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,193,890 hectares
1989
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,445,880 hectares
1989
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
29,353,000 hectares
1989
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,400,000 hectares
1989
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,880,000 hectares
1989
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
23,900,000 hectares
1989
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Indonesia :
20,860,000 hectares
1989
Indonesian Agriculture
# 15
Pakistan :
20,570,000 hectares
1989
Pakistani Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,908,000 hectares
1989
French Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
17,581,000 hectares
1989
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Spain :
15,512,000 hectares
1989
Spanish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
15,400,000 hectares
1989
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Poland :
14,414,000 hectares
1989
Polish Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
13,150,000 hectares
1989
South African Agriculture
# 22
Sudan :
13,000,000 hectares
1989
Sudanese Agriculture
# 23
Germany :
11,949,000 hectares
1989
German Agriculture
# 24
Ethiopia :
10,900,000 hectares
1989
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 25
Niger :
9,594,000 hectares
1989
Nigerien Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,538,000 hectares
1989
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,458,000 hectares
1989
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Bangladesh :
9,192,000 hectares
1989
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
8,993,000 hectares
1989
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Morocco :
8,457,000 hectares
1989
Moroccan Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1989
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,129,000 hectares
1989
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
United Kingdom :
6,702,000 hectares
1989
British Agriculture
# 34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
1989
Congolese Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,281,661 hectares
1989
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,940,000 hectares
1989
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Philippines :
5,460,000 hectares
1989
Philippine Agriculture
# 38
Vietnam :
5,400,000 hectares
1989
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 39
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,300,171 hectares
1989
Serbian Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,300,000 hectares
1989
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Zambia :
5,249,000 hectares
1989
Zambian Agriculture
# 42
Hungary :
5,052,000 hectares
1989
Hungarian Agriculture
# 43
Uganda :
5,000,000 hectares
1989
Ugandan Agriculture
# 44
Syria :
4,798,000 hectares
1989
Syrian Agriculture
# 45
Japan :
4,792,000 hectares
1989
Japanese Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
4,619,354 hectares
1989
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Kenya :
4,200,000 hectares
1989
Kenyan Agriculture
# 48
Bulgaria :
3,848,000 hectares
1989
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 49
Cambodia :
3,685,000 hectares
1989
Cambodian Agriculture
# 50
Burkina Faso :
3,540,000 hectares
1989
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 51
Tanzania :
3,480,000 hectares
1989
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 52
Colombia :
3,472,000 hectares
1989
Colombian Agriculture
# 53
Peru :
3,400,000 hectares
1989
Peruvian Agriculture
# 54
Mozambique :
3,400,000 hectares
1989
Mozambican Agriculture
# 55
Chad :
3,223,000 hectares
1989
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Saudi Arabia :
3,200,000 hectares
1989
Saudi Agriculture
# 57
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1989
Czech Agriculture
# 58
Chile :
3,070,000 hectares
1989
Chilean Agriculture
# 59
Cuba :
2,991,000 hectares
1989
Cuban Agriculture
# 60
Lithuania :
2,978,730 hectares
1989
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 61
Tunisia :
2,910,000 hectares
1989
Tunisian Agriculture
# 62
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1989
Angolan Agriculture
# 63
Greece :
2,893,000 hectares
1989
Greek Agriculture
# 64
Sweden :
2,853,000 hectares
1989
Swedish Agriculture
# 65
Zimbabwe :
2,852,000 hectares
1989
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 66
Venezuela :
2,845,000 hectares
1989
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 67
Madagascar :
2,710,000 hectares
1989
Malagasy Agriculture
# 68
Ghana :
2,600,000 hectares
1989
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 69
Denmark :
2,545,000 hectares
1989
Danish Agriculture
# 70
New Zealand :
2,534,000 hectares
1989
New Zealand Agriculture
# 71
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,420,000 hectares
1989
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 72
Portugal :
2,378,000 hectares
1989
Portuguese Agriculture
# 73
Senegal :
2,327,000 hectares
1989
Senegalese Agriculture
# 74
Egypt :
2,296,000 hectares
1989
Egyptian Agriculture
# 75
Nepal :
2,287,000 hectares
1989
Nepalese Agriculture
# 76
Korea, North :
2,285,000 hectares
1989
Korean Agriculture
# 77
Finland :
2,257,000 hectares
1989
Finnish Agriculture
# 78
Bolivia :
2,090,000 hectares
1989
Bolivian Agriculture
# 79
Paraguay :
2,070,000 hectares
1989
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 80
Mali :
2,053,000 hectares
1989
Malian Agriculture
# 81
Togo :
2,050,000 hectares
1989
Togolese Agriculture
# 82
Korea, South :
1,978,000 hectares
1989
Korean Agriculture
# 83
Central African Republic :
1,920,000 hectares
1989
Central African Agriculture
# 84
Malawi :
1,810,000 hectares
1989
Malawian Agriculture
# 85
Libya :
1,805,000 hectares
1989
Libyan Agriculture
# 86
Moldova :
1,792,400 hectares
1989
Moldovan Agriculture
# 87
Azerbaijan :
1,759,877 hectares
1989
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 88
Latvia :
1,742,841 hectares
1989
Latvian Agriculture
# 89
Croatia :
1,726,830 hectares
1989
Croatian Agriculture
# 90
Benin :
1,620,000 hectares
1989
Beninese Agriculture
# 91
Malaysia :
1,600,000 hectares
1989
Malaysian Agriculture
# 92
Ecuador :
1,583,000 hectares
1989
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 93
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1989
Slovak Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
1,459,000 hectares
1989
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
Honduras :
1,446,000 hectares
1989
Honduran Agriculture
# 96
Turkmenistan :
1,393,860 hectares
1989
Turkmen Agriculture
# 97
Yemen :
1,378,000 hectares
1989
Yemeni Agriculture
# 98
Mongolia :
1,374,000 hectares
1989
Mongolian Agriculture
# 99
Kyrgyzstan :
1,362,885 hectares
1989
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,300,000 hectares
1989
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Nicaragua :
1,300,000 hectares
1989
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 102
Uruguay :
1,260,000 hectares
1989
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 103
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,211,060 hectares
1989
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 104
Estonia :
1,151,225 hectares
1989
Estonian Agriculture
# 105
Ireland :
1,052,000 hectares
