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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 :
185,676,000 hectares
1990
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
162,788,000 hectares
1990
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
135,692,100 hectares
1990
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1990
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
50,681,000 hectares
1990
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
47,900,000 hectares
1990
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,504,000 hectares
1990
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,033,310 hectares
1990
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,293,060 hectares
1990
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
29,539,000 hectares
1990
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,400,000 hectares
1990
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,647,000 hectares
1990
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
24,000,000 hectares
1990
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
20,484,000 hectares
1990
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
20,253,000 hectares
1990
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
17,999,000 hectares
1990
French Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
17,494,000 hectares
1990
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Spain :
15,335,000 hectares
1990
Spanish Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
15,190,000 hectares
1990
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
Poland :
14,388,000 hectares
1990
Polish Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
13,440,000 hectares
1990
South African Agriculture
# 22
Sudan :
13,000,000 hectares
1990
Sudanese Agriculture
# 23
Germany :
11,971,000 hectares
1990
German Agriculture
# 24
Niger :
11,036,000 hectares
1990
Nigerien Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
10,750,000 hectares
1990
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,567,000 hectares
1990
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,450,000 hectares
1990
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Bangladesh :
9,137,000 hectares
1990
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
9,012,000 hectares
1990
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Morocco :
8,707,000 hectares
1990
Moroccan Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1990
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,081,000 hectares
1990
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,670,000 hectares
1990
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
United Kingdom :
6,620,000 hectares
1990
British Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,253,792 hectares
1990
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,940,000 hectares
1990
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Philippines :
5,480,000 hectares
1990
Philippine Agriculture
# 38
Vietnam :
5,339,000 hectares
1990
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 39
Iraq :
5,300,000 hectares
1990
Iraqi Agriculture
# 40
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,294,891 hectares
1990
Serbian Agriculture
# 41
Zambia :
5,249,000 hectares
1990
Zambian Agriculture
# 42
Hungary :
5,054,000 hectares
1990
Hungarian Agriculture
# 43
Uganda :
5,000,000 hectares
1990
Ugandan Agriculture
# 44
Syria :
4,885,000 hectares
1990
Syrian Agriculture
# 45
Japan :
4,768,000 hectares
1990
Japanese Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
4,598,860 hectares
1990
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Kenya :
4,200,000 hectares
1990
Kenyan Agriculture
# 48
Bulgaria :
3,856,000 hectares
1990
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 49
Cambodia :
3,695,000 hectares
1990
Cambodian Agriculture
# 50
Burkina Faso :
3,520,000 hectares
1990
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 51
Tanzania :
3,500,000 hectares
1990
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 52
Peru :
3,500,000 hectares
1990
Peruvian Agriculture
# 53
Mozambique :
3,450,000 hectares
1990
Mozambican Agriculture
# 54
Saudi Arabia :
3,390,000 hectares
1990
Saudi Agriculture
# 55
Colombia :
3,304,630 hectares
1990
Colombian Agriculture
# 56
Chad :
3,273,000 hectares
1990
Chadian Agriculture
# 57
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1990
Czech Agriculture
# 58
Cuba :
3,031,000 hectares
1990
Cuban Agriculture
# 59
Lithuania :
2,965,514 hectares
1990
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 60
Tunisia :
2,909,000 hectares
1990
Tunisian Agriculture
# 61
Angola :
2,900,000 hectares
1990
Angolan Agriculture
# 62
Greece :
2,899,000 hectares
1990
Greek Agriculture
# 63
Zimbabwe :
2,890,000 hectares
1990
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 64
Sweden :
2,845,000 hectares
1990
Swedish Agriculture
# 65
Venezuela :
2,832,000 hectares
1990
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 66
Chile :
2,802,000 hectares
1990
Chilean Agriculture
# 67
Madagascar :
2,720,000 hectares
1990
Malagasy Agriculture
# 68
Ghana :
2,700,000 hectares
1990
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 69
Denmark :
2,561,000 hectares
1990
Danish Agriculture
# 70
New Zealand :
2,511,000 hectares
1990
New Zealand Agriculture
# 71
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,430,000 hectares
1990
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 72
Portugal :
2,344,000 hectares
1990
Portuguese Agriculture
# 73
Senegal :
2,325,000 hectares
1990
Senegalese Agriculture
# 74
Korea, North :
2,288,000 hectares
1990
Korean Agriculture
# 75
Nepal :
2,287,000 hectares
1990
Nepalese Agriculture
# 76
Egypt :
2,284,000 hectares
1990
Egyptian Agriculture
# 77
Finland :
2,269,000 hectares
1990
Finnish Agriculture
# 78
Paraguay :
2,110,000 hectares
1990
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 79
Bolivia :
2,100,000 hectares
1990
Bolivian Agriculture
# 80
Togo :
2,100,000 hectares
1990
Togolese Agriculture
# 81
Mali :
2,053,000 hectares
1990
Malian Agriculture
# 82
Korea, South :
1,953,000 hectares
1990
Korean Agriculture
# 83
Central African Republic :
1,920,000 hectares
1990
Central African Agriculture
# 84
Malawi :
1,815,000 hectares
1990
Malawian Agriculture
# 85
Libya :
1,805,000 hectares
1990
Libyan Agriculture
# 86
Moldova :
1,784,448 hectares
1990
Moldovan Agriculture
# 87
Azerbaijan :
1,752,069 hectares
1990
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 88
Latvia :
1,735,109 hectares
1990
Latvian Agriculture
# 89
Croatia :
1,725,110 hectares
1990
Croatian Agriculture
# 90
Malaysia :
1,700,000 hectares
1990
Malaysian Agriculture
# 91
Benin :
1,615,000 hectares
1990
Beninese Agriculture
# 92
Ecuador :
1,604,000 hectares
1990
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 93
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1990
Slovak Agriculture
# 94
Yemen :
1,523,000 hectares
1990
Yemeni Agriculture
# 95
Honduras :
1,462,000 hectares
1990
Honduran Agriculture
# 96
Austria :
1,426,000 hectares
1990
Austrian Agriculture
# 97
Turkmenistan :
1,387,676 hectares
1990
Turkmen Agriculture
# 98
Mongolia :
1,370,000 hectares
1990
Mongolian Agriculture
# 99
Kyrgyzstan :
1,356,838 hectares
1990
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 100
Nicaragua :
1,300,000 hectares
1990
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 101
Guatemala :
1,300,000 hectares
1990
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 102
Uruguay :
1,260,000 hectares
1990
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 103
