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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 :
182,748,000 hectares
1993
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
162,037,000 hectares
1993
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
129,538,000 hectares
1993
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1993
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
52,264,000 hectares
1993
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
46,300,000 hectares
1993
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,553,000 hectares
1993
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
35,040,000 hectares
1993
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Ukraine :
33,334,000 hectares
1993
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
30,044,000 hectares
1993
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
27,000,000 hectares
1993
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Mexico :
24,700,000 hectares
1993
Mexican Agriculture
# 13
Turkey :
24,481,000 hectares
1993
Turkish Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
20,860,000 hectares
1993
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
France :
18,255,000 hectares
1993
French Agriculture
# 16
Indonesia :
18,129,000 hectares
1993
Indonesian Agriculture
# 17
Iran :
17,332,000 hectares
1993
Iranian Agriculture
# 18
Thailand :
17,085,000 hectares
1993
Thai Agriculture
# 19
Spain :
14,982,000 hectares
1993
Spanish Agriculture
# 20
Sudan :
14,618,000 hectares
1993
Sudanese Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
14,310,000 hectares
1993
South African Agriculture
# 22
Poland :
14,305,000 hectares
1993
Polish Agriculture
# 23
Niger :
13,486,000 hectares
1993
Nigerien Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,676,000 hectares
1993
German Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
10,000,000 hectares
1993
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,579,000 hectares
1993
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,341,000 hectares
1993
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Morocco :
8,999,000 hectares
1993
Moroccan Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
8,550,000 hectares
1993
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1993
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Bangladesh :
7,904,000 hectares
1993
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,533,000 hectares
1993
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
1993
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Belarus :
6,104,000 hectares
1993
Belarusian Agriculture
# 35
United Kingdom :
6,091,000 hectares
1993
British Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,960,000 hectares
1993
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,516,000 hectares
1993
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,500,000 hectares
1993
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Zambia :
5,252,000 hectares
1993
Zambian Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,250,000 hectares
1993
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Uganda :
5,040,000 hectares
1993
Ugandan Agriculture
# 42
Syria :
4,771,000 hectares
1993
Syrian Agriculture
# 43
Hungary :
4,748,000 hectares
1993
Hungarian Agriculture
# 44
Japan :
4,685,000 hectares
1993
Japanese Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,470,000 hectares
1993
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Kenya :
4,200,000 hectares
1993
Kenyan Agriculture
# 47
Bulgaria :
4,063,000 hectares
1993
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 48
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,721,000 hectares
1993
Serbian Agriculture
# 49
Cambodia :
3,716,000 hectares
1993
Cambodian Agriculture
# 50
Saudi Arabia :
3,672,000 hectares
1993
Saudi Agriculture
# 51
Tanzania :
3,650,000 hectares
1993
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 52
Peru :
3,600,000 hectares
1993
Peruvian Agriculture
# 53
Mozambique :
3,520,000 hectares
1993
Mozambican Agriculture
# 54
Burkina Faso :
3,435,000 hectares
1993
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 55
Chad :
3,370,000 hectares
1993
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Cuba :
3,320,000 hectares
1993
Cuban Agriculture
# 57
Czech Republic :
3,173,000 hectares
1993
Czech Agriculture
# 58
Mali :
3,060,000 hectares
1993
Malian Agriculture
# 59
Zimbabwe :
3,004,000 hectares
1993
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 60
Angola :
3,000,000 hectares
1993
Angolan Agriculture
# 61
Tunisia :
2,987,000 hectares
1993
Tunisian Agriculture
# 62
Colombia :
2,923,250 hectares
1993
Colombian Agriculture
# 63
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,902,000 hectares
1993
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 64
Egypt :
2,847,000 hectares
1993
Egyptian Agriculture
# 65
Greece :
2,839,000 hectares
1993
Greek Agriculture
# 66
Lithuania :
2,828,000 hectares
1993
