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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 :
176,782,000 hectares
1998
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
161,112,000 hectares
1998
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
126,132,000 hectares
1998
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
1998
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
57,640,000 hectares
1998
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Canada :
45,669,000 hectares
1998
Canadian Agriculture
# 7
Australia :
44,055,000 hectares
1998
Australian Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
32,858,000 hectares
1998
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Nigeria :
28,200,000 hectares
1998
Nigerian Agriculture
# 10
Argentina :
27,500,000 hectares
1998
Argentine Agriculture
# 11
Mexico :
24,900,000 hectares
1998
Mexican Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
24,439,000 hectares
1998
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Kazakhstan :
24,205,000 hectares
1998
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
21,330,000 hectares
1998
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
18,700,000 hectares
1998
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
18,345,000 hectares
1998
French Agriculture
# 17
Iran :
16,837,000 hectares
1998
Iranian Agriculture
# 18
Sudan :
16,500,000 hectares
1998
Sudanese Agriculture
# 19
Thailand :
15,932,000 hectares
1998
Thai Agriculture
# 20
South Africa :
14,791,000 hectares
1998
South African Agriculture
# 21
Niger :
14,484,000 hectares
1998
Nigerien Agriculture
# 22
Poland :
14,057,000 hectares
1998
Polish Agriculture
# 23
Spain :
13,684,000 hectares
1998
Spanish Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,879,000 hectares
1998
German Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
9,950,000 hectares
1998
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,556,000 hectares
1998
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,325,000 hectares
1998
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Morocco :
9,033,000 hectares
1998
Moroccan Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
8,329,000 hectares
1998
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Bangladesh :
7,962,000 hectares
1998
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
1998
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,661,000 hectares
1998
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
1998
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
United Kingdom :
6,253,000 hectares
1998
British Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,187,000 hectares
1998
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,960,000 hectares
1998
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
5,763,000 hectares
1998
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,550,000 hectares
1998
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Zambia :
5,260,000 hectares
1998
Zambian Agriculture
# 40
Iraq :
5,200,000 hectares
1998
Iraqi Agriculture
# 41
Uganda :
5,060,000 hectares
1998
Ugandan Agriculture
# 42
Hungary :
4,819,000 hectares
1998
Hungarian Agriculture
# 43
Syria :
4,709,000 hectares
1998
Syrian Agriculture
# 44
Mali :
4,610,000 hectares
1998
Malian Agriculture
# 45
Japan :
4,535,000 hectares
1998
Japanese Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
4,475,000 hectares
1998
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Kenya :
4,400,000 hectares
1998
Kenyan Agriculture
# 48
Mozambique :
4,000,000 hectares
1998
Mozambican Agriculture
# 49
Burkina Faso :
3,890,000 hectares
1998
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 50
Ghana :
3,800,000 hectares
1998
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 51
Tanzania :
3,750,000 hectares
1998
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 52
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
1998
Cambodian Agriculture
# 53
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,696,000 hectares
1998
Serbian Agriculture
# 54
Peru :
3,670,000 hectares
1998
Peruvian Agriculture
# 55
Saudi Arabia :
3,637,000 hectares
1998
Saudi Agriculture
# 56
Bulgaria :
3,536,000 hectares
1998
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 57
Chad :
3,520,000 hectares
1998
Chadian Agriculture
# 58
Cuba :
3,489,000 hectares
1998
Cuban Agriculture
# 59
Zimbabwe :
3,220,000 hectares
1998
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 60
Czech Republic :
3,101,000 hectares
1998
Czech Agriculture
# 61
Angola :
3,000,000 hectares
1998
Angolan Agriculture
# 62
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,000,000 hectares
1998
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 63
Bolivia :
2,960,000 hectares
1998
Bolivian Agriculture
# 64
Lithuania :
2,890,000 hectares
1998
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 65
Tunisia :
2,879,000 hectares
1998
Tunisian Agriculture
# 66
Madagascar :
2,850,000 hectares
1998
Malagasy Agriculture
# 67
Paraguay :
2,850,000 hectares
1998
