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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 :
181,839,000 hectares
1995
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
161,750,000 hectares
1995
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
127,500,000 hectares
1995
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1995
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
58,059,000 hectares
1995
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Canada :
45,537,000 hectares
1995
Canadian Agriculture
# 7
Australia :
40,097,000 hectares
1995
Australian Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
33,286,000 hectares
1995
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Kazakhstan :
31,742,000 hectares
1995
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
30,371,000 hectares
1995
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
27,000,000 hectares
1995
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Mexico :
25,200,000 hectares
1995
Mexican Agriculture
# 13
Turkey :
24,654,000 hectares
1995
Turkish Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
20,984,000 hectares
1995
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
France :
18,310,000 hectares
1995
French Agriculture
# 16
Iran :
17,388,000 hectares
1995
Iranian Agriculture
# 17
Indonesia :
17,342,000 hectares
1995
Indonesian Agriculture
# 18
Thailand :
16,839,000 hectares
1995
Thai Agriculture
# 19
Sudan :
16,157,000 hectares
1995
Sudanese Agriculture
# 20
South Africa :
14,915,000 hectares
1995
South African Agriculture
# 21
Niger :
14,485,000 hectares
1995
Nigerien Agriculture
# 22
Poland :
14,210,000 hectares
1995
Polish Agriculture
# 23
Spain :
14,045,000 hectares
1995
Spanish Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,835,000 hectares
1995
German Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
9,890,000 hectares
1995
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,540,000 hectares
1995
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,337,000 hectares
1995
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Morocco :
8,921,000 hectares
1995
Moroccan Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
8,283,000 hectares
1995
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1995
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Bangladesh :
7,798,000 hectares
1995
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,519,000 hectares
1995
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
1995
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Belarus :
6,232,000 hectares
1995
Belarusian Agriculture
# 35
Cameroon :
5,960,000 hectares
1995
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 36
United Kingdom :
5,936,000 hectares
1995
British Agriculture
# 37
Philippines :
5,500,000 hectares
1995
Philippine Agriculture
# 38
Vietnam :
5,403,000 hectares
1995
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 39
Zambia :
5,260,000 hectares
1995
Zambian Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,200,000 hectares
1995
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Uganda :
5,060,000 hectares
1995
Ugandan Agriculture
# 42
Hungary :
4,806,000 hectares
1995
Hungarian Agriculture
# 43
Syria :
4,799,000 hectares
1995
Syrian Agriculture
# 44
Japan :
4,630,000 hectares
1995
Japanese Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,475,000 hectares
1995
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Kenya :
4,300,000 hectares
1995
Kenyan Agriculture
# 47
Bulgaria :
3,998,000 hectares
1995
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 48
Tanzania :
3,748,000 hectares
1995
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 49
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,731,000 hectares
1995
Serbian Agriculture
# 50
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
1995
Cambodian Agriculture
# 51
Saudi Arabia :
3,655,000 hectares
1995
Saudi Agriculture
# 52
Mozambique :
3,650,000 hectares
1995
Mozambican Agriculture
# 53
Peru :
3,610,000 hectares
1995
Peruvian Agriculture
# 54
Cuba :
3,464,000 hectares
1995
Cuban Agriculture
# 55
Chad :
3,420,000 hectares
1995
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Burkina Faso :
3,390,000 hectares
1995
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 57
Mali :
3,379,000 hectares
1995
Malian Agriculture
# 58
Czech Republic :
3,143,000 hectares
1995
Czech Agriculture
# 59
Zimbabwe :
3,080,000 hectares
1995
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 60
Ghana :
3,000,000 hectares
1995
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 61
Angola :
3,000,000 hectares
1995
Angolan Agriculture
# 62
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,920,000 hectares
1995
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 63
Lithuania :
2,866,000 hectares
1995
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 64
Tunisia :
2,842,000 hectares
1995
Tunisian Agriculture
# 65
Greece :
2,821,000 hectares
1995
Greek Agriculture
# 66
Egypt :
