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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 :
175,400,000 hectares
2001
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
159,940,000 hectares
2001
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
123,860,000 hectares
2001
Russian Agriculture
# 4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
2001
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
58,865,000 hectares
2001
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
49,807,000 hectares
2001
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,880,000 hectares
2001
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
32,537,000 hectares
2001
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Nigeria :
28,500,000 hectares
2001
Nigerian Agriculture
# 10
Argentina :
27,800,000 hectares
2001
Argentine Agriculture
# 11
Mexico :
24,800,000 hectares
2001
Mexican Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
23,801,000 hectares
2001
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Kazakhstan :
22,133,000 hectares
2001
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 14
Indonesia :
22,000,000 hectares
2001
Indonesian Agriculture
# 15
Pakistan :
21,488,000 hectares
2001
Pakistani Agriculture
# 16
France :
18,447,000 hectares
2001
French Agriculture
# 17
Sudan :
16,233,000 hectares
2001
Sudanese Agriculture
# 18
Thailand :
15,870,000 hectares
2001
Thai Agriculture
# 19
Iran :
14,768,000 hectares
2001
Iranian Agriculture
# 20
South Africa :
14,753,000 hectares
2001
South African Agriculture
# 21
Niger :
14,483,000 hectares
2001
Nigerien Agriculture
# 22
Poland :
13,584,000 hectares
2001
Polish Agriculture
# 23
Spain :
13,064,000 hectares
2001
Spanish Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,813,000 hectares
2001
German Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
10,712,000 hectares
2001
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
9,990,000 hectares
2001
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,371,000 hectares
2001
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Morocco :
8,482,000 hectares
2001
Moroccan Agriculture
# 29
Italy :
8,339,000 hectares
2001
Italian Agriculture
# 30
Bangladesh :
8,055,000 hectares
2001
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 31
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
2001
Afghan Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,583,000 hectares
2001
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
2001
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Vietnam :
6,649,000 hectares
2001
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 35
Cameroon :
5,960,000 hectares
2001
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 36
Iraq :
5,750,000 hectares
2001
Iraqi Agriculture
# 37
Belarus :
5,721,000 hectares
2001
Belarusian Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,700,000 hectares
2001
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
United Kingdom :
5,651,000 hectares
2001
British Agriculture
# 40
Zambia :
5,260,000 hectares
2001
Zambian Agriculture
# 41
Uganda :
5,100,000 hectares
2001
Ugandan Agriculture
# 42
Mali :
4,660,000 hectares
2001
Malian Agriculture
# 43
Syria :
4,635,000 hectares
2001
Syrian Agriculture
# 44
Hungary :
4,606,000 hectares
2001
Hungarian Agriculture
# 45
Kenya :
4,600,000 hectares
2001
Kenyan Agriculture
# 46
Burkina Faso :
4,540,000 hectares
2001
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 47
Uzbekistan :
4,485,000 hectares
2001
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 48
Japan :
4,445,000 hectares
2001
Japanese Agriculture
# 49
Ghana :
4,060,000 hectares
2001
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 50
Mozambique :
4,000,000 hectares
2001
Mozambican Agriculture
# 51
Tanzania :
4,000,000 hectares
2001
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 52
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
2001
Cambodian Agriculture
# 53
Peru :
3,700,000 hectares
2001
Peruvian Agriculture
# 54
Saudi Arabia :
3,600,000 hectares
2001
Saudi Agriculture
# 55
Chad :
3,600,000 hectares
2001
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Bulgaria :
3,467,000 hectares
2001
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 57
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,402,000 hectares
2001
Serbian Agriculture
# 58
Cuba :
3,285,000 hectares
2001
Cuban Agriculture
# 59
Zimbabwe :
3,220,000 hectares
2001
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 60
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,100,000 hectares
2001
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 61
Czech Republic :
3,076,000 hectares
2001
Czech Agriculture
# 62
Paraguay :
3,020,000 hectares
2001
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 63
Angola :
3,000,000 hectares
2001
Angolan Agriculture
# 64
Madagascar :
2,950,000 hectares
2001
Malagasy Agriculture
# 65
Bolivia :
2,900,000 hectares
2001
Bolivian Agriculture
# 66
Egypt :
2,861,000 hectares
2001