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,209,854 hectares
1990
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 104
Estonia :
1,146,117 hectares
1990
Estonian Agriculture
# 105
Dominican Republic :
1,050,000 hectares
1990
Dominican Agriculture
# 106
Ireland :
1,041,000 hectares
1990
Irish Agriculture
# 107
Somalia :
1,022,000 hectares
1990
Somali Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1990
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
884,000.8 hectares
1990
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Rwanda :
880,000 hectares
1990
Rwandan Agriculture
# 111
Netherlands :
879,000 hectares
1990
Dutch Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
875,000 hectares
1990
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Norway :
864,000 hectares
1990
Norwegian Agriculture
# 114
Macedonia, Republic of :
862,554.8 hectares
1990
Macedonian Agriculture
# 115
Georgia :
817,186.8 hectares
1990
Georgian Agriculture
# 116
Laos :
799,000 hectares
1990
Lao Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1990
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
728,000 hectares
1990
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Belgium :
704,000 hectares
1990
Belgian Agriculture
# 120
Namibia :
660,000 hectares
1990
Namibian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
579,000 hectares
1990
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
El Salvador :
550,000 hectares
1990
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
511,898.1 hectares
1990
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
Panama :
499,000 hectares
1990
Panamanian Agriculture
# 125
Sierra Leone :
486,000 hectares
1990
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 126
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1990
Guyanese Agriculture
# 127
Congo, Republic of the :
479,000 hectares
1990
Congolese Agriculture
# 128
Botswana :
418,000 hectares
1990
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 129
Liberia :
400,000 hectares
1990
Liberian Agriculture
# 130
Mauritania :
400,000 hectares
1990
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 131
Switzerland :
391,000 hectares
1990
Swiss Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
343,000 hectares
1990
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Lesotho :
317,000 hectares
1990
Basotho Agriculture
# 134
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1990
Guinean Agriculture
# 135
Gabon :
295,000 hectares
1990
Gabonese Agriculture
# 136
Slovenia :
284,671.5 hectares
1990
Slovenian Agriculture
# 137
Costa Rica :
260,000 hectares
1990
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 138
Papua New Guinea :
192,000 hectares
1990
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
183,000 hectares
1990
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
Gambia, The :
182,000 hectares
1990
Gambian Agriculture
# 141
Swaziland :
180,000 hectares
1990
Swazi Agriculture
# 142
Jordan :
179,200 hectares
1990
Jordanian Agriculture
# 143
Fiji :
160,000 hectares
1990
Fijian Agriculture
# 144
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1990
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Jamaica :
119,000 hectares
1990
Jamaican Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
113,000 hectares
1990
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
East Timor :
110,000 hectares
1990
Timorese Agriculture
# 148
Cyprus :
106,000 hectares
1990
Cypriot Agriculture
# 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1990
Mauritian Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
78,000 hectares
1990
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
74,000 hectares
1990
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Puerto Rico :
65,000 hectares
1990
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1990
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1990
Surinamese Agriculture
# 155
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1990
Samoan Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
52,000 hectares
1990
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
41,000 hectares
1990
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
United Arab Emirates :
35,000 hectares
1990
Emirati Agriculture
# 159
Oman :
35,000 hectares
1990
Omani Agriculture
# 160
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1990
- Agriculture
# 161
Solomon Islands :
17,000 hectares
1990
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 162
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1990
Tongan Agriculture
# 163
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1990
Barbadian Agriculture
# 164
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1990
Maltese Agriculture
# 165
Qatar :
10,000 hectares
1990
Qatari Agriculture
# 166
New Caledonia :
9,000 hectares
1990
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 167
Bahamas, The :
8,000 hectares
1990
Bahamian Agriculture
# 168
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1990
Barbudan Agriculture
# 169
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1990
Nevisian Agriculture
# 170
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1990
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1990
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Dominica :
5,000 hectares
1990
Dominican Agriculture
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1990
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 174
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1990
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 175
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1990
Maldivian Agriculture
# 176
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1990
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 177
Virgin Islands :
4,000 hectares
1990
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 178
Kuwait :
4,000 hectares
1990
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1990
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1990
Faroese Agriculture
# 181
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1990
Guamanian Agriculture
# 182
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1990
Bahraini Agriculture
# 183
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1990
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 184
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1990
- Agriculture
# 185
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1990
Aruban Agriculture
# 186
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1990
American Samoan Agriculture
# 187
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1990
Grenadian Agriculture
# 188
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2,000 hectares
1990
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 189
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1990
Andorran Agriculture
# 190
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
1990
Singapore Agriculture
# 191
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1990
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 192
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1990
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1990
Caymanian Agriculture
# 194
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1990
Seychellois Agriculture
# 195
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1990
Bermudian Agriculture
Total :
1,384,212,890 hectares
Weighted average:
7,098,527.6 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 (1990) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1990
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