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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 :
175,368,000 hectares
2000
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
160,555,000 hectares
2000
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
124,374,000 hectares
2000
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
2000
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
57,640,000 hectares
2000
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
47,304,000 hectares
2000
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,810,000 hectares
2000
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
32,564,000 hectares
2000
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Nigeria :
28,200,000 hectares
2000
Nigerian Agriculture
# 10
Argentina :
27,800,000 hectares
2000
Argentine Agriculture
# 11
Mexico :
24,800,000 hectares
2000
Mexican Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
23,826,000 hectares
2000
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Kazakhstan :
21,535,000 hectares
2000
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
21,292,000 hectares
2000
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
20,500,000 hectares
2000
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
France :
18,440,000 hectares
2000
French Agriculture
# 17
Sudan :
16,233,000 hectares
2000
Sudanese Agriculture
# 18
Thailand :
15,865,000 hectares
2000
Thai Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
14,824,000 hectares
2000
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
South Africa :
14,753,000 hectares
2000
South African Agriculture
# 21
Niger :
14,483,000 hectares
2000
Nigerien Agriculture
# 22
Poland :
13,993,000 hectares
2000
Polish Agriculture
# 23
Spain :
13,400,000 hectares
2000
Spanish Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,804,000 hectares
2000
German Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
10,000,000 hectares
2000
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,909,000 hectares
2000
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,381,000 hectares
2000
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Morocco :
8,767,000 hectares
2000
Moroccan Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
8,479,000 hectares
2000
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Bangladesh :
8,084,000 hectares
2000
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
2000
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,662,000 hectares
2000
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
2000
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Vietnam :
6,200,000 hectares
2000
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 35
Belarus :
6,133,000 hectares
2000
Belarusian Agriculture
# 36
Cameroon :
5,960,000 hectares
2000
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 37
United Kingdom :
5,876,000 hectares
2000
British Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,650,000 hectares
2000
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Iraq :
5,459,000 hectares
2000
Iraqi Agriculture
# 40
Zambia :
5,260,000 hectares
2000
Zambian Agriculture
# 41
Uganda :
5,060,000 hectares
2000
Ugandan Agriculture
# 42
Mali :
4,634,000 hectares
2000
Malian Agriculture
# 43
Hungary :
4,602,000 hectares
2000
Hungarian Agriculture
# 44
Syria :
4,542,000 hectares
2000
Syrian Agriculture
# 45
Kenya :
4,500,000 hectares
2000
Kenyan Agriculture
# 46
Uzbekistan :
4,475,000 hectares
2000
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 47
Japan :
4,474,000 hectares
2000
Japanese Agriculture
# 48
Burkina Faso :
4,040,000 hectares
2000
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 49
Tanzania :
4,000,000 hectares
2000
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 50
Ghana :
3,950,000 hectares
2000
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 51
Mozambique :
3,900,000 hectares
2000
Mozambican Agriculture
# 52
Peru :
3,700,000 hectares
2000
Peruvian Agriculture
# 53
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
2000
Cambodian Agriculture
# 54
Saudi Arabia :
3,592,000 hectares
2000
Saudi Agriculture
# 55
Bulgaria :
3,526,000 hectares
2000
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 56
Chad :
3,520,000 hectares
2000
Chadian Agriculture
# 57
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,406,000 hectares
2000
Serbian Agriculture
# 58
Cuba :
3,224,000 hectares
2000
Cuban Agriculture
# 59
Zimbabwe :
3,220,000 hectares
2000
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 60
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,100,000 hectares
2000
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 61
Czech Republic :
3,082,000 hectares
2000
Czech Agriculture
# 62
Angola :
3,000,000 hectares
2000
Angolan Agriculture
# 63
Bolivia :
2,928,000 hectares
2000
Bolivian Agriculture
# 64
Madagascar :
2,900,000 hectares
2000
Malagasy Agriculture
# 65
Lithuania :
2,878,000 hectares
2000
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 66
Tunisia :
2,864,000 hectares
2000
Tunisian Agriculture
# 67
Paraguay :