Egyptian Agriculture
# 67
Tunisia :
2,774,000 hectares
2001
Tunisian Agriculture
# 68
Greece :
2,720,000 hectares
2001
Greek Agriculture
# 69
Sweden :
2,694,000 hectares
2001
Swedish Agriculture
# 70
Korea, North :
2,600,000 hectares
2001
Korean Agriculture
# 71
Venezuela :
2,598,000 hectares
2001
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 72
Togo :
2,510,000 hectares
2001
Togolese Agriculture
# 73
Senegal :
2,460,000 hectares
2001
Senegalese Agriculture
# 74
Benin :
2,450,000 hectares
2001
Beninese Agriculture
# 75
Colombia :
2,434,000 hectares
2001
Colombian Agriculture
# 76
Nepal :
2,357,000 hectares
2001
Nepalese Agriculture
# 77
Denmark :
2,292,000 hectares
2001
Danish Agriculture
# 78
Malawi :
2,200,000 hectares
2001
Malawian Agriculture
# 79
Finland :
2,188,000 hectares
2001
Finnish Agriculture
# 80
Chile :
1,982,000 hectares
2001
Chilean Agriculture
# 81
Central African Republic :
1,930,000 hectares
2001
Central African Agriculture
# 82
Nicaragua :
1,920,000 hectares
2001
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 83
Turkmenistan :
1,850,000 hectares
2001
Turkmen Agriculture
# 84
Moldova :
1,849,000 hectares
2001
Moldovan Agriculture
# 85
Azerbaijan :
1,835,700 hectares
2001
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 86
Libya :
1,815,000 hectares
2001
Libyan Agriculture
# 87
Malaysia :
1,800,000 hectares
2001
Malaysian Agriculture
# 88
Korea, South :
1,689,000 hectares
2001
Korean Agriculture
# 89
Lithuania :
1,631,000 hectares
2001
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 90
Portugal :
1,599,000 hectares
2001
Portuguese Agriculture
# 91
Ecuador :
1,500,000 hectares
2001
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 92
New Zealand :
1,500,000 hectares
2001
New Zealand Agriculture
# 93
Yemen :
1,466,000 hectares
2001
Yemeni Agriculture
# 94
Croatia :
1,459,000 hectares
2001
Croatian Agriculture
# 95
Slovakia :
1,442,000 hectares
2001
Slovak Agriculture
# 96
Guatemala :
1,405,000 hectares
2001
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 97
Austria :
1,387,000 hectares
2001
Austrian Agriculture
# 98
Uruguay :
1,370,000 hectares
2001
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 99
Kyrgyzstan :
1,344,000 hectares
2001
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 100
Mongolia :
1,198,000 hectares
2001
Mongolian Agriculture
# 101
Ireland :
1,188,000 hectares
2001
Irish Agriculture
# 102
Dominican Republic :
1,096,000 hectares
2001
Dominican Agriculture
# 103
Honduras :
1,068,000 hectares
2001
Honduran Agriculture
# 104
Somalia :
1,045,000 hectares
2001
Somali Agriculture
# 105
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,010,000 hectares
2001
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 106
Rwanda :
1,000,000 hectares
2001
Rwandan Agriculture
# 107
Guinea :
1,000,000 hectares
2001
Guinean Agriculture
# 108
Burundi :
975,000 hectares
2001
Burundian Agriculture
# 109
Latvia :
958,000 hectares
2001
Latvian Agriculture
# 110
Tajikistan :
930,000 hectares
2001
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 111
Netherlands :
905,000 hectares
2001
Dutch Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
896,000 hectares
2001
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Norway :
886,000 hectares
2001
Norwegian Agriculture
# 114
Laos :
880,000 hectares
2001
Lao Agriculture
# 115
Belgium :
845,000 hectares
2001
Belgian Agriculture
# 116
Namibia :
816,000 hectares
2001
Namibian Agriculture
# 117
Georgia :
795,000 hectares
2001
Georgian Agriculture
# 118
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
2001
Haitian Agriculture
# 119
Estonia :
677,000 hectares
2001
Estonian Agriculture
# 120
El Salvador :
660,000 hectares
2001
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
578,000 hectares
2001
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Macedonia, Republic of :
566,000 hectares
2001
Macedonian Agriculture
# 123
Eritrea :
562,000 hectares
2001
Eritrean Agriculture
# 124
Panama :
548,000 hectares
2001
Panamanian Agriculture
# 125
Sierra Leone :
500,000 hectares
2001
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 126
Armenia :
495,000 hectares
2001
Armenian Agriculture
# 127
Congo, Republic of the :
490,000 hectares
2001
Congolese Agriculture
# 128
Mauritania :
488,000 hectares
2001
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 129
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
2001
Guyanese Agriculture
# 130
Switzerland :
412,000 hectares
2001
Swiss Agriculture
# 131
Liberia :
380,000 hectares
2001
Liberian Agriculture
# 132
Botswana :
377,000 hectares
2001
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 133
Israel :
342,000 hectares
2001
Israeli Agriculture
# 134
Lesotho :
330,000 hectares
2001
Basotho Agriculture
# 135
Gabon :
325,000 hectares
2001
Gabonese Agriculture
# 136
Gambia, The :
315,000 hectares
2001
Gambian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
2001
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Costa Rica :
225,000 hectares
2001