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 68
Egypt :
2,834,000 hectares
1998
Egyptian Agriculture
# 69
Sweden :
2,784,000 hectares
1998
Swedish Agriculture
# 70
Greece :
2,784,000 hectares
1998
Greek Agriculture
# 71
Venezuela :
2,593,000 hectares
1998
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 72
Colombia :
2,551,000 hectares
1998
Colombian Agriculture
# 73
Korea, North :
2,550,000 hectares
1998
Korean Agriculture
# 74
Togo :
2,410,000 hectares
1998
Togolese Agriculture
# 75
Denmark :
2,366,000 hectares
1998
Danish Agriculture
# 76
Nepal :
2,324,000 hectares
1998
Nepalese Agriculture
# 77
Senegal :
2,263,000 hectares
1998
Senegalese Agriculture
# 78
Benin :
2,250,000 hectares
1998
Beninese Agriculture
# 79
Finland :
2,194,000 hectares
1998
Finnish Agriculture
# 80
Malawi :
2,000,000 hectares
1998
Malawian Agriculture
# 81
Chile :
1,979,000 hectares
1998
Chilean Agriculture
# 82
Central African Republic :
1,930,000 hectares
1998
Central African Agriculture
# 83
Portugal :
1,900,000 hectares
1998
Portuguese Agriculture
# 84
Malaysia :
1,820,000 hectares
1998
Malaysian Agriculture
# 85
Libya :
1,815,000 hectares
1998
Libyan Agriculture
# 86
Azerbaijan :
1,809,700 hectares
1998
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 87
Nicaragua :
1,800,000 hectares
1998
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 88
Moldova :
1,798,000 hectares
1998
Moldovan Agriculture
# 89
Korea, South :
1,708,000 hectares
1998
Korean Agriculture
# 90
Turkmenistan :
1,650,000 hectares
1998
Turkmen Agriculture
# 91
Ecuador :
1,602,000 hectares
1998
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 92
Yemen :
1,564,000 hectares
1998
Yemeni Agriculture
# 93
New Zealand :
1,555,000 hectares
1998
New Zealand Agriculture
# 94
Slovakia :
1,547,000 hectares
1998
Slovak Agriculture
# 95
Honduras :
1,520,000 hectares
1998
Honduran Agriculture
# 96
Croatia :
1,458,000 hectares
1998
Croatian Agriculture
# 97
Austria :
1,404,000 hectares
1998
Austrian Agriculture
# 98
Guatemala :
1,380,000 hectares
1998
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 99
Kyrgyzstan :
1,360,000 hectares
1998
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 100
Uruguay :
1,350,000 hectares
1998
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 101
Mongolia :
1,321,000 hectares
1998
Mongolian Agriculture
# 102
Ireland :
1,085,000 hectares
1998
Irish Agriculture
# 103
Dominican Republic :
1,070,000 hectares
1998
Dominican Agriculture
# 104
Latvia :
1,059,000 hectares
1998
Latvian Agriculture
# 105
Somalia :
1,043,000 hectares
1998
Somali Agriculture
# 106
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
950,000 hectares
1998
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 107
Burundi :
950,000 hectares
1998
Burundian Agriculture
# 108
Guinea :
940,000 hectares
1998
Guinean Agriculture
# 109
Netherlands :
906,000 hectares
1998
Dutch Agriculture
# 110
Norway :
903,000 hectares
1998
Norwegian Agriculture
# 111
Tajikistan :
900,000 hectares
1998
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 112
Estonia :
887,000 hectares
1998
Estonian Agriculture
# 113
Sri Lanka :
869,000 hectares
1998
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 114
Laos :
862,000 hectares
1998
Lao Agriculture
# 115
Rwanda :
820,000 hectares
1998
Rwandan Agriculture
# 116
Namibia :
816,000 hectares
1998
Namibian Agriculture
# 117
Belgium :
811,000 hectares
1998
Belgian Agriculture
# 118
Georgia :
792,000 hectares
1998
Georgian Agriculture
# 119
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
1998
Haitian Agriculture
# 120
El Salvador :
600,000 hectares
1998
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 121
Macedonia, Republic of :
587,000 hectares
1998
Macedonian Agriculture
# 122
Albania :
577,000 hectares
1998
Albanian Agriculture
# 123
Panama :
520,000 hectares
1998
Panamanian Agriculture
# 124
Eritrea :
498,000 hectares
1998
Eritrean Agriculture
# 125
Armenia :
495,000 hectares
1998
Armenian Agriculture
# 126
Congo, Republic of the :
491,000 hectares
1998
Congolese Agriculture
# 127
Mauritania :
488,000 hectares
1998
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 128
Sierra Leone :
484,000 hectares
1998
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 129
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
1998
Guyanese Agriculture
# 130
Switzerland :
415,000 hectares
1998
Swiss Agriculture
# 131
Liberia :
380,000 hectares
1998
Liberian Agriculture
# 132
Botswana :
377,000 hectares
1998
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 133
Israel :
335,000 hectares
1998
Israeli Agriculture
# 134
Gabon :
325,000 hectares
1998
Gabonese Agriculture
# 135
Lesotho :
325,000 hectares
1998
Basotho Agriculture
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
1998
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Costa Rica :
225,000 hectares
1998
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 138
Gambia, The :
220,000 hectares
1998
Gambian Agriculture
# 139
Fiji :
200,000 hectares
1998
Fijian Agriculture
# 140
Papua New Guinea :
199,000 hectares
1998
