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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Bangladesh: 55.39%  2005 Time series
# 2   Moldova: 54.52%  2005 Time series
# 3   Ukraine: 53.8%  2005 Time series
# 4   Denmark: 52.59%  2005 Time series
# 5   Hungary: 49.58%  2005 Time series
# 6   Mauritius: 49.02%  2005 Time series
# 7   India: 48.83%  2005 Time series
# 8   Rwanda: 45.56%  2005 Time series
# 9   Lithuania: 44.81%  2005 Time series
# 10   Togo: 44.2%  2005 Time series
# 11   Poland: 40.25%  2005 Time series
# 12   Romania: 39.49%  2005 Time series
# 13   Czech Republic: 38.82%  2005 Time series
# 14   Barbados: 37.21%  2005 Time series
# 15   Comoros: 35.87%  2005 Time series
# 16   Burundi: 35.57%  2005 Time series
# 17   France: 33.46%  2005 Time series
# 18   Serbia and Montenegro: 33.35%  2001 Time series
# 19   Germany: 33.13%  2005 Time series
# 20   Nigeria: 33.02%  2005 Time series
# 21   El Salvador: 31.37%  2005 Time series
# 22   Malta: 31.25%  2005 Time series
# 23   Bulgaria: 29.94%  2005 Time series
# 24   Turkey: 29.81%  2005 Time series
# 25   Slovakia: 29.23%  2005 Time series
# 26   Gaza Strip: 28.95%  2001 Time series
# 27   Latvia: 28.19%  2005 Time series
# 28   Haiti: 28.11%  2005 Time series
# 29   Gambia, The: 27.88%  2005 Time series
# 30   Cuba: 27.63%  2005 Time series
# 31   Thailand: 27.54%  2005 Time series
= 32   Luxembourg: 27.42%  2005 Time series
= 32   Belgium: 27.42%  2005 Time series
# 34   Spain: 27.18%  2005 Time series
# 35   Belarus: 26.77%  2005 Time series
# 36   Italy: 26.41%  2005 Time series
# 37   Croatia: 25.82%  2005 Time series
# 38   Liechtenstein: 25%  2005 Time series
# 39   Syria: 24.8%  2005 Time series
# 40   Pakistan: 24.44%  2005 Time series
# 41   Taiwan: 24%  2001 Time series
# 42   Benin: 23.53%  2005 Time series
# 43   United Kingdom: 23.23%  2005 Time series
# 44   Dominican Republic: 22.49%  2005 Time series
# 45   Korea, North: 22.4%  2005 Time series
# 46   Macedonia, Republic of: 22.01%  2005 Time series
# 47   Netherlands: 21.96%  2005 Time series
# 48   Uganda: 21.57%  2005 Time series
# 49   Samoa: 21.13%  2005 Time series
# 50   Malawi: 20.68%  2005 Time series
# 51   Azerbaijan: 20.62%  2005 Time series
# 52   Greece: 20.45%  2005 Time series
# 53   Cambodia: 20.44%  2005 Time series
# 54   Vietnam: 20.14%  2005 Time series
# 55   Albania: 20.1%  2005 Time series
= 56   British Virgin Islands: 20%  2005 Time series
= 56   Bermuda: 20%  2005 Time series
= 56   Tonga: 20%  2005 Time series
= 56   Montserrat: 20%  2005 Time series
# 60   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 19.61%  2005 Time series
# 61   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 19.44%  2005 Time series
= 62   Philippines: 19%  2005 Time series
= 62   Morocco: 19%  2005 Time series
# 64   Antigua and Barbuda: 18.18%  2005 Time series
# 65   United States: 18.01%  2005 Time series
# 66   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 17.95%  2005 Time series
# 67   Burkina Faso: 17.66%  2005 Time series
# 68   Ghana: 17.54%  2005 Time series
# 69   Portugal: 17.29%  2005 Time series
# 70   Tunisia: 17.05%  2005 Time series
# 71   West Bank: 16.9%  2001 Time series
# 72   Ireland: 16.82%  2005 Time series
# 73   Armenia: 16.78%  2005 Time series
= 74   Cook Islands: 16.67%  2005 Time series
= 74   San Marino: 16.67%  2005 Time series
# 76   Austria: 16.59%  2005 Time series
# 77   Korea, South: 16.58%  2005 Time series
# 78   Lebanon: 16.35%  2005 Time series
# 79   Nepal: 16.07%  2005 Time series
# 80   Jamaica: 15.83%  2005 Time series
# 81   Israel: 15.45%  2005 Time series
# 82   Burma: 14.92%  2005 Time series
# 83   China: 14.86%  2005 Time series
# 84   Nicaragua: 14.81%  2005 Time series
# 85   Trinidad and Tobago: 14.62%  2005 Time series
# 86   Sri Lanka: 13.96%  2005 Time series
# 87   Réunion: 13.94%  2005 Time series
# 88   Maldives: 13.33%  2005 Time series
# 89   Guatemala: 13.22%  2005 Time series
# 90   Iraq: 13.12%  2005 Time series
# 91   Northern Mariana Islands: 13.04%  2005 Time series
# 92   Saint Helena: 12.9%  2005 Time series
# 93   Mexico: 12.66%  2005 Time series
# 94   Cameroon: 12.54%  2005 