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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 :
185,676,000 hectares
1991
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
162,340,000 hectares
1991
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
135,692,100 hectares
1991
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1991
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
51,998,000 hectares
1991
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
45,700,000 hectares
1991
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,570,000 hectares
1991
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
36,033,310 hectares
1991
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
34,293,060 hectares
1991
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
29,800,000 hectares
1991
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
26,400,000 hectares
1991
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,666,000 hectares
1991
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
24,100,000 hectares
1991
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
20,500,000 hectares
1991
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,081,000 hectares
1991
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
18,028,000 hectares
1991
French Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
17,510,000 hectares
1991
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Iran :
16,681,000 hectares
1991
Iranian Agriculture
# 19
Spain :
15,258,000 hectares
1991
Spanish Agriculture
# 20
Poland :
14,360,000 hectares
1991
Polish Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
13,730,000 hectares
1991
South African Agriculture
# 22
Sudan :
13,000,000 hectares
1991
Sudanese Agriculture
# 23
Niger :
12,092,000 hectares
1991
Nigerien Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,559,000 hectares
1991
German Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
10,650,000 hectares
1991
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,554,000 hectares
1991
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,423,000 hectares
1991
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Italy :
8,900,000 hectares
1991
Italian Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
8,827,000 hectares
1991
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Morocco :
8,717,000 hectares
1991
Moroccan Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1991
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,260,000 hectares
1991
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,680,000 hectares
1991
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
United Kingdom :
6,567,000 hectares
1991
British Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,253,792 hectares
1991
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,950,000 hectares
1991
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Philippines :
5,487,000 hectares
1991
Philippine Agriculture
# 38
Vietnam :
5,368,000 hectares
1991
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 39
Iraq :
5,300,000 hectares
1991
Iraqi Agriculture
# 40
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,291,119 hectares
1991
Serbian Agriculture
# 41
Zambia :
5,248,000 hectares
1991
Zambian Agriculture
# 42
Hungary :
5,056,000 hectares
1991
Hungarian Agriculture
# 43
Uganda :
5,020,000 hectares
1991
Ugandan Agriculture
# 44
Syria :
4,804,000 hectares
1991
Syrian Agriculture
# 45
Japan :
4,740,000 hectares
1991
Japanese Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
4,598,860 hectares
1991
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Kenya :
4,200,000 hectares
1991
Kenyan Agriculture
# 48
Bulgaria :
3,864,000 hectares
1991
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 49
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
1991
Cambodian Agriculture
# 50
Saudi Arabia :
3,579,000 hectares
1991
Saudi Agriculture
# 51
Tanzania :
3,550,000 hectares
1991
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 52
Peru :
3,550,000 hectares
1991
Peruvian Agriculture
# 53
Mozambique :
3,500,000 hectares
1991
Mozambican Agriculture
# 54
Burkina Faso :
3,495,000 hectares
1991
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 55
Chad :
3,322,000 hectares
1991
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1991
Czech Agriculture
# 57
Cuba :
3,075,000 hectares
1991
Cuban Agriculture
# 58
Colombia :
3,037,500 hectares
1991
Colombian Agriculture
# 59
Lithuania :
2,965,514 hectares
1991
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 60
Angola :
2,950,000 hectares
1991
Angolan Agriculture
# 61
Zimbabwe :
2,928,000 hectares
1991
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 62
Tunisia :
2,908,000 hectares
1991
Tunisian Agriculture
# 63
Greece :
2,867,000 hectares
1991
Greek Agriculture
# 64
Venezuela :
2,844,000 hectares
1991
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 65
Ghana :
2,800,000 hectares
1991
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 66
Sweden :
2,790,000 hectares
1991
Swedish Agriculture
# 67
Madagascar :
2,750,000 hectares
1991
Malagasy Agriculture
# 68
Chile :
2,685,000 hectares
1991
Chilean Agriculture
# 69
Denmark :
2,548,000 hectares
1991
Danish Agriculture
# 70
New Zealand :
2,530,000 hectares
1991
New Zealand Agriculture
# 71
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,450,000 hectares
1991
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 72
Nepal :
2,324,000 hectares
1991
Nepalese Agriculture
# 73
Senegal :
2,323,000 hectares
1991
Senegalese Agriculture
# 74
Portugal :
2,309,000 hectares
1991
Portuguese Agriculture
# 75
Korea, North :
2,300,000 hectares
1991
Korean Agriculture
# 76
Finland :
2,296,000 hectares
1991
Finnish Agriculture
# 77
Egypt :
2,267,000 hectares
1991
Egyptian Agriculture
# 78
Paraguay :
2,150,000 hectares
1991
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 79
Bolivia :
2,110,000 hectares
1991
Bolivian Agriculture
# 80
Togo :
2,100,000 hectares
1991
Togolese Agriculture
# 81
Mali :
2,063,000 hectares
1991
Malian Agriculture
# 82
Korea, South :
1,927,000 hectares
1991
Korean Agriculture
# 83
Central African Republic :
1,920,000 hectares
1991
Central African Agriculture
# 84
Malawi :
1,823,000 hectares
1991
Malawian Agriculture
# 85
Libya :
1,810,000 hectares
1991
Libyan Agriculture
# 86
Malaysia :
1,800,000 hectares
1991
Malaysian Agriculture
# 87
Moldova :
1,784,448 hectares
1991
Moldovan Agriculture
# 88
Azerbaijan :
1,752,069 hectares
1991
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 89
Latvia :
1,735,109 hectares
1991
Latvian Agriculture
# 90
Croatia :
1,723,881 hectares
1991
Croatian Agriculture
# 91
Ecuador :
1,644,000 hectares
1991
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 92
Benin :
1,620,000 hectares
1991
Beninese Agriculture
# 93
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1991
Slovak Agriculture
# 94
Yemen :
1,528,000 hectares
1991
Yemeni Agriculture
# 95
Honduras :
1,492,000 hectares
1991
Honduran Agriculture
# 96
Austria :
1,445,000 hectares
1991
Austrian Agriculture
# 97
Turkmenistan :
1,387,676 hectares
1991
Turkmen Agriculture
# 98
Mongolia :
1,368,000 hectares
1991
Mongolian Agriculture
# 99
Kyrgyzstan :
1,356,838 hectares
1991
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 100
Nicaragua :
1,300,000 hectares
1991
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 101
Guatemala :
1,300,000 hectares
1991
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 102
Uruguay :
1,260,000 hectares
1991
