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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 :
177,592,000 hectares
1997
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
161,298,000 hectares
1997
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
127,466,000 hectares
1997
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1997
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
57,740,000 hectares
1997
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Canada :
45,599,000 hectares
1997
Canadian Agriculture
# 7
Australia :
39,871,000 hectares
1997
Australian Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
33,081,000 hectares
1997
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Nigeria :
28,200,000 hectares
1997
Nigerian Agriculture
# 10
Argentina :
27,500,000 hectares
1997
Argentine Agriculture
# 11
Kazakhstan :
26,500,000 hectares
1997
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 12
Mexico :
24,900,000 hectares
1997
Mexican Agriculture
# 13
Turkey :
24,297,000 hectares
1997
Turkish Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
21,351,000 hectares
1997
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
France :
18,320,000 hectares
1997
French Agriculture
# 16
Indonesia :
18,200,000 hectares
1997
Indonesian Agriculture
# 17
Sudan :
16,600,000 hectares
1997
Sudanese Agriculture
# 18
Iran :
16,502,000 hectares
1997
Iranian Agriculture
# 19
Thailand :
16,242,000 hectares
1997
Thai Agriculture
# 20
South Africa :
14,810,000 hectares
1997
South African Agriculture
# 21
Niger :
14,484,000 hectares
1997
Nigerien Agriculture
# 22
Spain :
14,285,000 hectares
1997
Spanish Agriculture
# 23
Poland :
14,006,000 hectares
1997
Polish Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,832,000 hectares
1997
German Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
9,900,000 hectares
1997
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,559,000 hectares
1997
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,346,000 hectares
1997
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Morocco :
8,980,000 hectares
1997
Moroccan Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
8,253,000 hectares
1997
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1997
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Bangladesh :
7,876,000 hectares
1997
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,650,000 hectares
1997
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
1997
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
United Kingdom :
6,368,000 hectares
1997
British Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,175,000 hectares
1997
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,960,000 hectares
1997
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,668,000 hectares
1997
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,500,000 hectares
1997
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Zambia :
5,260,000 hectares
1997
Zambian Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,200,000 hectares
1997
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Uganda :
5,060,000 hectares
1997
Ugandan Agriculture
# 42
Hungary :
4,820,000 hectares
1997
Hungarian Agriculture
# 43
Syria :
4,771,000 hectares
1997
Syrian Agriculture
# 44
Mali :
4,610,000 hectares
1997
Malian Agriculture
# 45
Japan :
4,569,000 hectares
1997
Japanese Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
4,475,000 hectares
1997
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Kenya :
4,400,000 hectares
1997
Kenyan Agriculture
# 48
Bulgaria :
4,298,000 hectares
1997
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 49
Mozambique :
3,900,000 hectares
1997
Mozambican Agriculture
# 50
Tanzania :
3,750,000 hectares
1997
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 51
Burkina Faso :
3,740,000 hectares
1997
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 52
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,707,000 hectares
1997
Serbian Agriculture
# 53
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
1997
Cambodian Agriculture
# 54
Peru :
3,650,000 hectares
1997
Peruvian Agriculture
# 55
Saudi Arabia :
3,639,000 hectares
1997
Saudi Agriculture
# 56
Cuba :
3,628,000 hectares
1997
Cuban Agriculture
# 57
Ghana :
3,600,000 hectares
1997
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 58
Chad :
3,500,000 hectares
1997
Chadian Agriculture
# 59
Zimbabwe :
3,251,000 hectares
1997
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 60
Czech Republic :
3,091,000 hectares
1997
Czech Agriculture
# 61
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,000,000 hectares
1997
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 62
Angola :
3,000,000 hectares
1997
Angolan Agriculture
# 63
Lithuania :
2,878,000 hectares
1997
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 64
Bolivia :
2,859,000 hectares
1997
Bolivian Agriculture
# 65
Tunisia :
2,845,000 hectares
1997
Tunisian Agriculture
# 66
Egypt :
2,834,000 hectares
1997
Egyptian Agriculture
# 67
Madagascar :
2,820,000 hectares
1997
Malagasy Agriculture
# 68
Sweden :