Time series
# 95   Senegal: 12.51%  2005 Time series
# 96   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 12.5%  2005 Time series
# 97   Afghanistan: 12.13%  2005 Time series
# 98   South Africa: 12.1%  2005 Time series
# 99   Estonia: 12.05%  2005 Time series
# 100   Guadeloupe: 11.7%  2005 Time series
# 101   Japan: 11.64%  2005 Time series
# 102   Niue: 11.54%  2005 Time series
# 103   Georgia: 11.51%  2005 Time series
# 104   Niger: 11.43%  2005 Time series
# 105   Cape Verde: 11.41%  2005 Time series
# 106   Marshall Islands: 11.11%  2005 Time series
# 107   Indonesia: 11.03%  2005 Time series
# 108   Fiji: 10.95%  2005 Time series
# 109   Lesotho: 10.87%  2005 Time series
# 110   Cyprus: 10.81%  2005 Time series
# 111   Aruba: 10.53%  2005 Time series
# 112   Uzbekistan: 10.51%  2005 Time series
# 113   Swaziland: 10.25%  2005 Time series
# 114   Côte d'Ivoire: 10.23%  2005 Time series
# 115   Argentina: 10.03%  2005 Time series
# 116   Ethiopia: 10.01%  2005 Time series
= 117   Netherlands Antilles: 10%  2005 Time series
= 117   American Samoa: 10%  2005 Time series
# 119   Switzerland: 9.91%  2005 Time series
# 120   Iran: 9.78%  2005 Time series
# 121   Honduras: 9.53%  2005 Time series
# 122   Martinique: 9.09%  2005 Time series
# 123   Palau: 8.7%  2005 Time series
# 124   Slovenia: 8.53%  2005 Time series
# 125   São Tomé and Príncipe: 8.33%  2005 Time series
# 126   Guinea-Bissau: 8.31%  2005 Time series
# 127   Kazakhstan: 8.28%  2005 Time series
# 128   Zimbabwe: 8.24%  2005 Time series
# 129   East Timor: 8.2%  2005 Time series
# 130   Kenya: 8.01%  2005 Time series
# 131   Sierra Leone: 7.95%  2005 Time series
# 132   Uruguay: 7.77%  2005 Time series
# 133   Paraguay: 7.47%  2005 Time series
# 134   Panama: 7.26%  2005 Time series
# 135   Russia: 7.17%  2005 Time series
# 136   Wallis and Futuna: 7.14%  2005 Time series
# 137   Zambia: 6.99%  2005 Time series
# 138   Brazil: 6.93%  2005 Time series
# 139   Sudan: 6.78%  2005 Time series
# 140   Dominica: 6.67%  2005 Time series
# 141   Kyrgyzstan: 6.55%  2005 Time series
# 142   Finland: 6.54%  2005 Time series
# 143   Tajikistan: 6.52%  2005 Time series
# 144   Saint Lucia: 6.45%  2005 Time series
# 145   Australia: 6.15%  2005 Time series
# 146   Sweden: 5.93%  2005 Time series
# 147   Grenada: 5.88%  2005 Time series
= 148   Ecuador: 5.71%  2005 Time series
= 148   Micronesia, Federated States of: 5.71%  2005 Time series
= 148   Virgin Islands: 5.71%  2005 Time series
# 151   New Zealand: 5.54%  2005 Time series
# 152   Malaysia: 5.46%  2005 Time series
# 153   Mozambique: 5.43%  2005 Time series
# 154   Hong Kong: 5.05%  2001 Time series
# 155   Madagascar: 5.03%  2005 Time series
# 156   Eritrea: 4.78%  2005 Time series
# 157   Equatorial Guinea: 4.63%  2005 Time series
# 158   Canada: 4.57%  2005 Time series
# 159   Turkmenistan: 4.51%  2005 Time series
# 160   Guinea: 4.47%  2005 Time series
# 161   Costa Rica: 4.4%  2005 Time series
# 162   Tanzania: 4.23%  2005 Time series
# 163   Laos: 4.01%  2005 Time series
# 164   Cayman Islands: 3.85%  2005 Time series
# 165   Mali: 3.76%  2005 Time series
# 166   Puerto Rico: 3.69%  2005 Time series
# 167   Guam: 3.64%  2005 Time series
# 168   Liberia: 3.43%  2005 Time series
# 169   Jordan: 3.32%  2005 Time series
# 170   Algeria: 3.17%  2005 Time series
# 171   Central African Republic: 3.1%  2005 Time series
# 172   Belize: 3.05%  2005 Time series
# 173   Egypt: 2.92%  2005 Time series
# 174   Yemen: 2.91%  2005 Time series
# 175   Peru: 2.88%  2005 Time series
# 176   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 2.86%  2005 Time series
# 177   Venezuela: 2.85%  2005 Time series
# 178   Bahrain: 2.82%  2005 Time series
# 179   Chad: 2.8%  2005 Time series
# 180   Bolivia: 2.78%  2005 Time series
# 181   Kiribati: 2.74%  2005 Time series
# 182   Norway: 2.7%  2005 Time series
# 183   Angola: 2.65%  2005 Time series
# 184   Chile: 2.62%  2005 Time series
# 185   Turks and Caicos Islands: 2.33%  2005 Time series
# 186   Bhutan: 2.3%  2005 Time series
# 187   Guyana: 2.23%  2005 Time series
# 188   Seychelles: 2.17%  2005 Time series
# 189   Faroe Islands: 2.14%  2005 Time series
# 190   Andorra: 2.13%  2005 Time series
# 191   Brunei: 2.08%  2005 Time series
# 192   Colombia: 2.01%  2005 Time series
# 193   Saudi Arabia: 1.67%  2005 Time series
= 194   Vanuatu: 1.64%  2005 Time series
