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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 :
184,080,000 hectares
1992
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
161,970,000 hectares
1992
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
132,008,000 hectares
1992
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1992
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
51,803,000 hectares
1992
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
47,200,000 hectares
1992
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,562,000 hectares
1992
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
35,055,000 hectares
1992
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
33,362,000 hectares
1992
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
29,922,000 hectares
1992
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
27,000,000 hectares
1992
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,514,000 hectares
1992
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
24,200,000 hectares
1992
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
20,600,000 hectares
1992
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,100,000 hectares
1992
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
18,046,000 hectares
1992
French Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
17,238,000 hectares
1992
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Iran :
16,969,000 hectares
1992
Iranian Agriculture
# 19
Spain :
15,201,000 hectares
1992
Spanish Agriculture
# 20
Poland :
14,337,000 hectares
1992
Polish Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
14,020,000 hectares
1992
South African Agriculture
# 22
Niger :
13,487,000 hectares
1992
Nigerien Agriculture
# 23
Sudan :
12,900,000 hectares
1992
Sudanese Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,467,000 hectares
1992
German Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
10,650,000 hectares
1992
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,534,000 hectares
1992
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,357,000 hectares
1992
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Morocco :
8,934,000 hectares
1992
Moroccan Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
8,750,000 hectares
1992
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Bangladesh :
8,008,000 hectares
1992
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1992
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,562,000 hectares
1992
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
1992
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
United Kingdom :
6,554,000 hectares
1992
British Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,084,000 hectares
1992
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,960,000 hectares
1992
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,506,000 hectares
1992
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,500,000 hectares
1992
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Iraq :
5,300,000 hectares
1992
Iraqi Agriculture
# 40
Zambia :
5,253,000 hectares
1992
Zambian Agriculture
# 41
Uganda :
5,040,000 hectares
1992
Ugandan Agriculture
# 42
Syria :
4,766,000 hectares
1992
Syrian Agriculture
# 43
Hungary :
4,742,000 hectares
1992
Hungarian Agriculture
# 44
Japan :
4,714,000 hectares
1992
Japanese Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,474,000 hectares
1992
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Kenya :
4,200,000 hectares
1992
Kenyan Agriculture
# 47
Bulgaria :
4,047,000 hectares
1992
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 48
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,720,000 hectares
1992
Serbian Agriculture
# 49
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
1992
Cambodian Agriculture
# 50
Saudi Arabia :
3,650,000 hectares
1992
Saudi Agriculture
# 51
Peru :
3,600,000 hectares
1992
Peruvian Agriculture
# 52
Tanzania :
3,600,000 hectares
1992
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 53
Mozambique :
3,520,000 hectares
1992
Mozambican Agriculture
# 54
Burkina Faso :
3,470,000 hectares
1992
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 55
Chad :
3,342,000 hectares
1992
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Cuba :
3,265,000 hectares
1992
Cuban Agriculture
# 57
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1992
Czech Agriculture
# 58
Colombia :
3,070,380 hectares
1992
Colombian Agriculture
# 59
Angola :
3,000,000 hectares
1992
Angolan Agriculture
# 60
Zimbabwe :
2,966,000 hectares
1992
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 61
Tunisia :
2,908,000 hectares
1992
Tunisian Agriculture
# 62
Lithuania :
2,885,000 hectares
1992
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 63
Greece :
2,864,000 hectares
1992
Greek Agriculture
# 64
Ghana :
2,800,000 hectares
1992
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 65
Madagascar :
2,780,000 hectares
1992
Malagasy Agriculture
# 66
Sweden :
2,768,000 hectares
1992
Swedish Agriculture
# 67
Venezuela :
2,601,000 hectares
1992
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 68
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,600,000 hectares
1992
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 69
Denmark :
2,539,000 hectares
1992
Danish Agriculture
# 70
Egypt :
2,519,000 hectares
1992
Egyptian Agriculture
# 71
Chile :
2,440,000 hectares
1992
Chilean Agriculture
# 72
Nepal :
2,324,000 hectares
1992
Nepalese Agriculture
# 73
Senegal :
2,320,000 hectares
1992
Senegalese Agriculture
# 74
Paraguay :
2,300,000 hectares
1992
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 75
Korea, North :
2,300,000 hectares
1992
Korean Agriculture
# 76
Finland :
2,280,000 hectares
1992
Finnish Agriculture
# 77
Portugal :
2,275,000 hectares
1992
Portuguese Agriculture
# 78
Mali :
2,163,000 hectares
1992
Malian Agriculture
# 79
Bolivia :
2,150,000 hectares
1992
Bolivian Agriculture
# 80
Togo :
2,100,000 hectares
1992
Togolese Agriculture
# 81
New Zealand :
2,075,000 hectares
1992
New Zealand Agriculture
# 82
Central African Republic :
1,930,000 hectares
1992
Central African Agriculture
# 83
Korea, South :
1,898,000 hectares
1992
Korean Agriculture
# 84
Malaysia :
1,850,000 hectares
1992
Malaysian Agriculture
# 85
Malawi :
1,830,000 hectares
1992
Malawian Agriculture
# 86
Libya :
1,815,000 hectares
1992
Libyan Agriculture
# 87
Moldova :
1,736,000 hectares
1992
Moldovan Agriculture
# 88
Azerbaijan :
1,704,500 hectares
1992
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 89
Latvia :
1,688,000 hectares
1992
Latvian Agriculture
# 90
Ecuador :
1,633,000 hectares
1992
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 91
Benin :
1,630,000 hectares
1992
Beninese Agriculture
# 92
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1992
Slovak Agriculture
# 93
Honduras :
1,515,000 hectares
1992
Honduran Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
1,436,000 hectares
1992
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
1,378,000 hectares
1992
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Mongolia :
1,362,000 hectares
1992
Mongolian Agriculture
# 97
Turkmenistan :
1,350,000 hectares
1992
Turkmen Agriculture
# 98
Nicaragua :
1,320,000 hectares
1992
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 99
Kyrgyzstan :
1,320,000 hectares
1992
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,300,000 hectares
1992
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Uruguay :
1,280,000 hectares
1992
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 102
