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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 :
174,448,000 hectares
2005
American Agriculture
# 2
India :
159,650,000 hectares
2005
Indian Agriculture
# 3
Russia :
121,781,000 hectares
2005
Russian Agriculture
# 4
Australia :
49,402,000 hectares
2005
Australian Agriculture
# 5
Ukraine :
32,452,000 hectares
2005
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 6
Turkey :
23,830,000 hectares
2005
Turkish Agriculture
# 7
Indonesia :
23,000,000 hectares
2005
Indonesian Agriculture
# 8
Kazakhstan :
22,364,000 hectares
2005
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 9
Pakistan :
21,275,000 hectares
2005
Pakistani Agriculture
# 10
France :
18,507,000 hectares
2005
French Agriculture
# 11
Iran :
16,100,000 hectares
2005
Iranian Agriculture
# 12
Spain :
13,700,000 hectares
2005
Spanish Agriculture
# 13
Poland :
12,141,000 hectares
2005
Polish Agriculture
# 14
Germany :
11,903,000 hectares
2005
German Agriculture
# 15
Romania :
9,288,000 hectares
2005
Romanian Agriculture
# 16
Bangladesh :
7,955,000 hectares
2005
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 17
Italy :
7,744,000 hectares
2005
Italian Agriculture
# 18
Vietnam :
6,600,000 hectares
2005
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 19
United Kingdom :
5,729,000 hectares
2005
British Agriculture
# 20
Belarus :
5,455,000 hectares
2005
Belarusian Agriculture
# 21
Syria :
4,873,000 hectares
2005
Syrian Agriculture
# 22
Mali :
4,800,000 hectares
2005
Malian Agriculture
# 23
Hungary :
4,600,000 hectares
2005
Hungarian Agriculture
# 24
Japan :
4,360,000 hectares
2005
Japanese Agriculture
# 25
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
2005
Cambodian Agriculture
# 26
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,505,000 hectares
2005
Serbian Agriculture
# 27
Bulgaria :
3,173,000 hectares
2005
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 28
Czech Republic :
3,047,000 hectares
2005
Czech Agriculture
# 29
Egypt :
3,000,000 hectares
2005
Egyptian Agriculture
# 30
Korea, North :
2,800,000 hectares
2005
Korean Agriculture
# 31
Sweden :
2,703,000 hectares
2005
Swedish Agriculture
# 32
Greece :
2,627,000 hectares
2005
Greek Agriculture
# 33
Nepal :
2,357,000 hectares
2005
Nepalese Agriculture
# 34
Denmark :
2,237,000 hectares
2005
Danish Agriculture
# 35
Finland :
2,234,000 hectares
2005
Finnish Agriculture
# 36
Colombia :
2,004,000 hectares
2005
Colombian Agriculture
# 37
Lithuania :
1,906,000 hectares
2005
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 38
Moldova :
1,848,000 hectares
2005
Moldovan Agriculture
# 39
Azerbaijan :
1,843,200 hectares
2005
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 40
Korea, South :
1,635,000 hectares
2005
Korean Agriculture
# 41
Portugal :
1,534,000 hectares
2005
Portuguese Agriculture
# 42
Slovakia :
1,391,000 hectares
2005
Slovak Agriculture
# 43
Austria :
1,387,000 hectares
2005
Austrian Agriculture
# 44
Ecuador :
1,348,000 hectares
2005
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 45
Kyrgyzstan :
1,284,000 hectares
2005
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 46
Ireland :
1,215,000 hectares
2005
Irish Agriculture
# 47
Croatia :
1,110,000 hectares
2005
Croatian Agriculture
# 48
Latvia :
1,092,000 hectares
2005
Latvian Agriculture
# 49
Laos :
1,000,000 hectares
2005
Lao Agriculture
# 50
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,000,000 hectares
2005
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 51
Netherlands :
908,000 hectares
2005
Dutch Agriculture
# 52
Norway :
859,000 hectares
2005
Norwegian Agriculture
# 53
Belgium :
844,000 hectares
2005
Belgian Agriculture
# 54
Georgia :
802,000 hectares
2005
Georgian Agriculture
# 55
Estonia :
591,000 hectares
2005
Estonian Agriculture
# 56
Albania :
578,000 hectares
2005
Albanian Agriculture
# 57
Macedonia, Republic of :
566,000 hectares
2005
Macedonian Agriculture
# 58
Armenia :
495,000 hectares
2005
Armenian Agriculture
# 59
Switzerland :
410,000 hectares
2005
Swiss Agriculture
# 60
Israel :
317,000 hectares
2005
Israeli Agriculture
# 61
Jordan :
184,000 hectares
2005
Jordanian Agriculture
# 62
Slovenia :
176,000 hectares
2005
Slovenian Agriculture
# 63
Bhutan :
159,000 hectares
2005
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 64
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
2005
Mauritian Agriculture
# 65
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
2005
Cypriot Agriculture
# 66
Puerto Rico :
71,000 hectares
2005
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 67
Luxembourg :
60,000 hectares
2005
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 68
Qatar :
18,000 hectares
2005
Qatari Agriculture
# 69
Kuwait :
15,000 hectares
2005
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 70
Brunei :
14,000 hectares
2005
Bruneian Agriculture
# 71
Malta :
9,000 hectares
2005
Maltese Agriculture
# 72
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
2005
Icelandic Agriculture
# 73
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
2005
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 74
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
2005
Bahraini Agriculture
# 75
Marshall Islands :
2,000 hectares
2005
Marshallese Agriculture
# 76
Singapore :
600 hectares
2005
Singapore Agriculture
Total :
822,228,800 hectares
Weighted average:
10,818,800.0 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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CITATION
"Arable land > hectares (2005) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_ara_lan_hec-agriculture-arable-land-hectares&date=2005
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