2,799,000 hectares
1997
Swedish Agriculture
# 69
Greece :
2,789,000 hectares
1997
Greek Agriculture
# 70
Paraguay :
2,600,000 hectares
1997
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 71
Venezuela :
2,593,000 hectares
1997
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 72
Colombia :
2,539,000 hectares
1997
Colombian Agriculture
# 73
Korea, North :
2,500,000 hectares
1997
Korean Agriculture
# 74
Denmark :
2,365,000 hectares
1997
Danish Agriculture
# 75
Togo :
2,330,000 hectares
1997
Togolese Agriculture
# 76
Nepal :
2,324,000 hectares
1997
Nepalese Agriculture
# 77
Senegal :
2,254,000 hectares
1997
Senegalese Agriculture
# 78
Finland :
2,153,000 hectares
1997
Finnish Agriculture
# 79
Benin :
2,100,000 hectares
1997
Beninese Agriculture
# 80
Libya :
2,028,000 hectares
1997
Libyan Agriculture
# 81
Chile :
1,982,000 hectares
1997
Chilean Agriculture
# 82
Malawi :
1,950,000 hectares
1997
Malawian Agriculture
# 83
Central African Republic :
1,930,000 hectares
1997
Central African Agriculture
# 84
Portugal :
1,882,000 hectares
1997
Portuguese Agriculture
# 85
Malaysia :
1,820,000 hectares
1997
Malaysian Agriculture
# 86
Azerbaijan :
1,801,200 hectares
1997
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 87
Moldova :
1,787,000 hectares
1997
Moldovan Agriculture
# 88
Nicaragua :
1,750,000 hectares
1997
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 89
Korea, South :
1,722,000 hectares
1997
Korean Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,630,000 hectares
1997
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Ecuador :
1,609,000 hectares
1997
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 92
Yemen :
1,607,000 hectares
1997
Yemeni Agriculture
# 93
New Zealand :
1,555,000 hectares
1997
New Zealand Agriculture
# 94
Slovakia :
1,550,000 hectares
1997
Slovak Agriculture
# 95
Honduras :
1,520,000 hectares
1997
Honduran Agriculture
# 96
Austria :
1,406,000 hectares
1997
Austrian Agriculture
# 97
Guatemala :
1,370,000 hectares
1997
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 98
Kyrgyzstan :
1,358,000 hectares
1997
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 99
Mongolia :
1,321,000 hectares
1997
Mongolian Agriculture
# 100
Uruguay :
1,320,000 hectares
1997
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 101
Croatia :
1,317,000 hectares
1997
Croatian Agriculture
# 102
Latvia :
1,079,000 hectares
1997
Latvian Agriculture
# 103
Somalia :
1,043,000 hectares
1997
Somali Agriculture
# 104
Ireland :
1,035,000 hectares
1997
Irish Agriculture
# 105
Dominican Republic :
1,020,000 hectares
1997
Dominican Agriculture
# 106
Burundi :
950,000 hectares
1997
Burundian Agriculture
# 107
Guinea :
915,000 hectares
1997
Guinean Agriculture
# 108
Norway :
902,000 hectares
1997
Norwegian Agriculture
# 109
Netherlands :
901,000 hectares
1997
Dutch Agriculture
# 110
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
900,000 hectares
1997
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 111
Tajikistan :
890,000 hectares
1997
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 112
Estonia :
888,000 hectares
1997
Estonian Agriculture
# 113
Sri Lanka :
868,000 hectares
1997
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 114
Laos :
854,000 hectares
1997
Lao Agriculture
# 115
Namibia :
816,000 hectares
1997
Namibian Agriculture
# 116
Belgium :
808,000 hectares
1997
Belgian Agriculture
# 117
Rwanda :
800,000 hectares
1997
Rwandan Agriculture
# 118
Georgia :
785,000 hectares
1997
Georgian Agriculture
# 119
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1997
Haitian Agriculture
# 120
Macedonia, Republic of :
600,000 hectares
1997
Macedonian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
578,000 hectares
1997
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
El Salvador :
565,000 hectares
1997
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 123
Panama :
510,000 hectares
1997
Panamanian Agriculture
# 124
Armenia :
494,000 hectares
1997
Armenian Agriculture
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
490,000 hectares
1997
Congolese Agriculture
# 126
Mauritania :
488,000 hectares
1997
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 127
Sierra Leone :
484,000 hectares
1997
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 128
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1997
Guyanese Agriculture
# 129
Switzerland :
418,000 hectares
1997
Swiss Agriculture
# 130
Eritrea :
391,000 hectares
1997
Eritrean Agriculture
# 131
Botswana :
377,000 hectares
1997
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 132
Liberia :
370,000 hectares
1997
Liberian Agriculture
# 133
Israel :
336,000 hectares
1997
Israeli Agriculture
# 134
Lesotho :
325,000 hectares
1997
Basotho Agriculture
# 135
Gabon :
325,000 hectares
1997
Gabonese Agriculture
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1997
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Costa Rica :
225,000 hectares
1997
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 138
Gambia, The :
205,000 hectares
1997
Gambian Agriculture
# 139
Fiji :
200,000 hectares
1997