Croatia :
1,212,000 hectares
1992
Croatian Agriculture
# 103
Estonia :
1,115,000 hectares
1992
Estonian Agriculture
# 104
Dominican Republic :
1,050,000 hectares
1992
Dominican Agriculture
# 105
Somalia :
1,023,000 hectares
1992
Somali Agriculture
# 106
Ireland :
1,003,000 hectares
1992
Irish Agriculture
# 107
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1992
Burundian Agriculture
# 108
Netherlands :
887,000 hectares
1992
Dutch Agriculture
# 109
Sri Lanka :
885,000 hectares
1992
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 110
Norway :
883,000 hectares
1992
Norwegian Agriculture
# 111
Rwanda :
880,000 hectares
1992
Rwandan Agriculture
# 112
Tajikistan :
860,000 hectares
1992
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 113
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
850,000 hectares
1992
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 114
Laos :
799,000 hectares
1992
Lao Agriculture
# 115
Georgia :
795,000 hectares
1992
Georgian Agriculture
# 116
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1992
Haitian Agriculture
# 117
Belgium :
770,000 hectares
1992
Belgian Agriculture
# 118
Guinea :
755,000 hectares
1992
Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
660,000 hectares
1992
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Macedonia, Republic of :
606,000 hectares
1992
Macedonian Agriculture
# 121
El Salvador :
588,000 hectares
1992
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 122
Albania :
578,000 hectares
1992
Albanian Agriculture
# 123
Panama :
500,000 hectares
1992
Panamanian Agriculture
# 124
Armenia :
498,000 hectares
1992
Armenian Agriculture
# 125
Sierra Leone :
486,000 hectares
1992
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 126
Congo, Republic of the :
480,000 hectares
1992
Congolese Agriculture
# 127
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1992
Guyanese Agriculture
# 128
Mauritania :
420,000 hectares
1992
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 129
Botswana :
415,000 hectares
1992
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 130
Switzerland :
407,000 hectares
1992
Swiss Agriculture
# 131
Liberia :
390,000 hectares
1992
Liberian Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
347,000 hectares
1992
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Lesotho :
332,000 hectares
1992
Basotho Agriculture
# 134
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1992
Guinean Agriculture
# 135
Gabon :
295,000 hectares
1992
Gabonese Agriculture
# 136
Jordan :
259,700 hectares
1992
Jordanian Agriculture
# 137
Costa Rica :
250,000 hectares
1992
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 138
Slovenia :
200,000 hectares
1992
Slovenian Agriculture
# 139
Papua New Guinea :
192,000 hectares
1992
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 140
Lebanon :
180,000 hectares
1992
Lebanese Agriculture
# 141
Fiji :
180,000 hectares
1992
Fijian Agriculture
# 142
Swaziland :
179,000 hectares
1992
Swazi Agriculture
# 143
Gambia, The :
157,000 hectares
1992
Gambian Agriculture
# 144
Jamaica :
136,000 hectares
1992
Jamaican Agriculture
# 145
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1992
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 146
East Timor :
120,000 hectares
1992
Timorese Agriculture
# 147
Bhutan :
115,000 hectares
1992
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 148
Cyprus :
108,000 hectares
1992
Cypriot Agriculture
# 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1992
Mauritian Agriculture
# 150
Comoros :
78,000 hectares
1992
Comoran Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
75,000 hectares
1992
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1992
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 153
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1992
Surinamese Agriculture
# 154
Belize :
56,000 hectares
1992
Belizean Agriculture
# 155
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1992
Samoan Agriculture
# 156
Puerto Rico :
52,000 hectares
1992
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
41,000 hectares
1992
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
United Arab Emirates :
38,000 hectares
1992
Emirati Agriculture
# 159
Oman :
35,000 hectares
1992
Omani Agriculture
# 160
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1992
- Agriculture
# 161
Solomon Islands :
17,000 hectares
1992
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 162
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1992
Barbadian Agriculture
# 163
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1992
Tongan Agriculture
# 164
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1992
Maltese Agriculture
# 165
Qatar :
12,000 hectares
1992
Qatari Agriculture
# 166
New Caledonia :
9,000 hectares
1992
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 167
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1992
Barbudan Agriculture
# 168
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1992
Nevisian Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
8,000 hectares
1992
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1992
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1992
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1992
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1992
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 174
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1992
Maldivian Agriculture
# 175
Virgin Islands :
4,000 hectares
1992
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 176
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1992
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 177
Kuwait :
4,000 hectares
1992
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 178
Dominica :
4,000 hectares
1992
Dominican Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1992
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1992
Faroese Agriculture
# 181
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1992
Aruban Agriculture
# 182
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1992
Bahraini Agriculture
# 183
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2,000 hectares
1992
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 184
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1992
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 185
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1992
Guamanian Agriculture
# 186
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1992
Grenadian Agriculture
# 187
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1992
- Agriculture
# 188
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1992
Andorran Agriculture
# 189
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1992
Bermudian Agriculture
# 190
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1992
Seychellois Agriculture
# 191
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1992
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 192
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
1992
Singapore Agriculture
# 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1992
Caymanian Agriculture
# 194
American Samoa :
1,000 hectares
1992
American Samoan Agriculture
# 195
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1992
Djiboutian Agriculture
Total :
1,375,900,580 hectares
Weighted average:
7,055,900.4 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 (1992) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1992
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