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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 :
179,006,000 hectares
1996
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
161,280,000 hectares
1996
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
126,024,000 hectares
1996
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1996
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
57,858,000 hectares
1996
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Canada :
45,529,000 hectares
1996
Canadian Agriculture
# 7
Australia :
36,284,000 hectares
1996
Australian Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
33,189,000 hectares
1996
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Kazakhstan :
29,000,000 hectares
1996
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 10
Nigeria :
28,700,000 hectares
1996
Nigerian Agriculture
# 11
Argentina :
27,500,000 hectares
1996
Argentine Agriculture
# 12
Mexico :
25,150,000 hectares
1996
Mexican Agriculture
# 13
Turkey :
24,514,000 hectares
1996
Turkish Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
21,090,000 hectares
1996
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
France :
18,288,000 hectares
1996
French Agriculture
# 16
Indonesia :
17,941,000 hectares
1996
Indonesian Agriculture
# 17
Iran :
17,097,000 hectares
1996
Iranian Agriculture
# 18
Sudan :
16,672,000 hectares
1996
Sudanese Agriculture
# 19
Thailand :
16,563,000 hectares
1996
Thai Agriculture
# 20
South Africa :
14,875,000 hectares
1996
South African Agriculture
# 21
Niger :
14,485,000 hectares
1996
Nigerien Agriculture
# 22
Spain :
14,450,000 hectares
1996
Spanish Agriculture
# 23
Poland :
14,004,000 hectares
1996
Polish Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,835,000 hectares
1996
German Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
9,869,700 hectares
1996
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,543,000 hectares
1996
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,337,000 hectares
1996
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Morocco :
9,096,000 hectares
1996
Moroccan Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
8,332,000 hectares
1996
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1996
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Bangladesh :
7,840,000 hectares
1996
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,521,000 hectares
1996
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
1996
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Belarus :
6,230,000 hectares
1996
Belarusian Agriculture
# 35
United Kingdom :
6,098,000 hectares
1996
British Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,960,000 hectares
1996
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,554,000 hectares
1996
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,500,000 hectares
1996
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Zambia :
5,260,000 hectares
1996
Zambian Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,200,000 hectares
1996
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Uganda :
5,060,000 hectares
1996
Ugandan Agriculture
# 42
Hungary :
4,811,000 hectares
1996
Hungarian Agriculture
# 43
Syria :
4,739,000 hectares
1996
Syrian Agriculture
# 44
Mali :
4,610,000 hectares
1996
Malian Agriculture
# 45
Japan :
4,602,000 hectares
1996
Japanese Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
4,475,000 hectares
1996
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Kenya :
4,300,000 hectares
1996
Kenyan Agriculture
# 48
Bulgaria :
4,203,000 hectares
1996
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 49
Mozambique :
3,750,000 hectares
1996
Mozambican Agriculture
# 50
Tanzania :
3,750,000 hectares
1996
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 51
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,708,000 hectares
1996
Serbian Agriculture
# 52
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
1996
Cambodian Agriculture
# 53
Peru :
3,620,000 hectares
1996
Peruvian Agriculture
# 54
Burkina Faso :
3,490,000 hectares
1996
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 55
Cuba :
3,485,000 hectares
1996
Cuban Agriculture
# 56
Chad :
3,470,000 hectares
1996
Chadian Agriculture
# 57
Saudi Arabia :
3,361,000 hectares
1996
Saudi Agriculture
# 58
Ghana :
3,200,000 hectares
1996
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 59
Zimbabwe :
3,165,000 hectares
1996
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 60
Czech Republic :
3,098,000 hectares
1996
Czech Agriculture
# 61
Angola :
3,000,000 hectares
1996
Angolan Agriculture
# 62
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,930,000 hectares
1996
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 63
Lithuania :
2,866,000 hectares
1996
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 64
Tunisia :
2,845,000 hectares
1996
Tunisian Agriculture
# 65
Egypt :
2,820,000 hectares
1996
Egyptian Agriculture
# 66
Sweden :
2,812,000 hectares
1996
Swedish Agriculture
# 67
Greece :
2,810,000 hectares
1996
Greek Agriculture