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 103
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,208,992 hectares
1991
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 104
Estonia :
1,146,117 hectares
1991
Estonian Agriculture
# 105
Dominican Republic :
1,050,000 hectares
1991
Dominican Agriculture
# 106
Ireland :
1,029,000 hectares
1991
Irish Agriculture
# 107
Somalia :
1,022,000 hectares
1991
Somali Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1991
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Norway :
892,000 hectares
1991
Norwegian Agriculture
# 110
Tajikistan :
884,000.8 hectares
1991
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 111
Netherlands :
881,000 hectares
1991
Dutch Agriculture
# 112
Rwanda :
880,000 hectares
1991
Rwandan Agriculture
# 113
Sri Lanka :
878,000 hectares
1991
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 114
Macedonia, Republic of :
861,940.4 hectares
1991
Macedonian Agriculture
# 115
Georgia :
817,186.8 hectares
1991
Georgian Agriculture
# 116
Laos :
799,000 hectares
1991
Lao Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1991
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
735,000 hectares
1991
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Belgium :
698,000 hectares
1991
Belgian Agriculture
# 120
Namibia :
660,000 hectares
1991
Namibian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
578,000 hectares
1991
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
El Salvador :
565,000 hectares
1991
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
511,898.1 hectares
1991
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
Panama :
499,000 hectares
1991
Panamanian Agriculture
# 125
Sierra Leone :
486,000 hectares
1991
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 126
Congo, Republic of the :
481,000 hectares
1991
Congolese Agriculture
# 127
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1991
Guyanese Agriculture
# 128
Botswana :
417,000 hectares
1991
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 129
Mauritania :
410,000 hectares
1991
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 130
Switzerland :
391,000 hectares
1991
Swiss Agriculture
# 131
Liberia :
390,000 hectares
1991
Liberian Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
347,000 hectares
1991
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Lesotho :
319,000 hectares
1991
Basotho Agriculture
# 134
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1991
Guinean Agriculture
# 135
Gabon :
295,000 hectares
1991
Gabonese Agriculture
# 136
Slovenia :
284,468.8 hectares
1991
Slovenian Agriculture
# 137
Costa Rica :
260,000 hectares
1991
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 138
Papua New Guinea :
192,000 hectares
1991
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 139
Gambia, The :
191,000 hectares
1991
Gambian Agriculture
# 140
Swaziland :
183,000 hectares
1991
Swazi Agriculture
# 141
Lebanon :
181,000 hectares
1991
Lebanese Agriculture
# 142
Fiji :
171,000 hectares
1991
Fijian Agriculture
# 143
Jordan :
149,400 hectares
1991
Jordanian Agriculture
# 144
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1991
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Jamaica :
126,000 hectares
1991
Jamaican Agriculture
# 146
East Timor :
120,000 hectares
1991
Timorese Agriculture
# 147
Bhutan :
113,000 hectares
1991
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 148
Cyprus :
107,000 hectares
1991
Cypriot Agriculture
# 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1991
Mauritian Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
78,000 hectares
1991
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
74,000 hectares
1991
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1991
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1991
Surinamese Agriculture
# 154
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1991
Samoan Agriculture
# 155
Puerto Rico :
55,000 hectares
1991
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 156
Belize :
54,000 hectares
1991
Belizean Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
41,000 hectares
1991
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
United Arab Emirates :
35,000 hectares
1991
Emirati Agriculture
# 159
Oman :
35,000 hectares
1991
Omani Agriculture
# 160
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1991
- Agriculture
# 161
Solomon Islands :
17,000 hectares
1991
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 162
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1991
Tongan Agriculture
# 163
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1991
Barbadian Agriculture
# 164
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1991
Maltese Agriculture
# 165
New Caledonia :
9,000 hectares
1991
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 166
Qatar :
9,000 hectares
1991
Qatari Agriculture
# 167
Bahamas, The :
8,000 hectares
1991
Bahamian Agriculture
# 168
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1991
Barbudan Agriculture
# 169
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1991
Nevisian Agriculture
# 170
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1991
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1991
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1991
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1991
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 174
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1991
Maldivian Agriculture
# 175
Dominica :
4,000 hectares
1991
Dominican Agriculture
# 176
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1991
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 177
Virgin Islands :
4,000 hectares
1991
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 178
Kuwait :
4,000 hectares
1991
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1991
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1991
Faroese Agriculture
# 181
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1991
Guamanian Agriculture
# 182
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1991
Bahraini Agriculture
# 183
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1991
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 184
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1991
- Agriculture
# 185
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1991
Aruban Agriculture
# 186
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1991
American Samoan Agriculture
# 187
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1991
Grenadian Agriculture
# 188
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2,000 hectares
1991
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 189
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1991
Andorran Agriculture
# 190
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
1991
Singapore Agriculture
# 191
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1991
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 192
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1991
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1991
Caymanian Agriculture
# 194
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1991
Seychellois Agriculture
# 195
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1991
Bermudian Agriculture
Total :
1,383,584,279.9 hectares
Weighted average:
7,095,304.0 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 (1991) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1991
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