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DEFINITION
Permanent cropland is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
Agriculture Statistics > Permanent cropland > % of land area (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
São Tomé and Príncipe :
48.96 % of land area
2003
# 2
Kiribati :
47.95 % of land area
2003
# 3
Micronesia, Federated States of :
45.71 % of land area
2003
# 4
Marshall Islands :
44.44 % of land area
2005
# 5
Maldives :
30 % of land area
2003
# 6
Grenada :
29.41 % of land area
2003
# 7
Samoa :
24.38 % of land area
2003
# 8
Comoros :
23.32 % of land area
2003
# 9
Saint Lucia :
22.95 % of land area
2003
# 10
Dominica :
21.33 % of land area
2003
# 11
Guam :
18.18 % of land area
2003
# 12
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
17.95 % of land area
2003
# 13
Malaysia :
17.61 % of land area
2003
# 14
Philippines :
16.77 % of land area
2003
# 15
Sri Lanka :
15.47 % of land area
2003
# 16
Tonga :
15.28 % of land area
2003
# 17
American Samoa :
15 % of land area
2003
# 18
Burundi :
14.21 % of land area
2003
# 19
Lebanon :
13.98 % of land area
2003
# 20
Tunisia :
13.77 % of land area
2003
# 21
Seychelles :
13.04 % of land area
2003
# 22
El Salvador :
12.07 % of land area
2003
# 23
Haiti :
11.61 % of land area
2003
# 24
Côte d'Ivoire :
11.32 % of land area
2003
# 25
Rwanda :
10.94 % of land area
2003
# 26
Uganda :
10.91 % of land area
2003
# 27
Dominican Republic :
10.33 % of land area
2003
# 28
Jamaica :
10.16 % of land area
2003
# 29
Spain :
9.88 % of land area
2005
# 30
Ghana :
9.67 % of land area
2003
# 31
Trinidad and Tobago :
9.16 % of land area
2003
# 32
Moldova :
9.07 % of land area
2005
# 33
Guinea-Bissau :
8.89 % of land area
2003
# 34
Greece :
8.78 % of land area
2005
# 35
Italy :
8.63 % of land area
2005
# 36
Portugal :
8.46 % of land area
2005
# 37
Vietnam :
7.58 % of land area
2005
# 38
Indonesia :
7.51 % of land area
2005
# 39
New Zealand :
6.99 % of land area
2003
# 40
Vanuatu :
6.97 % of land area
2003
# 41
Thailand :
6.96 % of land area
2003
# 42
Cuba :
6.6 % of land area
2003
# 43
French Polynesia :
6.01 % of land area
2003
# 44
Costa Rica :
5.88 % of land area
2003
= 45
Bahrain :
5.63 % of land area
2005
= 45
Guatemala :
5.63 % of land area
2003
# 47
Puerto Rico :
4.74 % of land area
2005
# 48
Syria :
4.73 % of land area
2005
# 49
Fiji :
4.65 % of land area
2003
# 50
East Timor :
4.57 % of land area
2003
# 51
Antigua and Barbuda :
4.55 % of land area
2003
# 52
Albania :
4.45 % of land area
2005
# 53
Ecuador :
4.39 % of land area
2005
# 54
Palau :
4.35 % of land area
2003
# 55
Cyprus :
4.22 % of land area
2005
# 56
Georgia :
3.8 % of land area
2005
# 57
Turkey :
3.61 % of land area
2005
# 58
Equatorial Guinea :
3.57 % of land area
2003
# 59
Bangladesh :
3.53 % of land area
2005
# 60
Israel :
3.47 % of land area
2005
# 61
India :
3.36 % of land area
2005
# 62
Honduras :
3.22 % of land area
2003
# 63
Nigeria :
3.18 % of land area
2003
# 64
Malta :
3.12 % of land area
2005
# 65
Serbia and Montenegro :
3.11 % of land area
2005
# 66
Czech Republic :
3.08 % of land area
2005
# 67
Mauritius :
2.96 % of land area
2005
# 68
Virgin Islands :
2.86 % of land area
2003
# 69
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.78 % of land area
2003
# 70
Azerbaijan :
2.68 % of land area
2005
# 71
Guinea :
2.65 % of land area
2003
# 72
Cameroon :
2.58 % of land area
2003
# 73
Benin :
2.41 % of land area
2003
# 74
Romania :
2.35 % of land area
2005
# 75
Barbados :
2.33 % of land area
2003
# 76
Hungary :
2.31 % of land area
2005
# 77
Liberia :
2.28 % of land area
2003
# 78
United Arab Emirates :
2.27 % of land area
2003
# 79
Togo :
2.21 % of land area
2003
# 80
Armenia :
2.13 % of land area
2005
# 81
Solomon Islands :
2.11 % of land area
2003
# 82
Croatia :
2.07 % of land area
2005
# 83
France :
2.05 % of land area
2005
# 84
Korea, South :
2.03 % of land area
2005
# 85
Morocco :
2 % of land area
2003
# 86
Panama :
1.98 % of land area
2003
# 87
Nicaragua :
1.94 % of land area
2003
# 88
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1.89 % of land area
2005
# 89
Bulgaria :
1.85 % of land area
2005
# 90
Macedonia, Republic of :
1.81 % of land area
2005
# 91
Korea, North :
1.66 % of land area
2005