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 141
Jordan :
189,800 hectares
1998
Jordanian Agriculture
# 142
Lebanon :
187,000 hectares
1998
Lebanese Agriculture
# 143
Swaziland :
178,000 hectares
1998
Swazi Agriculture
# 144
Jamaica :
174,000 hectares
1998
Jamaican Agriculture
# 145
Slovenia :
172,000 hectares
1998
Slovenian Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
140,000 hectares
1998
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
1998
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 148
East Timor :
125,000 hectares
1998
Timorese Agriculture
# 149
Cyprus :
101,000 hectares
1998
Cypriot Agriculture
# 150
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
1998
Mauritian Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
78,000 hectares
1998
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
75,000 hectares
1998
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Belize :
64,000 hectares
1998
Belizean Agriculture
# 154
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
1998
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 155
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
1998
Surinamese Agriculture
# 156
Samoa :
55,000 hectares
1998
Samoan Agriculture
# 157
Puerto Rico :
51,500 hectares
1998
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 158
Cape Verde :
44,000 hectares
1998
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 159
Oman :
36,000 hectares
1998
Omani Agriculture
# 160
United Arab Emirates :
36,000 hectares
1998
Emirati Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
1998
- Agriculture
# 162
Solomon Islands :
18,000 hectares
1998
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 163
Qatar :
18,000 hectares
1998
Qatari Agriculture
# 164
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
1998
Barbadian Agriculture
# 165
Tonga :
15,000 hectares
1998
Tongan Agriculture
# 166
Malta :
8,000 hectares
1998
Maltese Agriculture
# 167
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
1998
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 168
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
1998
Barbudan Agriculture
# 169
New Caledonia :
7,000 hectares
1998
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 170
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
1998
Icelandic Agriculture
# 171
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
6,000 hectares
1998
Nevisian Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6,000 hectares
1998
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Bahamas, The :
6,000 hectares
1998
Bahamian Agriculture
# 174
Kuwait :
6,000 hectares
1998
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 175
São Tomé and Príncipe :
5,000 hectares
1998
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 176
Brunei :
5,000 hectares
1998
Bruneian Agriculture
# 177
Micronesia, Federated States of :
4,000 hectares
1998
Micronesian Agriculture
# 178
Palau :
4,000 hectares
1998
Palauan Agriculture
# 179
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
1998
Maldivian Agriculture
# 180
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
1998
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 181
Saint Lucia :
3,000 hectares
1998
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 182
Virgin Islands :
3,000 hectares
1998
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 183
French Polynesia :
3,000 hectares
1998
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 184
Dominica :
3,000 hectares
1998
Dominican Agriculture
# 185
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
1998
Faroese Agriculture
# 186
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
1998
- Agriculture
# 187
Guam :
2,000 hectares
1998
Guamanian Agriculture
# 188
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
1998
Grenadian Agriculture
# 189
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
1998
Aruban Agriculture
# 190
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
1998
American Samoan Agriculture
# 191
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
1998
Bahraini Agriculture
# 192
Marshall Islands :
1,000 hectares
1998
Marshallese Agriculture
# 193
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
1998
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 194
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
1998
Singapore Agriculture
# 195
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
1998
Caymanian Agriculture
# 196
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
1998
Seychellois Agriculture
# 197
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
1998
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 198
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
1998
Andorran Agriculture
# 199
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
1998
Bermudian Agriculture
Total :
1,363,476,000 hectares
Weighted average:
6,851,638.2 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 (1998) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=1998
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