2,817,000 hectares
1995
Egyptian Agriculture
# 67
Madagascar :
2,800,000 hectares
1995
Malagasy Agriculture
# 68
Sweden :
2,767,000 hectares
1995
Swedish Agriculture
# 69
Paraguay :
2,600,000 hectares
1995
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 70
Venezuela :
2,581,000 hectares
1995
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 71
Bolivia :
2,500,000 hectares
1995
Bolivian Agriculture
# 72
Korea, North :
2,400,000 hectares
1995
Korean Agriculture
# 73
Colombia :
2,399,000 hectares
1995
Colombian Agriculture
# 74
Nepal :
2,324,000 hectares
1995
Nepalese Agriculture
# 75
Denmark :
2,319,000 hectares
1995
Danish Agriculture
# 76
Senegal :
2,230,000 hectares
1995
Senegalese Agriculture
# 77
Togo :
2,200,000 hectares
1995
Togolese Agriculture
# 78
Portugal :
2,153,000 hectares
1995
Portuguese Agriculture
# 79
Finland :
2,138,000 hectares
1995
Finnish Agriculture
# 80
Chile :
2,120,000 hectares
1995
Chilean Agriculture
# 81
Central African Republic :
1,930,000 hectares
1995
Central African Agriculture
# 82
Malawi :
1,875,000 hectares
1995
Malawian Agriculture
# 83
Libya :
1,870,000 hectares
1995
Libyan Agriculture
# 84
Malaysia :
1,820,000 hectares
1995
Malaysian Agriculture
# 85
Benin :
1,790,000 hectares
1995
Beninese Agriculture
# 86
Korea, South :
1,783,000 hectares
1995
Korean Agriculture
# 87
Moldova :
1,773,000 hectares
1995
Moldovan Agriculture
# 88
Azerbaijan :
1,726,300 hectares
1995
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 89
Nicaragua :
1,650,000 hectares
1995
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 90
Yemen :
1,633,000 hectares
1995
Yemeni Agriculture
# 91
Turkmenistan :
1,622,000 hectares
1995
Turkmen Agriculture
# 92
Honduras :
1,600,000 hectares
1995
Honduran Agriculture
# 93
New Zealand :
1,579,000 hectares
1995
New Zealand Agriculture
# 94
Ecuador :
1,574,000 hectares
1995
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 95
Slovakia :
1,557,000 hectares
1995
Slovak Agriculture
# 96
Austria :
1,414,000 hectares
1995
Austrian Agriculture
# 97
Guatemala :
1,355,000 hectares
1995
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 98
Mongolia :
1,321,000 hectares
1995
Mongolian Agriculture
# 99
Uruguay :
1,290,000 hectares
1995
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 100
Kyrgyzstan :
1,258,000 hectares
1995
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 101
Croatia :
1,117,000 hectares
1995
Croatian Agriculture
# 102
Somalia :
1,035,000 hectares
1995
Somali Agriculture
# 103
Ireland :
1,030,000 hectares
1995
Irish Agriculture
# 104
Dominican Republic :
1,020,000 hectares
1995
Dominican Agriculture
# 105
Latvia :
1,002,000 hectares
1995
Latvian Agriculture
# 106
Norway :
992,000 hectares
1995
Norwegian Agriculture
# 107
Burundi :
940,000 hectares
1995
Burundian Agriculture
# 108
Guinea :
883,000 hectares
1995
Guinean Agriculture
# 109
Netherlands :
882,000 hectares
1995
Dutch Agriculture
# 110
Estonia :
874,000 hectares
1995
Estonian Agriculture
# 111
Tajikistan :
870,000 hectares
1995
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
866,000 hectares
1995
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
850,000 hectares
1995
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 114
Laos :
828,000 hectares
1995
Lao Agriculture
# 115
Namibia :
816,000 hectares
1995
Namibian Agriculture
# 116
Belgium :
812,000 hectares
1995
Belgian Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1995
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Georgia :
771,000 hectares
1995
Georgian Agriculture
# 119
Rwanda :
700,000 hectares
1995
Rwandan Agriculture
# 120
Macedonia, Republic of :
606,000 hectares
1995
Macedonian Agriculture
# 121
El Salvador :
582,000 hectares
1995
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 122
Albania :
577,000 hectares
1995
Albanian Agriculture
# 123
Panama :
500,000 hectares
1995
Panamanian Agriculture
# 124
Mauritania :
498,000 hectares
1995
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 125
Armenia :
497,000 hectares
1995
Armenian Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
485,000 hectares
1995
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1995
Guyanese Agriculture
# 128
Congo, Republic of the :
475,000 hectares
1995
Congolese Agriculture
# 129
Eritrea :
438,000 hectares
1995
Eritrean Agriculture
# 130
Switzerland :
423,000 hectares
1995
Swiss Agriculture
# 131
Liberia :
370,000 hectares
1995
Liberian Agriculture
# 132
Israel :
345,000 hectares
1995
Israeli Agriculture
# 133
Botswana :
343,000 hectares
1995
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 134
Gabon :
325,000 hectares
1995
Gabonese Agriculture
# 135
Lesotho :
320,000 hectares
1995
Basotho Agriculture
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1995
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Jordan :
252,400 hectares
1995
Jordanian Agriculture
# 138
Costa Rica :
225,000 hectares
1995
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 139
Fiji :
200,000 hectares
