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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.
Agriculture Statistics > Arable land > hectares (most recent) by country
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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
China :
103,397,000 hectares
2003
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
59,000,000 hectares
2003
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Australia :
49,402,000 hectares
2005
Australian Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
45,660,000 hectares
2003
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
32,452,000 hectares
2005
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Nigeria :
30,500,000 hectares
2003
Nigerian Agriculture
# 10
Argentina :
27,900,000 hectares
2003
Argentine Agriculture
# 11
Mexico :
24,800,000 hectares
2003
Mexican Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
23,830,000 hectares
2005
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Indonesia :
23,000,000 hectares
2005
Indonesian Agriculture
# 14
Kazakhstan :
22,364,000 hectares
2005
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 15
Pakistan :
21,275,000 hectares
2005
Pakistani Agriculture
# 16
France :
18,507,000 hectares
2005
French Agriculture
# 17
Sudan :
17,000,000 hectares
2003
Sudanese Agriculture
# 18
Iran :
16,100,000 hectares
2005
Iranian Agriculture
# 19
South Africa :
14,753,000 hectares
2003
South African Agriculture
# 20
Niger :
14,483,000 hectares
2003
Nigerien Agriculture
# 21
Thailand :
14,133,000 hectares
2003
Thai Agriculture
# 22
Spain :
13,700,000 hectares
2005
Spanish Agriculture
# 23
Poland :
12,141,000 hectares
2005
Polish Agriculture
# 24
Germany :
11,903,000 hectares
2005
German Agriculture
# 25
Ethiopia :
11,056,000 hectares
2003
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 26
Burma :
10,093,000 hectares
2003
Burmese Agriculture
# 27
Romania :
9,288,000 hectares
2005
Romanian Agriculture
# 28
Morocco :
8,484,000 hectares
2003
Moroccan Agriculture
# 29
Bangladesh :
7,955,000 hectares
2005
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
2003
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Italy :
7,744,000 hectares
2005
Italian Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
7,545,000 hectares
2003
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
2003
Congolese Agriculture
# 34
Vietnam :
6,600,000 hectares
2005
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 35
Cameroon :
5,960,000 hectares
2003
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 36
Iraq :
5,750,000 hectares
2003
Iraqi Agriculture
# 37
United Kingdom :
5,729,000 hectares
2005
British Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
5,700,000 hectares
2003
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Belarus :
5,455,000 hectares
2005
Belarusian Agriculture
# 40
Zambia :
5,260,000 hectares
2003
Zambian Agriculture
# 41
Uganda :
5,200,000 hectares
2003
Ugandan Agriculture
# 42
Syria :
4,873,000 hectares
2005
Syrian Agriculture
# 43
Burkina Faso :
4,840,000 hectares
2003
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 44
Mali :
4,800,000 hectares
2005
Malian Agriculture
# 45
Uzbekistan :
4,700,000 hectares
2003
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 46
Kenya :
4,650,000 hectares
2003
Kenyan Agriculture
# 47
Hungary :
4,600,000 hectares
2005
Hungarian Agriculture
# 48
Japan :
4,360,000 hectares
2005
Japanese Agriculture
# 49
Mozambique :
4,350,000 hectares
2003
Mozambican Agriculture
# 50
Ghana :
4,185,000 hectares
2003
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 51
Tanzania :
4,000,000 hectares
2003
Tanzanian Agriculture
= 52
Peru :
3,700,000 hectares
2003
Peruvian Agriculture
= 52
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
2005
Cambodian Agriculture
= 54
Saudi Arabia :
3,600,000 hectares
2003
Saudi Agriculture
= 54
Chad :
3,600,000 hectares
2003
Chadian Agriculture
# 56
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,505,000 hectares
2005
Serbian Agriculture
= 57
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,300,000 hectares
2003
Ivoirian Agriculture
= 57
Angola :
3,300,000 hectares
2003
Angolan Agriculture
# 59
Zimbabwe :
3,220,000 hectares
2003
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 60
Bulgaria :
3,173,000 hectares
2005
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 61
Cuba :
3,063,000 hectares
2003
Cuban Agriculture
# 62
Bolivia :
3,050,000 hectares
2003
Bolivian Agriculture
# 63
Czech Republic :
3,047,000 hectares
2005
Czech Agriculture
# 64
Paraguay :
3,040,000 hectares
2003
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 65
Egypt :