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 139
Papua New Guinea :
210,000 hectares
2001
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 140
Fiji :
200,000 hectares
2001
Fijian Agriculture
# 141
Jordan :
192,000 hectares
2001
Jordanian Agriculture
# 142
Swaziland :
178,000 hectares
2001
Swazi Agriculture
# 143
Jamaica :
174,000 hectares
2001
Jamaican Agriculture
# 144
Slovenia :
173,000 hectares
2001
Slovenian Agriculture
# 145
Lebanon :
170,000 hectares
2001
Lebanese Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
147,000 hectares
2001
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
2001
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 148
East Timor :
122,000 hectares
2001
Timorese Agriculture
# 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
2001
Mauritian Agriculture
# 150
Cyprus :
98,000 hectares
2001
Cypriot Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
80,000 hectares
2001
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
75,000 hectares
2001
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
United Arab Emirates :
71,000 hectares
2001
Emirati Agriculture
# 154
Belize :
65,000 hectares
2001
Belizean Agriculture
# 155
Puerto Rico :
64,900 hectares
2001
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 156
Luxembourg :
62,000 hectares
2001
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 157
Samoa :
60,000 hectares
2001
Samoan Agriculture
# 158
Suriname :
57,000 hectares
2001
Surinamese Agriculture
# 159
Cape Verde :
44,000 hectares
2001
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 160
Oman :
38,000 hectares
2001
Omani Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
2001
- Agriculture
# 162
Qatar :
18,000 hectares
2001
Qatari Agriculture
# 163
Solomon Islands :
18,000 hectares
2001
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 164
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
2001
Barbadian Agriculture
# 165
Tonga :
15,000 hectares
2001
Tongan Agriculture
# 166
Kuwait :
13,000 hectares
2001
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 167
Brunei :
11,000 hectares
2001
Bruneian Agriculture
# 168
Malta :
9,000 hectares
2001
Maltese Agriculture
# 169
Bahamas, The :
8,000 hectares
2001
Bahamian Agriculture
# 170
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
2001
Barbudan Agriculture
# 171
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
2001
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
7,000 hectares
2001
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 173
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
7,000 hectares
2001
Nevisian Agriculture
# 174
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
2001
Icelandic Agriculture
# 175
São Tomé and Príncipe :
6,000 hectares
2001
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 176
New Caledonia :
5,000 hectares
2001
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 177
Dominica :
5,000 hectares
2001
Dominican Agriculture
# 178
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
2001
Maldivian Agriculture
# 179
Micronesia, Federated States of :
4,000 hectares
2001
Micronesian Agriculture
# 180
Palau :
4,000 hectares
2001
Palauan Agriculture
# 181
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
2001
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 182
Saint Lucia :
4,000 hectares
2001
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 183
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
2001
Faroese Agriculture
# 184
French Polynesia :
3,000 hectares
2001
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 185
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
2001
Grenadian Agriculture
# 186
Guam :
2,000 hectares
2001
Guamanian Agriculture
# 187
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
2001
- Agriculture
# 188
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
2001
American Samoan Agriculture
# 189
Virgin Islands :
2,000 hectares
2001
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 190
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
2001
Bahraini Agriculture
# 191
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
2001
Aruban Agriculture
# 192
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
2001
Caymanian Agriculture
# 193
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
2001
Seychellois Agriculture
# 194
Marshall Islands :
1,000 hectares
2001
Marshallese Agriculture
# 195
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
2001
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 196
Singapore :
1,000 hectares
2001
Singapore Agriculture
# 197
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
2001
Bermudian Agriculture
# 198
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
2001
Andorran Agriculture
# 199
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
2001
Sammarinese Agriculture
Total :
1,364,179,600 hectares
Weighted average:
6,855,173.9 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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