# 92
Ukraine :
1.56 % of land area
2005
# 93
Malawi :
1.49 % of land area
2003
# 94
Colombia :
1.45 % of land area
2005
# 95
Papua New Guinea :
1.44 % of land area
2003
# 96
Belize :
1.4 % of land area
2003
# 97
Burma :
1.35 % of land area
2003
# 98
Slovenia :
1.34 % of land area
2005
= 99
Mexico :
1.31 % of land area
2003
= 99
China :
1.31 % of land area
2003
# 101
Tanzania :
1.24 % of land area
2003
# 102
Poland :
1.23 % of land area
2005
# 103
Sierra Leone :
1.05 % of land area
2003
= 104
Madagascar :
1.03 % of land area
2003
= 104
Pakistan :
1.03 % of land area
2005
# 106
Kenya :
0.99 % of land area
2003
= 107
Jordan :
0.97 % of land area
2005
= 107
Netherlands :
0.97 % of land area
2005
# 109
Brunei :
0.95 % of land area
2005
# 110
Iran :
0.92 % of land area
2005
= 111
Nepal :
0.91 % of land area
2005
= 111
Venezuela :
0.91 % of land area
2003
= 111
Tajikistan :
0.91 % of land area
2003
= 111
Japan :
0.91 % of land area
2005
# 115
Brazil :
0.9 % of land area
2003
# 116
Cambodia :
0.88 % of land area
2005
# 117
Swaziland :
0.81 % of land area
2003
= 118
Austria :
0.8 % of land area
2005
= 118
Uzbekistan :
0.8 % of land area
2003
# 120
South Africa :
0.79 % of land area
2003
# 121
Luxembourg :
0.77 % of land area
2005
# 122
Belgium :
0.76 % of land area
2005
# 123
Cape Verde :
0.74 % of land area
2003
= 124
Canada :
0.71 % of land area
2003
= 124
Ethiopia :
0.71 % of land area
2003
# 126
Gabon :
0.66 % of land area
2003
# 127
Lithuania :
0.64 % of land area
2005
# 128
Iraq :
0.62 % of land area
2003
# 129
Switzerland :
0.6 % of land area
2005
# 130
Germany :
0.57 % of land area
2005
# 131
Belarus :
0.56 % of land area
2005
# 132
Slovakia :
0.54 % of land area
2005
# 133
Egypt :
0.52 % of land area
2005
# 134
Gambia, The :
0.5 % of land area
2003
# 135
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.49 % of land area
2003
# 136
Peru :
0.48 % of land area
2003
# 137
Chile :
0.43 % of land area
2003
# 138
Bahamas, The :
0.4 % of land area
2003
= 139
Bhutan :
0.38 % of land area
2005
= 139
Kyrgyzstan :
0.38 % of land area
2005
# 141
Argentina :
0.37 % of land area
2003
# 142
Laos :
0.35 % of land area
2005
# 143
Zimbabwe :
0.34 % of land area
2003
# 144
United States :
0.3 % of land area
2005
= 145
Mozambique :
0.29 % of land area
2003
= 145
Singapore :
0.29 % of land area
2005
= 147
Estonia :
0.28 % of land area
2005
= 147
Algeria :
0.28 % of land area
2003
# 149
Qatar :
0.27 % of land area
2005
# 150
Yemen :
0.25 % of land area
2003
= 151
Paraguay :
0.24 % of land area
2003
= 151
Uruguay :
0.24 % of land area
2003
= 151
Senegal :
0.24 % of land area
2003
# 154
Angola :
0.23 % of land area
2003
= 155
Burkina Faso :
0.22 % of land area
2003
= 155
New Caledonia :
0.22 % of land area
2003
= 157
Afghanistan :
0.21 % of land area
2003
= 157
Latvia :
0.21 % of land area
2005
= 159
Bolivia :
0.19 % of land area
2003
= 159
Libya :
0.19 % of land area
2003
= 159
United Kingdom :
0.19 % of land area
2005
# 162
Sudan :
0.18 % of land area
2003
# 163
Kuwait :
0.17 % of land area
2005
# 164
Denmark :
0.16 % of land area
2005
= 165
Congo, Republic of the :
0.15 % of land area
2003
= 165
Central African Republic :
0.15 % of land area
2003
= 165
Guyana :
0.15 % of land area
2003
= 168
Oman :
0.14 % of land area
2003
= 168
Turkmenistan :
0.14 % of land area
2003
# 170
Lesotho :
0.13 % of land area
2003
# 171
Russia :
0.11 % of land area
2005
# 172
Saudi Arabia :
0.1 % of land area
2003
# 173
Suriname :
0.06 % of land area
2003
# 174
Kazakhstan :
0.05 % of land area
2005
= 175
Australia :
0.04 % of land area
2005
= 175
Zambia :
0.04 % of land area
2003
= 175
Somalia :
0.04 % of land area
2003
= 178
Mali :
0.03 % of land area
2005
= 178
Ireland :
0.03 % of land area
2005
= 178
Eritrea :
0.03 % of land area
2003
= 181
Chad :
0.02 % of land area
2003
= 181
Finland :
0.02 % of land area
2005
= 183
Sweden :
0.01 % of land area
2005
= 183
Mauritania :
0.01 % of land area
2003
= 183
Botswana :
0.01 % of land area
2003
= 183
Niger :
0.01 % of land area
2003
= 183
Namibia :
0.01 % of land area
2003
Weighted average:
4.9 % of land area
DEFINITION: Permanent cropland is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
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