3,000,000 hectares
2005
Egyptian Agriculture
# 66
Madagascar :
2,950,000 hectares
2003
Malagasy Agriculture
# 67
Korea, North :
2,800,000 hectares
2005
Korean Agriculture
# 68
Tunisia :
2,790,000 hectares
2003
Tunisian Agriculture
# 69
Sweden :
2,703,000 hectares
2005
Swedish Agriculture
# 70
Benin :
2,650,000 hectares
2003
Beninese Agriculture
# 71
Greece :
2,627,000 hectares
2005
Greek Agriculture
# 72
Venezuela :
2,600,000 hectares
2003
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 73
Togo :
2,510,000 hectares
2003
Togolese Agriculture
# 74
Senegal :
2,460,000 hectares
2003
Senegalese Agriculture
# 75
Malawi :
2,450,000 hectares
2003
Malawian Agriculture
# 76
Nepal :
2,357,000 hectares
2005
Nepalese Agriculture
# 77
Denmark :
2,237,000 hectares
2005
Danish Agriculture
# 78
Finland :
2,234,000 hectares
2005
Finnish Agriculture
# 79
Turkmenistan :
2,200,000 hectares
2003
Turkmen Agriculture
# 80
Colombia :
2,004,000 hectares
2005
Colombian Agriculture
# 81
Chile :
1,982,000 hectares
2003
Chilean Agriculture
# 82
Central African Republic :
1,930,000 hectares
2003
Central African Agriculture
# 83
Nicaragua :
1,925,000 hectares
2003
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 84
Lithuania :
1,906,000 hectares
2005
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 85
Moldova :
1,848,000 hectares
2005
Moldovan Agriculture
# 86
Azerbaijan :
1,843,200 hectares
2005
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 87
Libya :
1,815,000 hectares
2003
Libyan Agriculture
# 88
Malaysia :
1,800,000 hectares
2003
Malaysian Agriculture
# 89
Korea, South :
1,635,000 hectares
2005
Korean Agriculture
# 90
Yemen :
1,537,000 hectares
2003
Yemeni Agriculture
# 91
Portugal :
1,534,000 hectares
2005
Portuguese Agriculture
# 92
New Zealand :
1,500,000 hectares
2003
New Zealand Agriculture
# 93
Guatemala :
1,440,000 hectares
2003
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 94
Slovakia :
1,391,000 hectares
2005
Slovak Agriculture
# 95
Austria :
1,387,000 hectares
2005
Austrian Agriculture
# 96
Uruguay :
1,370,000 hectares
2003
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 97
Ecuador :
1,348,000 hectares
2005
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 98
Kyrgyzstan :
1,284,000 hectares
2005
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 99
Ireland :
1,215,000 hectares
2005
Irish Agriculture
# 100
Rwanda :
1,200,000 hectares
2003
Rwandan Agriculture
# 101
Mongolia :
1,198,000 hectares
2003
Mongolian Agriculture
# 102
Croatia :
1,110,000 hectares
2005
Croatian Agriculture
# 103
Guinea :
1,100,000 hectares
2003
Guinean Agriculture
# 104
Dominican Republic :
1,096,000 hectares
2003
Dominican Agriculture
# 105
Latvia :
1,092,000 hectares
2005
Latvian Agriculture
# 106
Honduras :
1,068,000 hectares
2003
Honduran Agriculture
# 107
Somalia :
1,045,000 hectares
2003
Somali Agriculture
= 108
Laos :
1,000,000 hectares
2005
Lao Agriculture
= 108
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,000,000 hectares
2005
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 110
Burundi :
990,000 hectares
2003
Burundian Agriculture
# 111
Tajikistan :
930,000 hectares
2003
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 112
Sri Lanka :
916,000 hectares
2003
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 113
Netherlands :
908,000 hectares
2005
Dutch Agriculture
# 114
Norway :
859,000 hectares
2005
Norwegian Agriculture
# 115
Belgium :
844,000 hectares
2005
Belgian Agriculture
# 116
Namibia :
815,000 hectares
2003
Namibian Agriculture
# 117
Georgia :
802,000 hectares
2005
Georgian Agriculture
# 118
Haiti :
780,000 hectares
2003
Haitian Agriculture
# 119
El Salvador :
660,000 hectares
2003
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 120
Estonia :
591,000 hectares
2005
Estonian Agriculture
# 121
Albania :
578,000 hectares
2005
Albanian Agriculture
# 122
Sierra Leone :
570,000 hectares
2003
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 123
Macedonia, Republic of :
566,000 hectares
2005
Macedonian Agriculture
# 124
Eritrea :
562,000 hectares
2003
Eritrean Agriculture
# 125
Panama :
548,000 hectares
2003
Panamanian Agriculture
= 126
Congo, Republic of the :
495,000 hectares
2003
Congolese Agriculture
= 126
Armenia :
495,000 hectares
2005
Armenian Agriculture
# 128
Mauritania :
488,000 hectares
2003
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 129
Guyana :
480,000 hectares
2003
Guyanese Agriculture
# 130
Switzerland :
410,000 hectares
2005
Swiss Agriculture
# 131
Liberia :
382,000 hectares
2003
Liberian Agriculture
# 132
Botswana :
377,000 hectares
2003
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 133
Lesotho :
330,000 hectares
2003
