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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
Geography Statistics > Land use > Other (most recent) by country
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2005
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
= 1
Midway Islands :
100%
2001
= 1
Jan Mayen :
100%
2005
= 1
Anguilla :
100%
2005
= 1
Tokelau :
100%
2005
= 1
Christmas Island :
100%
2005
= 1
Navassa Island :
100%
2005
= 1
Spratly Islands :
100%
2005
= 1
Bassas da India :
100%
2001
= 1
Clipperton Island :
100%
2005
= 1
Bouvet Island :
100%
2005
= 1
Juan de Nova Island :
100%
2001
= 1
Cocos (Keeling) Islands :
100%
2005
= 1
Macau :
100%
2005
= 1
Coral Sea Islands :
100%
2005
= 1
Nauru :
100%
2005
= 1
Jarvis Island :
100%
2001
= 1
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands :
100%
2005
= 1
Europa Island :
100%
2001
= 1
Wake Island :
100%
2005
= 1
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) :
100%
2005
= 1
Jersey :
100%
2005
= 1
Baker Island :
100%
2001
= 1
Johnston Atoll :
100%
2001
= 1
French Southern and Antarctic Lands :
100%
2005
= 1
Kingman Reef :
100%
2001
= 1
Gibraltar :
100%
2005
= 1
Palmyra Atoll :
100%
2005
= 1
Greenland :
100%
2005
= 1
Monaco :
100%
2005
= 1
Glorioso Islands :
100%
2001
= 1
Ashmore and Cartier Islands :
100%
2005
= 1
Heard Island and McDonald Islands :
100%
2005
= 1
Paracel Islands :
100%
2005
= 1
Howland Island :
100%
2001
= 1
Svalbard :
100%
2005
= 1
Man, Isle of :
100%
1998
= 1
Tromelin Island :
100%
2001
= 1
British Indian Ocean Territory :
100%
2005
= 1
Holy See (Vatican City) :
100%
2005
= 1
Norfolk Island :
100%
2005
# 42
Western Sahara :
99.98%
2005
# 43
Djibouti :
99.96%
2005
# 44
Iceland :
99.93%
2005
# 45
French Guiana :
99.83%
2005
# 46
Mauritania :
99.79%
2005
# 47
Oman :
99.74%
2005
# 48
Suriname :
99.58%
2005
# 49
New Caledonia :
99.46%
2005
# 50
Botswana :
99.34%
2005
# 51
Mongolia :
99.24%
2005
# 52
Bahamas, The :
99.13%
2005
# 53
Namibia :
99%
2005
# 54
Kuwait :
98.99%
2005
# 55
Libya :
98.78%
2005
# 56
Congo, Republic of the :
98.4%
2005
# 57
Somalia :
98.32%
2005
# 58
Saudi Arabia :
98.24%
2005
# 59
Gabon :
98.15%
2005
# 60
Papua New Guinea :
98.11%
2005
# 61
Qatar :
98.09%
2005
# 62
Andorra :
97.87%
2005
# 63
Faroe Islands :
97.86%
2005
# 64
Turks and Caicos Islands :
97.67%
2005
# 65
Guyana :
97.63%
2005
# 66
Solomon Islands :
97.34%
2005
# 67
Norway :
97.3%
2005
# 68
Bhutan :
97.27%
2005
# 69
Chad :
97.18%
2005
# 70
Angola :
97.12%
2005
# 71
Singapore :
97.06%
2005
# 72
Brunei :
97.05%
2005
# 73
Bolivia :
97.03%
2005
# 74
United Arab Emirates :
96.96%
2005
# 75
Chile :
96.95%
2005
# 76
Yemen :
96.84%
2005
# 77
Central African Republic :
96.75%
2005
# 78
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
96.67%
2005
# 79
Peru :
96.65%
2005
# 80
Colombia :
96.62%
2005
# 81
Egypt :
96.58%
2005