= 194   Somalia: 1.64%  2005 Time series
= 194   Qatar: 1.64%  2005 Time series
# 197   Singapore: 1.47%  2005 Time series
# 198   Congo, Republic of the: 1.45%  2005 Time series
# 199   Gabon: 1.21%  2005 Time series
# 200   Libya: 1.03%  2005 Time series
# 201   Namibia: 0.99%  2005 Time series
# 202   Kuwait: 0.84%  2005 Time series
# 203   United Arab Emirates: 0.77%  2005 Time series
# 204   Mongolia: 0.76%  2005 Time series
# 205   French Polynesia: 0.75%  2005 Time series
# 206   Botswana: 0.65%  2005 Time series
# 207   Solomon Islands: 0.62%  2005 Time series
# 208   Bahamas, The: 0.58%  2005 Time series
# 209   Papua New Guinea: 0.49%  2005 Time series
# 210   Suriname: 0.36%  2005 Time series
# 211   New Caledonia: 0.32%  2005 Time series
# 212   Mauritania: 0.2%  2005 Time series
# 213   French Guiana: 0.13%  2005 Time series
# 214   Oman: 0.12%  2005 Time series
# 215   Iceland: 0.07%  2005 Time series
# 216   Djibouti: 0.04%  2005 Time series
# 217   Western Sahara: 0.02%  2005 Time series
= 218   Greenland: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Clipperton Island: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Juan de Nova Island: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Man, Isle of: 0%  1998 Time series
= 218   Christmas Island: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   French Southern and Antarctic Lands: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Macau: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Midway Islands: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Jan Mayen: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Nauru: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Baker Island: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Spratly Islands: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Gibraltar: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Glorioso Islands: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Tokelau: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Howland Island: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Holy See (Vatican City): 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   British Indian Ocean Territory: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Jersey: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Anguilla: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Johnston Atoll: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Kingman Reef: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Navassa Island: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Palmyra Atoll: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Bassas da India: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Monaco: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Bouvet Island: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Norfolk Island: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Paracel Islands: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Coral Sea Islands: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Svalbard: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Jarvis Island: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Tromelin Island: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Europa Island: 0%  2001 Time series
= 218   Tuvalu: 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 0%  2005 Time series
= 218   Wake Island: 0%  2005 Time series
Weighted average: 11.8%  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
Antarctica 0%  



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

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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Suchita Vemuri
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10th March 2005 		Hi Caitlyn, see: http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ja/Agriculture and also:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/agr_ara_and_per_cro.
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