Fijian Agriculture
# 140
Papua New Guinea :
197,000 hectares
1997
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 141
Jordan :
187,400 hectares
1997
Jordanian Agriculture
# 142
Lebanon :
185,000 hectares
1997
Lebanese Agriculture
# 143
Swaziland :
178,000 hectares
1997
Swazi Agriculture
# 144
Jamaica :
174,000 hectares
1997
Jamaican Agriculture
# 145
Slovenia :
173,000 hectares
1997
Slovenian Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
140,000 hectares
1997
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1997
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 148
East Timor :
127,000 hectares
1997
Timorese Agriculture
# 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1997
Mauritian Agriculture
# 150
Cyprus :
98,000 hectares
1997
Cypriot Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
78,000 hectares
1997
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
75,000 hectares
1997
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Belize :
64,000 hectares
1997
Belizean Agriculture
# 154
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1997
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 155
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1997
Surinamese Agriculture
# 156
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1997
Samoan Agriculture
# 157
United Arab Emirates :
45,000 hectares
1997
Emirati Agriculture
# 158
Cape Verde :
44,000 hectares
1997
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 159
Oman :
36,000 hectares
1997
Omani Agriculture
# 160
Puerto Rico :
33,000 hectares
1997
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1997
- Agriculture
# 162
Solomon Islands :
18,000 hectares
1997
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 163
Qatar :
18,000 hectares
1997
Qatari Agriculture
# 164
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1997
Barbadian Agriculture
# 165
Tonga :
15,000 hectares
1997
Tongan Agriculture
# 166
Malta :
9,000 hectares
1997
Maltese Agriculture
# 167
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1997
Barbudan Agriculture
# 168
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1997
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 169
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1997
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 170
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1997
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 171
Iceland :
6,000 hectares
1997
Icelandic Agriculture
# 172
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
6,000 hectares
1997
Nevisian Agriculture
# 173
Bahamas, The :
6,000 hectares
1997
Bahamian Agriculture
# 174
Kuwait :
6,000 hectares
1997
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 175
São Tomé and Príncipe :
5,000 hectares
1997
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 176
Brunei :
5,000 hectares
1997
Bruneian Agriculture
# 177
Micronesia, Federated States of :
4,000 hectares
1997
Micronesian Agriculture
# 178
Palau :
4,000 hectares
1997
Palauan Agriculture
# 179
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1997
Maldivian Agriculture
# 180
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1997
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 181
Saint Lucia :
3,000 hectares
1997
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 182
Virgin Islands :
3,000 hectares
1997
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 183
French Polynesia :
3,000 hectares
1997
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 184
Dominica :
3,000 hectares
1997
Dominican Agriculture
# 185
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1997
Faroese Agriculture
# 186
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1997
- Agriculture
# 187
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1997
Guamanian Agriculture
# 188
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1997
Grenadian Agriculture
# 189
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1997
Aruban Agriculture
# 190
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1997
American Samoan Agriculture
# 191
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1997
Bahraini Agriculture
# 192
Marshall Islands :
1,000 hectares
1997
Marshallese Agriculture
# 193
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1997
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 194
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
1997
Singapore Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1997
Caymanian Agriculture
# 196
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1997
Seychellois Agriculture
# 197
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1997
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 198
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1997
Andorran Agriculture
# 199
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1997
Bermudian Agriculture
Total :
1,363,177,600 hectares
Weighted average:
6,850,138.7 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 (1997) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1997
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