# 68
Madagascar :
2,800,000 hectares
1996
Malagasy Agriculture
# 69
Paraguay :
2,600,000 hectares
1996
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 70
Bolivia :
2,590,000 hectares
1996
Bolivian Agriculture
# 71
Venezuela :
2,584,000 hectares
1996
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 72
Colombia :
2,433,000 hectares
1996
Colombian Agriculture
# 73
Korea, North :
2,400,000 hectares
1996
Korean Agriculture
# 74
Nepal :
2,324,000 hectares
1996
Nepalese Agriculture
# 75
Denmark :
2,322,000 hectares
1996
Danish Agriculture
# 76
Togo :
2,300,000 hectares
1996
Togolese Agriculture
# 77
Senegal :
2,250,000 hectares
1996
Senegalese Agriculture
# 78
Finland :
2,118,000 hectares
1996
Finnish Agriculture
# 79
Libya :
2,028,000 hectares
1996
Libyan Agriculture
# 80
Portugal :
2,000,000 hectares
1996
Portuguese Agriculture
# 81
Chile :
1,985,000 hectares
1996
Chilean Agriculture
# 82
Benin :
1,950,000 hectares
1996
Beninese Agriculture
# 83
Central African Republic :
1,930,000 hectares
1996
Central African Agriculture
# 84
Malawi :
1,900,000 hectares
1996
Malawian Agriculture
# 85
Malaysia :
1,820,000 hectares
1996
Malaysian Agriculture
# 86
Moldova :
1,787,000 hectares
1996
Moldovan Agriculture
# 87
Azerbaijan :
1,784,800 hectares
1996
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 88
Korea, South :
1,745,000 hectares
1996
Korean Agriculture
# 89
Nicaragua :
1,650,000 hectares
1996
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 90
Yemen :
1,647,000 hectares
1996
Yemeni Agriculture
# 91
Turkmenistan :
1,629,000 hectares
1996
Turkmen Agriculture
# 92
Ecuador :
1,607,000 hectares
1996
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 93
Honduras :
1,600,000 hectares
1996
Honduran Agriculture
# 94
New Zealand :
1,558,000 hectares
1996
New Zealand Agriculture
# 95
Slovakia :
1,553,000 hectares
1996
Slovak Agriculture
# 96
Austria :
1,410,000 hectares
1996
Austrian Agriculture
# 97
Guatemala :
1,361,000 hectares
1996
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 98
Kyrgyzstan :
1,357,000 hectares
1996
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 99
Mongolia :
1,321,000 hectares
1996
Mongolian Agriculture
# 100
Uruguay :
1,320,000 hectares
1996
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 101
Croatia :
1,305,000 hectares
1996
Croatian Agriculture
# 102
Latvia :
1,060,000 hectares
1996
Latvian Agriculture
# 103
Ireland :
1,059,000 hectares
1996
Irish Agriculture
# 104
Somalia :
1,039,000 hectares
1996
Somali Agriculture
# 105
Dominican Republic :
1,020,000 hectares
1996
Dominican Agriculture
# 106
Norway :
1,000,000 hectares
1996
Norwegian Agriculture
# 107
Burundi :
940,000 hectares
1996
Burundian Agriculture
# 108
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
900,000 hectares
1996
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 109
Guinea :
900,000 hectares
1996
Guinean Agriculture
# 110
Netherlands :
895,000 hectares
1996
Dutch Agriculture
# 111
Estonia :
884,000 hectares
1996
Estonian Agriculture
# 112
Tajikistan :
870,000 hectares
1996
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 113
Sri Lanka :
867,000 hectares
1996
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 114
Laos :
824,000 hectares
1996
Lao Agriculture
# 115
Namibia :
816,000 hectares
1996
Namibian Agriculture
# 116
Belgium :
800,000 hectares
1996
Belgian Agriculture
# 117
Georgia :
781,000 hectares
1996
Georgian Agriculture
# 118
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1996
Haitian Agriculture
# 119
Rwanda :
750,000 hectares
1996
Rwandan Agriculture
# 120
Macedonia, Republic of :
609,000 hectares
1996
Macedonian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
577,000 hectares
1996
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
El Salvador :
565,000 hectares
1996
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 123
Panama :
500,000 hectares
1996
Panamanian Agriculture
# 124
Armenia :
493,000 hectares
1996
Armenian Agriculture
# 125
Mauritania :
488,000 hectares
1996
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 126
Sierra Leone :
485,000 hectares
1996
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 127
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1996
Guyanese Agriculture
# 128
Congo, Republic of the :
477,000 hectares
1996
Congolese Agriculture
# 129
Switzerland :
423,000 hectares
1996
Swiss Agriculture
# 130
Liberia :
370,000 hectares
1996
Liberian Agriculture
# 131
Eritrea :
369,000 hectares
1996
Eritrean Agriculture
# 132
Botswana :
343,000 hectares
1996
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 133
Israel :
336,000 hectares
1996
Israeli Agriculture
# 134
Gabon :
325,000 hectares
1996
Gabonese Agriculture
# 135
Lesotho :
322,000 hectares
1996
Basotho Agriculture
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1996
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Costa Rica :
225,000 hectares
1996
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 138
Fiji :
200,000 hectares
1996
Fijian Agriculture
# 139
Papua New Guinea :
195,000 hectares
1996