2,850,000 hectares
2000
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 68
Colombia :
2,818,000 hectares
2000
Colombian Agriculture
# 69
Egypt :
2,801,000 hectares
2000
Egyptian Agriculture
# 70
Greece :
2,741,000 hectares
2000
Greek Agriculture
# 71
Sweden :
2,706,000 hectares
2000
Swedish Agriculture
# 72
Korea, North :
2,600,000 hectares
2000
Korean Agriculture
# 73
Venezuela :
2,595,000 hectares
2000
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 74
Togo :
2,510,000 hectares
2000
Togolese Agriculture
# 75
Benin :
2,380,000 hectares
2000
Beninese Agriculture
# 76
Senegal :
2,355,000 hectares
2000
Senegalese Agriculture
# 77
Nepal :
2,324,000 hectares
2000
Nepalese Agriculture
# 78
Denmark :
2,281,000 hectares
2000
Danish Agriculture
# 79
Finland :
2,183,000 hectares
2000
Finnish Agriculture
# 80
Malawi :
2,100,000 hectares
2000
Malawian Agriculture
# 81
Chile :
1,979,000 hectares
2000
Chilean Agriculture
# 82
Central African Republic :
1,930,000 hectares
2000
Central African Agriculture
# 83
Nicaragua :
1,917,000 hectares
2000
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 84
Turkmenistan :
1,850,000 hectares
2000
Turkmen Agriculture
# 85
Moldova :
1,827,000 hectares
2000
Moldovan Agriculture
# 86
Azerbaijan :
1,825,600 hectares
2000
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 87
Malaysia :
1,820,000 hectares
2000
Malaysian Agriculture
# 88
Libya :
1,815,000 hectares
2000
Libyan Agriculture
# 89
Portugal :
1,800,000 hectares
2000
Portuguese Agriculture
# 90
Korea, South :
1,718,000 hectares
2000
Korean Agriculture
# 91
Ecuador :
1,616,000 hectares
2000
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 92
Yemen :
1,545,000 hectares
2000
Yemeni Agriculture
# 93
Slovakia :
1,528,000 hectares
2000
Slovak Agriculture
# 94
New Zealand :
1,500,000 hectares
2000
New Zealand Agriculture
# 95
Croatia :
1,458,000 hectares
2000
Croatian Agriculture
# 96
Austria :
1,399,000 hectares
2000
Austrian Agriculture
# 97
Guatemala :
1,395,000 hectares
2000
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 98
Uruguay :
1,373,000 hectares
2000
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 99
Kyrgyzstan :
1,356,000 hectares
2000
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 100
Mongolia :
1,174,000 hectares
2000
Mongolian Agriculture
# 101
Dominican Republic :
1,096,000 hectares
2000
Dominican Agriculture
# 102
Ireland :
1,077,000 hectares
2000
Irish Agriculture
# 103
Honduras :
1,068,000 hectares
2000
Honduran Agriculture
# 104
Somalia :
1,043,000 hectares
2000
Somali Agriculture
# 105
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,000,000 hectares
2000
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 106
Guinea :
975,000 hectares
2000
Guinean Agriculture
# 107
Latvia :
970,000 hectares
2000
Latvian Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
960,000 hectares
2000
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Tajikistan :
930,000 hectares
2000
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 110
Netherlands :
910,000 hectares
2000
Dutch Agriculture
# 111
Rwanda :
900,000 hectares
2000
Rwandan Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
895,000 hectares
2000
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Norway :
884,000 hectares
2000
Norwegian Agriculture
# 114
Laos :
877,000 hectares
2000
Lao Agriculture
# 115
Belgium :
862,000 hectares
2000
Belgian Agriculture
# 116
Estonia :
843,000 hectares
2000
Estonian Agriculture
# 117
Namibia :
816,000 hectares
2000
Namibian Agriculture
# 118
Georgia :
793,000 hectares
2000
Georgian Agriculture
# 119
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
2000
Haitian Agriculture
# 120
El Salvador :
640,000 hectares
2000
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
578,000 hectares
2000
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Eritrea :
560,000 hectares
2000
Eritrean Agriculture
# 123
Macedonia, Republic of :
555,000 hectares
2000
Macedonian Agriculture
# 124
Panama :
540,000 hectares
2000
Panamanian Agriculture
# 125
Armenia :
495,000 hectares
2000
Armenian Agriculture
# 126
Congo, Republic of the :
490,000 hectares
2000
Congolese Agriculture
# 127
Sierra Leone :
490,000 hectares
2000
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 128
Mauritania :
488,000 hectares
2000
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 129
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
2000
Guyanese Agriculture
# 130
Switzerland :
413,000 hectares
2000
Swiss Agriculture
# 131
Liberia :
380,000 hectares
2000
Liberian Agriculture
# 132
Botswana :
377,000 hectares
2000
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 133
Israel :
338,000 hectares
2000
Israeli Agriculture
# 134
Lesotho :
330,000 hectares
2000
Basotho Agriculture
# 135
Gabon :
325,000 hectares
2000
Gabonese Agriculture
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
2000
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Gambia, The :
285,000 hectares
2000
Gambian Agriculture
# 138
Costa Rica :
225,000 hectares
2000
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 139