1995
Fijian Agriculture
# 140
Slovenia :
196,000 hectares
1995
Slovenian Agriculture
# 141
Papua New Guinea :
194,000 hectares
1995
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 142
Gambia, The :
180,000 hectares
1995
Gambian Agriculture
# 143
Lebanon :
180,000 hectares
1995
Lebanese Agriculture
# 144
Swaziland :
178,000 hectares
1995
Swazi Agriculture
# 145
Jamaica :
174,000 hectares
1995
Jamaican Agriculture
# 146
East Timor :
130,000 hectares
1995
Timorese Agriculture
# 147
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1995
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
130,000 hectares
1995
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1995
Mauritian Agriculture
# 150
Cyprus :
99,000 hectares
1995
Cypriot Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
78,000 hectares
1995
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
75,000 hectares
1995
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1995
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 154
Belize :
62,000 hectares
1995
Belizean Agriculture
# 155
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1995
Surinamese Agriculture
# 156
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1995
Samoan Agriculture
# 157
United Arab Emirates :
43,000 hectares
1995
Emirati Agriculture
# 158
Cape Verde :
42,000 hectares
1995
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 159
Oman :
35,000 hectares
1995
Omani Agriculture
# 160
Puerto Rico :
33,000 hectares
1995
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1995
- Agriculture
# 162
Solomon Islands :
18,000 hectares
1995
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 163
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1995
Tongan Agriculture
# 164
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1995
Barbadian Agriculture
# 165
Qatar :
15,000 hectares
1995
Qatari Agriculture
# 166
Malta :
10,000 hectares
1995
Maltese Agriculture
# 167
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1995
Barbudan Agriculture
# 168
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1995
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 169
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1995
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 170
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
7,000 hectares
1995
Nevisian Agriculture
# 171
Bahamas, The :
6,000 hectares
1995
Bahamian Agriculture
# 172
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1995
Icelandic Agriculture
# 173
Saint Lucia :
5,000 hectares
1995
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
5,000 hectares
1995
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 175
Brunei :
5,000 hectares
1995
Bruneian Agriculture
# 176
Kuwait :
5,000 hectares
1995
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 177
Micronesia, Federated States of :
4,000 hectares
1995
Micronesian Agriculture
# 178
São Tomé and Príncipe :
4,000 hectares
1995
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 179
Palau :
4,000 hectares
1995
Palauan Agriculture
# 180
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1995
Maldivian Agriculture
# 181
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1995
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 182
Dominica :
3,000 hectares
1995
Dominican Agriculture
# 183
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1995
Faroese Agriculture
# 184
Virgin Islands :
3,000 hectares
1995
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 185
French Polynesia :
3,000 hectares
1995
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 186
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1995
- Agriculture
# 187
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1995
Guamanian Agriculture
# 188
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1995
Grenadian Agriculture
# 189
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1995
Bahraini Agriculture
# 190
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1995
Aruban Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1995
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Marshall Islands :
1,000 hectares
1995
Marshallese Agriculture
# 193
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1995
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 194
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
1995
Singapore Agriculture
# 195
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1995
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 196
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1995
Seychellois Agriculture
# 197
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1995
Caymanian Agriculture
# 198
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1995
Bermudian Agriculture
# 199
American Samoa :
1,000 hectares
1995
American Samoan Agriculture
Total :
1,370,336,700 hectares
Weighted average:
6,886,114.1 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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