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 140
Slovenia :
191,000 hectares
1996
Slovenian Agriculture
# 141
Gambia, The :
185,000 hectares
1996
Gambian Agriculture
# 142
Lebanon :
183,000 hectares
1996
Lebanese Agriculture
# 143
Jordan :
180,200 hectares
1996
Jordanian Agriculture
# 144
Swaziland :
178,000 hectares
1996
Swazi Agriculture
# 145
Jamaica :
174,000 hectares
1996
Jamaican Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
135,000 hectares
1996
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1996
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 148
East Timor :
130,000 hectares
1996
Timorese Agriculture
# 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1996
Mauritian Agriculture
# 150
Cyprus :
99,000 hectares
1996
Cypriot Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
78,000 hectares
1996
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
75,000 hectares
1996
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Belize :
63,000 hectares
1996
Belizean Agriculture
# 154
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1996
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 155
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1996
Surinamese Agriculture
# 156
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1996
Samoan Agriculture
# 157
United Arab Emirates :
46,000 hectares
1996
Emirati Agriculture
# 158
Cape Verde :
42,000 hectares
1996
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 159
Oman :
35,000 hectares
1996
Omani Agriculture
# 160
Puerto Rico :
33,000 hectares
1996
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1996
- Agriculture
# 162
Solomon Islands :
18,000 hectares
1996
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 163
Tonga :
16,000 hectares
1996
Tongan Agriculture
# 164
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1996
Barbadian Agriculture
# 165
Qatar :
16,000 hectares
1996
Qatari Agriculture
# 166
Malta :
10,000 hectares
1996
Maltese Agriculture
# 167
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1996
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 168
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1996
Barbudan Agriculture
# 169
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1996
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 170
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1996
Icelandic Agriculture
# 171
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
6,000 hectares
1996
Nevisian Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1996
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Bahamas, The :
6,000 hectares
1996
Bahamian Agriculture
# 174
Kuwait :
6,000 hectares
1996
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 175
Brunei :
5,000 hectares
1996
Bruneian Agriculture
# 176
Micronesia, Federated States of :
4,000 hectares
1996
Micronesian Agriculture
# 177
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1996
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1996
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Palau :
4,000 hectares
1996
Palauan Agriculture
# 180
São Tomé and Príncipe :
4,000 hectares
1996
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 181
Virgin Islands :
3,000 hectares
1996
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 182
French Polynesia :
3,000 hectares
1996
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 183
Dominica :
3,000 hectares
1996
Dominican Agriculture
# 184
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1996
Faroese Agriculture
# 185
Saint Lucia :
2,000 hectares
1996
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 186
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1996
Guamanian Agriculture
# 187
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1996
- Agriculture
# 188
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1996
Grenadian Agriculture
# 189
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1996
Bahraini Agriculture
# 190
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1996
Aruban Agriculture
# 191
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1996
Andorran Agriculture
# 192
Marshall Islands :
1,000 hectares
1996
Marshallese Agriculture
# 193
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1996
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 194
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
1996
Singapore Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1996
Caymanian Agriculture
# 196
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1996
Seychellois Agriculture
# 197
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1996
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 198
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1996
Bermudian Agriculture
# 199
American Samoa :
1,000 hectares
1996
American Samoan Agriculture
Total :
1,361,035,700 hectares
Weighted average:
6,839,375.4 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 (1996) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1996
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