1989
Irish Agriculture
# 106
Somalia :
1,021,000 hectares
1989
Somali Agriculture
# 107
Dominican Republic :
1,004,000 hectares
1989
Dominican Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1989
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
887,940.2 hectares
1989
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Norway :
882,000 hectares
1989
Norwegian Agriculture
# 111
Netherlands :
876,000 hectares
1989
Dutch Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
876,000 hectares
1989
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Macedonia, Republic of :
863,414.8 hectares
1989
Macedonian Agriculture
# 114
Rwanda :
850,000 hectares
1989
Rwandan Agriculture
# 115
Georgia :
820,828.4 hectares
1989
Georgian Agriculture
# 116
Laos :
795,000 hectares
1989
Lao Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1989
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
728,000 hectares
1989
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Belgium :
705,000 hectares
1989
Belgian Agriculture
# 120
Namibia :
660,000 hectares
1989
Namibian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
582,000 hectares
1989
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
El Salvador :
540,000 hectares
1989
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
514,179.3 hectares
1989
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
Congo, Republic of the :
502,000 hectares
1989
Congolese Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
490,000 hectares
1989
Panamanian Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
486,000 hectares
1989
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1989
Guyanese Agriculture
# 128
Botswana :
412,000 hectares
1989
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
400,000 hectares
1989
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Switzerland :
391,000 hectares
1989
Swiss Agriculture
# 131
Mauritania :
380,000 hectares
1989
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
338,000 hectares
1989
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Lesotho :
301,000 hectares
1989
Basotho Agriculture
# 134
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1989
Guinean Agriculture
# 135
Jordan :
292,800 hectares
1989
Jordanian Agriculture
# 136
Gabon :
290,000 hectares
1989
Gabonese Agriculture
# 137
Slovenia :
284,955.4 hectares
1989
Slovenian Agriculture
# 138
Costa Rica :
260,000 hectares
1989
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 139
Swaziland :
192,000 hectares
1989
Swazi Agriculture
# 140
Papua New Guinea :
190,000 hectares
1989
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 141
Lebanon :
184,000 hectares
1989
Lebanese Agriculture
# 142
Gambia, The :
176,000 hectares
1989
Gambian Agriculture
# 143
Fiji :
150,000 hectares
1989
Fijian Agriculture
# 144
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1989
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Jamaica :
120,000 hectares
1989
Jamaican Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
112,000 hectares
1989
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
Cyprus :
104,000 hectares
1989
Cypriot Agriculture
# 148
East Timor :
100,000 hectares
1989
Timorese Agriculture
# 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1989
Mauritian Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
78,000 hectares
1989
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
74,000 hectares
1989
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Puerto Rico :
70,000 hectares
1989
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1989
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1989
Surinamese Agriculture
# 155
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1989
Samoan Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
52,000 hectares
1989
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
40,000 hectares
1989
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
Oman :
35,000 hectares
1989
Omani Agriculture
# 159
United Arab Emirates :
29,000 hectares
1989
Emirati Agriculture
# 160
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1989
- Agriculture
# 161
Solomon Islands :
17,000 hectares
1989
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 162
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1989
Tongan Agriculture
# 163
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1989
Barbadian Agriculture
# 164
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1989
Maltese Agriculture
# 165
Qatar :
9,000 hectares
1989
Qatari Agriculture
# 166
New Caledonia :
9,000 hectares
1989
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 167
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1989
Barbudan Agriculture
# 168
Bahamas, The :
8,000 hectares
1989
Bahamian Agriculture
# 169
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1989
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 170
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1989
Nevisian Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1989
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Dominica :
5,000 hectares
1989
Dominican Agriculture
# 173
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1989
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1989
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 175
Kuwait :
4,000 hectares
1989
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 176
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1989
Maldivian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1989
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Virgin Islands :
4,000 hectares
1989
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1989
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1989
Faroese Agriculture
# 181
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1989
Bahraini Agriculture
# 182
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1989
- Agriculture
# 183
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1989
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 184
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1989
Guamanian Agriculture
# 185
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1989
Aruban Agriculture
# 186
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1989
American Samoan Agriculture
# 187
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1989
Grenadian Agriculture
# 188
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2,000 hectares
1989
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 189
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1989
Andorran Agriculture
# 190
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1989
Seychellois Agriculture
# 191
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
1989
Singapore Agriculture
# 192
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1989
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 193
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1989
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 194
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1989
Bermudian Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1989
Caymanian Agriculture
Total :
1,383,359,582.1 hectares
Weighted average:
7,094,151.7 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 (1989) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1989
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