# 82
Algeria :
96.55%
2005
# 83
Venezuela :
96.27%
2005
# 84
Mali :
96.21%
2005
# 85
Cayman Islands :
96.15%
2005
# 86
Laos :
95.65%
2005
# 87
Belize :
95.56%
2005
# 88
Jordan :
95.5%
2005
# 89
Turkmenistan :
95.35%
2005
# 90
Eritrea :
95.19%
2005
# 91
Canada :
94.78%
2005
# 92
Tanzania :
94.61%
2005
# 93
Liberia :
94.59%
2005
# 94
Mozambique :
94.28%
2005
# 95
Sweden :
94.06%
2005
# 96
Madagascar :
93.95%
2005
# 97
Hong Kong :
93.94%
2001
# 98
Australia :
93.81%
2005
# 99
French Polynesia :
93.75%
2005
# 100
Finland :
93.44%
2005
# 101
Kyrgyzstan :
93.17%
2005
# 102
Sudan :
93.05%
2005
# 103
Zambia :
92.97%
2005
# 104
Guinea :
92.89%
2005
# 105
Russia :
92.72%
2005
# 106
Tajikistan :
92.59%
2005
# 107
Paraguay :
92.29%
2005
# 108
Brazil :
92.18%
2005
# 109
Uruguay :
91.99%
2005
# 110
Equatorial Guinea :
91.8%
2005
# 111
Kazakhstan :
91.67%
2005
# 112
Bahrain :
91.55%
2005
= 113
Zimbabwe :
91.43%
2005
= 113
Virgin Islands :
91.43%
2005
# 115
Vanuatu :
91.39%
2005
# 116
Kenya :
91.02%
2005
# 117
Sierra Leone :
91%
2005
# 118
Panama :
90.79%
2005
# 119
Puerto Rico :
90.72%
2005
# 120
Slovenia :
90.04%
2005
# 121
Netherlands Antilles :
90%
2005
# 122
Costa Rica :
89.73%
2005
# 123
Argentina :
89.61%
2005
# 124
Switzerland :
89.51%
2005
# 125
Ecuador :
89.48%
2005
# 126
Aruba :
89.47%
2005
# 127
Ethiopia :
89.34%
2005
# 128
Lesotho :
89%
2005
# 129
Swaziland :
88.94%
2005
# 130
Iran :
88.93%
2005
# 131
Uzbekistan :
88.73%
2005
# 132
Niger :
88.56%
2005
# 133
Cape Verde :
87.85%
2005
# 134
Afghanistan :
87.66%
2005
# 135
Estonia :
87.6%
2005
# 136
New Zealand :
87.54%
2005
# 137
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
87.5%
2005
# 138
Japan :
87.46%
2005
# 139
Honduras :
87.26%
2005
# 140
Senegal :
87.25%
2005
# 141
East Timor :
87.23%
2005
# 142
South Africa :
87.11%
2005
# 143
Saint Helena :
87.1%
2005
# 144
Palau :
86.95%
2005
# 145
Iraq :
86.27%
2005
# 146
Mexico :
86.06%
2005
# 147
Guadeloupe :
85.38%
2005
# 148
Cameroon :
84.94%
2005
# 149
Cyprus :
84.87%
2005
# 150
Seychelles :
84.79%
2005
# 151
Guinea-Bissau :
84.77%
2005
# 152
Georgia :
84.7%
2005
# 153
Réunion :
84.47%
2005
# 154
Fiji :
84.4%
2005
# 155
China :
83.87%
2005
# 156
Burma :
83.77%
2005
# 157
Nicaragua :
83.37%
2005
# 158
San Marino :
83.33%
2005
# 159
Ireland :
83.15%
2005
# 160
Nepal :
83.08%
2005
# 161
Northern Mariana Islands :
82.61%
2005
# 162
Austria :
82.56%
2005
# 163
Burkina Faso :
82.12%
2005
# 164
Indonesia :
81.93%
2005
# 165
United States :
81.78%
2005
# 166
Korea, South :
81.41%
2005
# 167
Armenia :
81.21%
2005
# 168
Guatemala :
81.18%
2005
# 169
Martinique :
80.91%
2005
# 170
Israel :
80.67%
2005
= 171
Bermuda :
80%
2005
= 171
Montserrat :
80%
2005
# 173
Morocco :
79%
2005
# 174
Cambodia :
78.97%
2005
# 175
Côte d'Ivoire :
78.61%
2005
# 176
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
78.5%