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 67
Ghana :
2,800,000 hectares
1993
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 68
Madagascar :
2,800,000 hectares
1993
Malagasy Agriculture
# 69
Sweden :
2,780,000 hectares
1993
Swedish Agriculture
# 70
Venezuela :
2,599,000 hectares
1993
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 71
Denmark :
2,533,000 hectares
1993
Danish Agriculture
# 72
Nepal :
2,324,000 hectares
1993
Nepalese Agriculture
# 73
Senegal :
2,318,000 hectares
1993
Senegalese Agriculture
# 74
Chile :
2,304,000 hectares
1993
Chilean Agriculture
# 75
Korea, North :
2,300,000 hectares
1993
Korean Agriculture
# 76
Paraguay :
2,300,000 hectares
1993
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 77
Finland :
2,272,000 hectares
1993
Finnish Agriculture
# 78
Portugal :
2,240,000 hectares
1993
Portuguese Agriculture
# 79
Togo :
2,200,000 hectares
1993
Togolese Agriculture
# 80
Bolivia :
2,200,000 hectares
1993
Bolivian Agriculture
# 81
New Zealand :
1,930,000 hectares
1993
New Zealand Agriculture
# 82
Central African Republic :
1,930,000 hectares
1993
Central African Agriculture
# 83
Malaysia :
1,909,000 hectares
1993
Malaysian Agriculture
# 84
Korea, South :
1,875,000 hectares
1993
Korean Agriculture
# 85
Malawi :
1,837,000 hectares
1993
Malawian Agriculture
# 86
Libya :
1,815,000 hectares
1993
Libyan Agriculture
# 87
Moldova :
1,744,000 hectares
1993
Moldovan Agriculture
# 88
Azerbaijan :
1,715,800 hectares
1993
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 89
Latvia :
1,687,000 hectares
1993
Latvian Agriculture
# 90
Honduras :
1,683,000 hectares
1993
Honduran Agriculture
# 91
Benin :
1,650,000 hectares
1993
Beninese Agriculture
# 92
Yemen :
1,622,000 hectares
1993
Yemeni Agriculture
# 93
Ecuador :
1,569,000 hectares
1993
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 94
Slovakia :
1,562,000 hectares
1993
Slovak Agriculture
# 95
Turkmenistan :
1,449,000 hectares
1993
Turkmen Agriculture
# 96
Austria :
1,419,000 hectares
1993
Austrian Agriculture
# 97
Mongolia :
1,352,000 hectares
1993
Mongolian Agriculture
# 98
Kyrgyzstan :
1,352,000 hectares
1993
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 99
Nicaragua :
1,350,000 hectares
1993
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
1,324,000 hectares
1993
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Uruguay :
1,280,000 hectares
1993
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 102
Estonia :
1,066,000 hectares
1993
Estonian Agriculture
# 103
Croatia :
1,062,000 hectares
1993
Croatian Agriculture
# 104
Dominican Republic :
1,050,000 hectares
1993
Dominican Agriculture
# 105
Somalia :
1,024,000 hectares
1993
Somali Agriculture
# 106
Ireland :
1,023,000 hectares
1993
Irish Agriculture
# 107
Burundi :
930,000 hectares
1993
Burundian Agriculture
# 108
Norway :
890,000 hectares
1993
Norwegian Agriculture
# 109
Netherlands :
887,000 hectares
1993
Dutch Agriculture
# 110
Tajikistan :
869,000 hectares
1993
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 111
Sri Lanka :
860,000 hectares
1993
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 112
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
850,000 hectares
1993
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 113
Rwanda :
850,000 hectares
1993
Rwandan Agriculture
# 114
Laos :
799,000 hectares
1993
Lao Agriculture
# 115
Georgia :
795,000 hectares
1993
Georgian Agriculture
# 116
Guinea :
785,000 hectares
1993
Guinean Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1993
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Belgium :
779,000 hectares
1993
Belgian Agriculture
# 119
Namibia :
698,000 hectares
1993
Namibian Agriculture
# 120
Macedonia, Republic of :
609,000 hectares
1993
Macedonian Agriculture
# 121
El Salvador :
586,000 hectares
1993
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 122
Albania :
577,000 hectares
1993
Albanian Agriculture
# 123
Panama :
500,000 hectares
1993
Panamanian Agriculture
# 124
Eritrea :
498,000 hectares
1993
Eritrean Agriculture
# 125
Armenia :
493,000 hectares
1993
Armenian Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
486,000 hectares
1993
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Congo, Republic of the :
485,000 hectares
1993
Congolese Agriculture
# 128
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1993
Guyanese Agriculture
# 129
Mauritania :
431,000 hectares
1993
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 130
Switzerland :
410,000 hectares
1993
Swiss Agriculture
# 131
Botswana :
407,000 hectares
1993
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 132
Liberia :
370,000 hectares
1993
Liberian Agriculture
# 133
Israel :
347,000 hectares
1993
Israeli Agriculture
# 134
Lesotho :
330,000 hectares
1993
Basotho Agriculture
# 135
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1993
Guinean Agriculture
# 136
Gabon :
295,000 hectares
1993
Gabonese Agriculture
# 137
Costa Rica :
230,000 hectares
1993
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 138
