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SOURCE
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
DEFINITION
The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
Geography Statistics > Land use > Arable land (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 |
Bangladesh: |
55.39 %
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| #2 |
Moldova: |
54.52 %
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| #3 |
Ukraine: |
53.8 %
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| #4 |
Denmark: |
52.59 %
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| #5 |
Hungary: |
49.58 %
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| #6 |
Mauritius: |
49.02 %
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| #7 |
India: |
48.83 %
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| #8 |
Rwanda: |
45.56 %
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| #9 |
Lithuania: |
44.81 %
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|
| #10 |
Togo: |
44.2 %
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|
| #11 |
Poland: |
40.25 %
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| #12 |
Romania: |
39.49 %
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| #13 |
Czech Republic: |
38.82 %
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| #14 |
Barbados: |
37.21 %
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| #15 |
Comoros: |
35.87 %
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| #16 |
Burundi: |
35.57 %
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| #17 |
France: |
33.46 %
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| #18 |
Germany: |
33.13 %
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| #19 |
Nigeria: |
33.02 %
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| #20 |
El Salvador: |
31.37 %
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| #21 |
Malta: |
31.25 %
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| #22 |
Bulgaria: |
29.94 %
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| #23 |
Turkey: |
29.81 %
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| #24 |
Slovakia: |
29.23 %
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| #25 |
Gaza Strip: |
29 %
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| #26 |
Latvia: |
28.19 %
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| #27 |
Haiti: |
28.11 %
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| #28 |
Gambia, The: |
27.88 %
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| #29 |
Cuba: |
27.63 %
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| #30 |
Thailand: |
27.54 %
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| #31 |
Belgium: |
27.42 %
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| #32 |
Spain: |
27.18 %
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|
| #33 |
Belarus: |
26.77 %
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|
| #34 |
Italy: |
26.41 %
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|
| #35 |
Croatia: |
25.82 %
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|
| #36 |
Liechtenstein: |
25 %
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| #37 |
Syria: |
24.8 %
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|
| #38 |
Pakistan: |
24.44 %
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|
| #39 |
Taiwan: |
24 %
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|
| #40 |
Luxembourg: |
23.94 %
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|
| #41 |
Benin: |
23.53 %
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|
| #42 |
United Kingdom: |
23.23 %
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|
| #43 |
Dominican Republic: |
22.49 %
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|
| #44 |
Korea, North: |
22.4 %
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| #45 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
22.01 %
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|
| #46 |
Netherlands: |
21.96 %
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|
| #47 |
Uganda: |
21.57 %
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|
| #48 |
Samoa: |
21.13 %
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|
| #49 |
Malawi: |
20.68 %
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|
| #50 |
Azerbaijan: |
20.62 %
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|
| #51 |
Greece: |
20.45 %
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|
| #52 |
Cambodia: |
20.44 %
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|
| #53 |
Vietnam: |
20.14 %
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|
| #54 |
Albania: |
20.1 %
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|
| #55 |
Tonga: |
20 %
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|
| #56 |
Bermuda: |
20 %
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|
| #57 |
Montserrat: |
20 %
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| #58 |
British Virgin Islands: |
20 %
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| #59 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
19.61 %
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| #60 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
19.44 %
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| #61 |
Philippines: |
19 %
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|
| #62 |
Morocco: |
19 %
|
|
| #63 |
Antigua and Barbuda: |
18.18 %
|
|
| #64 |
United States: |
18.01 %
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|
| #65 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
17.95 %
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|
| #66 |
Burkina Faso: |
17.66 %
|