2005
# 177
Guam :
78.18%
2005
# 178
Malawi :
78.14%
2005
# 179
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
77.78%
2005
= 180
Antigua and Barbuda :
77.27%
2005
= 180
Netherlands :
77.27%
2005
# 182
Malaysia :
77%
2005
# 183
Azerbaijan :
76.77%
2005
# 184
United Kingdom :
76.57%
2005
# 185
Trinidad and Tobago :
76.22%
2005
# 186
Macedonia, Republic of :
76.2%
2005
# 187
Korea, North :
75.94%
2005
# 188
Albania :
75.69%
2005
= 189
Taiwan :
75%
2001
= 189
American Samoa :
75%
2005
= 189
Liechtenstein :
75%
2005
= 189
Cook Islands :
75%
2005
# 193
Portugal :
74.87%
2005
# 194
Pakistan :
74.72%
2005
# 195
Jamaica :
74.16%
2005
# 196
Benin :
74.1%
2005
# 197
British Virgin Islands :
73.33%
2005
# 198
Ghana :
73.24%
2005
# 199
Niue :
73.08%
2005
# 200
Vietnam :
72.93%
2005
# 201
Belarus :
72.63%
2005
# 202
Dominica :
72%
2005
# 203
Croatia :
71.99%
2005
= 204
Belgium :
71.89%
2005
= 204
Luxembourg :
71.89%
2005
# 206
Gambia, The :
71.68%
2005
# 207
Latvia :
71.36%
2005
# 208
Saint Lucia :
70.97%
2005
# 209
Greece :
70.96%
2005
# 210
Sri Lanka :
70.8%
2005
# 211
Syria :
70.73%
2005
# 212
Lebanon :
69.9%
2005
# 213
Tunisia :
69.87%
2005
# 214
Uganda :
69.51%
2005
# 215
Bulgaria :
68.16%
2005
# 216
Slovakia :
68.1%
2005
# 217
Dominican Republic :
67.25%
2005
# 218
Turkey :
66.8%
2005
# 219
Germany :
66.27%
2005
# 220
Cuba :
65.83%
2005
# 221
Malta :
65.62%
2005
# 222
Thailand :
65.53%
2005
# 223
Tonga :
65.33%
2005
# 224
Grenada :
64.71%
2005
# 225
France :
64.51%
2005
# 226
Italy :
64.5%
2005
# 227
Philippines :
64.33%
2005
# 228
West Bank :
64.13%
2001
# 229
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
64.1%
2005
# 230
Nigeria :
63.84%
2005
# 231
Serbia and Montenegro :
63.45%
2001
# 232
Spain :
62.97%
2005
# 233
Barbados :
60.46%
2005
# 234
Haiti :
60.36%
2005
# 235
Poland :
58.75%
2005
# 236
Romania :
58.59%
2005
# 237
Czech Republic :
58.18%
2005
# 238
Wallis and Futuna :
57.15%
2005
# 239
El Salvador :
56.75%
2005
# 240
Maldives :
56.67%
2005
# 241
Samoa :
54.57%
2005
# 242
Lithuania :
54.29%
2005
# 243
Togo :
53.69%
2005
# 244
Burundi :
51.31%
2005
# 245
Gaza Strip :
50%
2001
# 246
Kiribati :
49.31%
2005
# 247
Micronesia, Federated States of :
48.58%
2005
# 248
India :
48.37%
2005
# 249
Hungary :
48.36%
2005
# 250
Mauritius :
48.04%
2005
# 251
Denmark :
47.22%
2005
# 252
Ukraine :
44.7%
2005
# 253
Marshall Islands :
44.45%
2005
# 254
Rwanda :
44.19%
2005
# 255
São Tomé and Príncipe :
42.71%
2005
# 256
Bangladesh :
41.53%
2005
# 257
Comoros :
40.81%
2005
# 258
Moldova :
36.67%
2005
# 259
Tuvalu :
33.33%
2005
Weighted average:
83.6%
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
Antarctica
100%
DEFINITION: The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
SOURCE: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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