Jordan :
229,100 hectares
1993
Jordanian Agriculture
# 139
Slovenia :
200,000 hectares
1993
Slovenian Agriculture
# 140
Papua New Guinea :
193,000 hectares
1993
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 141
Fiji :
180,000 hectares
1993
Fijian Agriculture
# 142
Lebanon :
180,000 hectares
1993
Lebanese Agriculture
# 143
Swaziland :
178,000 hectares
1993
Swazi Agriculture
# 144
Jamaica :
174,000 hectares
1993
Jamaican Agriculture
# 145
Gambia, The :
156,000 hectares
1993
Gambian Agriculture
# 146
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1993
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 147
East Timor :
125,000 hectares
1993
Timorese Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
115,000 hectares
1993
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
Cyprus :
109,000 hectares
1993
Cypriot Agriculture
# 150
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1993
Mauritian Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
78,000 hectares
1993
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
75,000 hectares
1993
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1993
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Belize :
60,000 hectares
1993
Belizean Agriculture
# 155
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1993
Surinamese Agriculture
# 156
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1993
Samoan Agriculture
# 157
Cape Verde :
41,000 hectares
1993
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 158
United Arab Emirates :
40,000 hectares
1993
Emirati Agriculture
# 159
Oman :
34,000 hectares
1993
Omani Agriculture
# 160
Puerto Rico :
32,000 hectares
1993
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1993
- Agriculture
# 162
Solomon Islands :
17,000 hectares
1993
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 163
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1993
Tongan Agriculture
# 164
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1993
Barbadian Agriculture
# 165
Qatar :
13,000 hectares
1993
Qatari Agriculture
# 166
Malta :
12,000 hectares
1993
Maltese Agriculture
# 167
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1993
Barbudan Agriculture
# 168
Bahamas, The :
8,000 hectares
1993
Bahamian Agriculture
# 169
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1993
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 170
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8,000 hectares
1993
Nevisian Agriculture
# 171
New Caledonia :
8,000 hectares
1993
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 172
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1993
Icelandic Agriculture
# 173
Kuwait :
5,000 hectares
1993
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 174
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1993
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 175
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1993
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 176
Virgin Islands :
4,000 hectares
1993
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 177
Dominica :
4,000 hectares
1993
Dominican Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1993
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1993
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 180
Brunei :
3,000 hectares
1993
Bruneian Agriculture
# 181
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1993
Faroese Agriculture
# 182
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1993
Bahraini Agriculture
# 183
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2,000 hectares
1993
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 184
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1993
Grenadian Agriculture
# 185
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1993
- Agriculture
# 186
French Polynesia :
2,000 hectares
1993
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 187
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1993
Aruban Agriculture
# 188
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1993
Guamanian Agriculture
# 189
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1993
Andorran Agriculture
# 190
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1993
Seychellois Agriculture
# 191
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
1993
Singapore Agriculture
# 192
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1993
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1993
Caymanian Agriculture
# 194
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1993
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 195
American Samoa :
1,000 hectares
1993
American Samoan Agriculture
# 196
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1993
Bermudian Agriculture
Total :
1,375,865,150 hectares
Weighted average:
7,019,720.2 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 (1993) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1993
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