|
| #67 |
Ghana: |
17.54 %
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| #68 |
Portugal: |
17.29 %
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|
| #69 |
Tunisia: |
17.05 %
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|
| #70 |
West Bank: |
16.9 %
|
|
| #71 |
Ireland: |
16.82 %
|
|
| #72 |
Armenia: |
16.78 %
|
|
| #73 |
San Marino: |
16.67 %
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|
| #74 |
Cook Islands: |
16.67 %
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|
| #75 |
Austria: |
16.59 %
|
|
| #76 |
Korea, South: |
16.58 %
|
|
| #77 |
Lebanon: |
16.35 %
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|
| #78 |
Nepal: |
16.07 %
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|
| #79 |
Jamaica: |
15.83 %
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|
| #80 |
Israel: |
15.45 %
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|
| #81 |
Burma: |
14.92 %
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|
| #82 |
China: |
14.86 %
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|
| #83 |
Nicaragua: |
14.81 %
|
|
| #84 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
14.62 %
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|
| #85 |
Sri Lanka: |
13.96 %
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|
| #86 |
Maldives: |
13.33 %
|
|
| #87 |
Guatemala: |
13.22 %
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|
| #88 |
Iraq: |
13.12 %
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|
| #89 |
Northern Mariana Islands: |
13.04 %
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| #90 |
Saint Helena: |
12.9 %
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|
| #91 |
Mexico: |
12.66 %
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|
| #92 |
Cameroon: |
12.54 %
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|
| #93 |
Senegal: |
12.51 %
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|
| #94 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
12.5 %
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|
| #95 |
Afghanistan: |
12.13 %
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|
| #96 |
South Africa: |
12.1 %
|
|
| #97 |
Estonia: |
12.05 %
|
|
| #98 |
Japan: |
11.64 %
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|
| #99 |
Niue: |
11.54 %
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|
| #100 |
Georgia: |
11.51 %
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|
| #101 |
Niger: |
11.43 %
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|
| #102 |
Cape Verde: |
11.41 %
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|
| #103 |
Marshall Islands: |
11.11 %
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|
| #104 |
Indonesia: |
11.03 %
|
|
| #105 |
Fiji: |
10.95 %
|
|
| #106 |
Lesotho: |
10.87 %
|
|
| #107 |
Cyprus: |
10.81 %
|
|
| #108 |
Aruba: |
10.53 %
|
|
| #109 |
Uzbekistan: |
10.51 %
|
|
| #110 |
Swaziland: |
10.25 %
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|
| #111 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
10.23 %
|
|
| #112 |
Argentina: |
10.03 %
|
|
| #113 |
Ethiopia: |
10.01 %
|
|
| #114 |
Netherlands Antilles: |
10 %
|
|
| #115 |
American Samoa: |
10 %
|
|
| #116 |
Switzerland: |
9.91 %
|
|
| #117 |
Iran: |
9.78 %
|
|
| #118 |
Honduras: |
9.53 %
|
|
| #119 |
Man, Isle of: |
9 %
|
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| #120 |
Palau: |
8.7 %
|
|
| #121 |
Slovenia: |
8.53 %
|
|
| #122 |
São Tomé and Príncipe: |
8.33 %
|
|
| #123 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
8.31 %
|
|
| #124 |
Kazakhstan: |
8.28 %
|
|
| #125 |
Zimbabwe: |
8.24 %
|
|
| #126 |
East Timor: |
8.2 %
|
|
| #127 |
Kenya: |
8.01 %
|
|
| #128 |
Sierra Leone: |
7.95 %
|
|
| #129 |
Uruguay: |
7.77 %
|
|
| #130 |
Paraguay: |
7.47 %
|
|
| #131 |
Panama: |
7.26 %
|
|
| #132 |
Russia: |
7.17 %
|
|
| #133 |
Wallis and Futuna: |
7.14 %
|
|
| #134 |
Zambia: |
6.99 %
|
|
| #135 |
Brazil: |
6.93 %
|
|
| #136 |
Sudan: |
6.78 %
|
|
| #137 |
Dominica: |
6.67 %
|
|
| #138 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
6.55 %
|
|
| #139 |
Finland: |
6.54 %
|
|
| #140 |
Tajikistan: |
6.52 %
|
|
| #141 |
Saint Lucia: |
6.45 %
|
|
| #142 |
Australia: |
6.15 %
|
|
| #143 |
Sweden: |
5.93 %
|
|
| #144 |
Grenada: |
5.88 %
|
|
| #145 |
Virgin Islands: |
5.71 %
|
|
| #146 |
Ecuador: |
5.71 %
|
|
| #147 |
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
5.71 %
|
|
| #148 |
New Zealand: |
5.54 %
|
|
| #149 |
Malaysia: |
5.46 %
|
|
| #150 |
Mozambique: |
5.43 %
|
|
| #151 |
Hong Kong: |
5.05 %
|
|
| #152 |
Madagascar: |
5.03 %
|
|
| #153 |
Eritrea: |
4.78 %
|
|
| #154 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
4.63 %
|
|
| #155 |
Canada: |
4.57 %
|
|
| #156 |
Turkmenistan: |
4.51 %
|
|
| #157 |
Guinea: |
4.47 %
|
|
| #158 |
Costa Rica: |
4.4 %
|
|
| #159 |
Tanzania: |
4.23 %
|
|
| #160 |
Laos: |
4.01 %
|
|
| #161 |
Cayman Islands: |
3.85 %
|
|
| #162 |
Mali: |
3.76 %
|
|
| #163 |
Puerto Rico: |
3.69 %
|
|
| #164 |
Guam: |
3.64 %
|
|
| #165 |
Liberia: |
3.43 %
|
|
| #166 |
Jordan: |
3.32 %
|
|
| #167 |
Algeria: |
3.17 %
|
|
| #168 |
Central African Republic: |
3.1 %
|
|
| #169 |
Belize: |
3.05 %
|
|
| #170 |
Egypt: |
2.92 %
|
|
| #171 |
Yemen: |
2.91 %
|
|
| #172 |
Peru: |
2.88 %
|
|
| #173 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
2.86 %
|
|
| #174 |
Venezuela: |
2.85 %
|
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| #175 |
Bahrain: |
2.82 %
|
|
| #176 |
Chad: |
2.8 %
|
|
| #177 |
Bolivia: |
2.78 %
|
|
| #178 |
Kiribati: |
2.74 %
|
|
| #179 |
Norway: |
2.7 %
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| #180 |
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