Papua New Guinea :
205,000 hectares
2000
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 140
Fiji :
200,000 hectares
2000
Fijian Agriculture
# 141
Jordan :
190,000 hectares
2000
Jordanian Agriculture
# 142
Lebanon :
190,000 hectares
2000
Lebanese Agriculture
# 143
Swaziland :
178,000 hectares
2000
Swazi Agriculture
# 144
Jamaica :
174,000 hectares
2000
Jamaican Agriculture
# 145
Slovenia :
173,000 hectares
2000
Slovenian Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
140,000 hectares
2000
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
2000
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 148
East Timor :
120,000 hectares
2000
Timorese Agriculture
# 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
2000
Mauritian Agriculture
# 150
Cyprus :
98,000 hectares
2000
Cypriot Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
80,000 hectares
2000
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
75,000 hectares
2000
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Belize :
64,000 hectares
2000
Belizean Agriculture
# 154
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
2000
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 155
United Arab Emirates :
60,000 hectares
2000
Emirati Agriculture
# 156
Puerto Rico :
59,700 hectares
2000
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 157
Samoa :
59,000 hectares
2000
Samoan Agriculture
# 158
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
2000
Surinamese Agriculture
# 159
Cape Verde :
44,000 hectares
2000
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 160
Oman :
38,000 hectares
2000
Omani Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
2000
- Agriculture
# 162
Solomon Islands :
18,000 hectares
2000
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 163
Qatar :
18,000 hectares
2000
Qatari Agriculture
# 164
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
2000
Barbadian Agriculture
# 165
Tonga :
15,000 hectares
2000
Tongan Agriculture
# 166
Kuwait :
10,000 hectares
2000
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 167
Brunei :
9,000 hectares
2000
Bruneian Agriculture
# 168
Malta :
8,000 hectares
2000
Maltese Agriculture
# 169
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
2000
Barbudan Agriculture
# 170
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
2000
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 171
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
7,000 hectares
2000
Nevisian Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
7,000 hectares
2000
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
2000
Icelandic Agriculture
# 174
Bahamas, The :
7,000 hectares
2000
Bahamian Agriculture
# 175
New Caledonia :
6,000 hectares
2000
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 176
São Tomé and Príncipe :
6,000 hectares
2000
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 177
Dominica :
5,000 hectares
2000
Dominican Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
2000
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Saint Lucia :
4,000 hectares
2000
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 180
Micronesia, Federated States of :
4,000 hectares
2000
Micronesian Agriculture
# 181
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
2000
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 182
Palau :
4,000 hectares
2000
Palauan Agriculture
# 183
French Polynesia :
3,000 hectares
2000
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 184
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
2000
Faroese Agriculture
# 185
Guam :
2,000 hectares
2000
Guamanian Agriculture
# 186
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
2000
American Samoan Agriculture
# 187
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
2000
Bahraini Agriculture
# 188
Virgin Islands :
2,000 hectares
2000
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 189
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
2000
- Agriculture
# 190
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
2000
Aruban Agriculture
# 191
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
2000
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 192
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
2000
Singapore Agriculture
# 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
2000
Caymanian Agriculture
# 194
Marshall Islands :
1,000 hectares
2000
Marshallese Agriculture
# 195
Grenada :
1,000 hectares
2000
Grenadian Agriculture
# 196
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
2000
Seychellois Agriculture
# 197
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
2000
Bermudian Agriculture
# 198
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
2000
Andorran Agriculture
# 199
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
2000
Sammarinese Agriculture
Total :
1,359,763,300 hectares
Weighted average:
6,832,981.4 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 (2000) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=2000
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