Basotho Agriculture
# 134
Gabon :
325,000 hectares
2003
Gabonese Agriculture
# 135
Israel :
317,000 hectares
2005
Israeli Agriculture
# 136
Gambia, The :
315,000 hectares
2003
Gambian Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
300,000 hectares
2003
Guinean Agriculture
= 138
Papua New Guinea :
225,000 hectares
2003
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
= 138
Costa Rica :
225,000 hectares
2003
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 140
Fiji :
200,000 hectares
2003
Fijian Agriculture
# 141
Jordan :
184,000 hectares
2005
Jordanian Agriculture
# 142
Swaziland :
178,000 hectares
2003
Swazi Agriculture
# 143
Slovenia :
176,000 hectares
2005
Slovenian Agriculture
# 144
Jamaica :
174,000 hectares
2003
Jamaican Agriculture
# 145
Lebanon :
170,000 hectares
2003
Lebanese Agriculture
# 146
Bhutan :
159,000 hectares
2005
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 147
Equatorial Guinea :
130,000 hectares
2003
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 148
East Timor :
122,000 hectares
2003
Timorese Agriculture
= 149
Mauritius :
100,000 hectares
2005
Mauritian Agriculture
= 149
Cyprus :
100,000 hectares
2005
Cypriot Agriculture
# 151
Comoros :
80,000 hectares
2003
Comoran Agriculture
# 152
Trinidad and Tobago :
75,000 hectares
2003
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 153
Puerto Rico :
71,000 hectares
2005
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 154
Belize :
70,000 hectares
2003
Belizean Agriculture
# 155
United Arab Emirates :
64,000 hectares
2003
Emirati Agriculture
= 156
Samoa :
60,000 hectares
2003
Samoan Agriculture
= 156
Luxembourg :
60,000 hectares
2005
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 158
Suriname :
58,000 hectares
2003
Surinamese Agriculture
# 159
Cape Verde :
46,000 hectares
2003
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 160
Oman :
37,000 hectares
2003
Omani Agriculture
# 161
Vanuatu :
20,000 hectares
2003
- Agriculture
= 162
Solomon Islands :
18,000 hectares
2003
Solomon Islander Agriculture
= 162
Qatar :
18,000 hectares
2005
Qatari Agriculture
# 164
Barbados :
16,000 hectares
2003
Barbadian Agriculture
= 165
Kuwait :
15,000 hectares
2005
Kuwaiti Agriculture
= 165
Tonga :
15,000 hectares
2003
Tongan Agriculture
# 167
Brunei :
14,000 hectares
2005
Bruneian Agriculture
# 168
Malta :
9,000 hectares
2005
Maltese Agriculture
= 169
Bahamas, The :
8,000 hectares
2003
Bahamian Agriculture
= 169
São Tomé and PrÃncipe :
8,000 hectares
2003
Sao Tomean Agriculture
= 169
Antigua and Barbuda :
8,000 hectares
2003
Barbudan Agriculture
= 169
Netherlands Antilles :
8,000 hectares
2003
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
= 173
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
7,000 hectares
2003
Nevisian Agriculture
= 173
Iceland :
7,000 hectares
2005
Icelandic Agriculture
= 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
7,000 hectares
2003
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 176
New Caledonia :
6,000 hectares
2003
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 177
Dominica :
5,000 hectares
2003
Dominican Agriculture
= 178
Micronesia, Federated States of :
4,000 hectares
2003
Micronesian Agriculture
= 178
Palau :
4,000 hectares
2003
Palauan Agriculture
= 178
Liechtenstein :
4,000 hectares
2005
Liechtenstein Agriculture
= 178
Maldives :
4,000 hectares
2003
Maldivian Agriculture
= 178
Saint Lucia :
4,000 hectares
2003
Saint Lucian Agriculture
= 183
Faroe Islands :
3,000 hectares
2003
Faroese Agriculture
= 183
French Polynesia :
3,000 hectares
2003
French Polynesian Agriculture
= 185
Marshall Islands :
2,000 hectares
2005
Marshallese Agriculture
= 185
Kiribati :
2,000 hectares
2003
- Agriculture
= 185
American Samoa :
2,000 hectares
2003
American Samoan Agriculture
= 185
Virgin Islands :
2,000 hectares
2003
Virgin Islander Agriculture
= 185
Bahrain :
2,000 hectares
2005
Bahraini Agriculture
= 185
Grenada :
2,000 hectares
2003
Grenadian Agriculture
= 185
Aruba :
2,000 hectares
2003
Aruban Agriculture
= 185
Guam :
2,000 hectares
2003
Guamanian Agriculture
= 193
San Marino :
1,000 hectares
2003
Sammarinese Agriculture
= 193
Seychelles :
1,000 hectares
2003
Seychellois Agriculture
= 193
Andorra :
1,000 hectares
2003
Andorran Agriculture
= 193
Djibouti :
1,000 hectares
2003
Djiboutian Agriculture
= 193
Bermuda :
1,000 hectares
2003
Bermudian Agriculture
= 193
Cayman Islands :
1,000 hectares
2003
Caymanian Agriculture
# 199
Singapore :
600 hectares
2005
Singapore Agriculture
Total :
1,365,069,800 hectares
Weighted average:
6,859,647.2 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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