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.
Agriculture Statistics > Arable land > hectares (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
United States :
174,448,000 hectares
2005 ...
#2
India :
159,650,000 hectares
2005 ...
#3
Russia :
121,781,000 hectares
2005 ...
#4
China :
103,397,000 hectares
2003 ...
#5
Brazil :
59,000,000 hectares
2003 ...
#6
Australia :
49,402,000 hectares
2005 ...
#7
Canada :
45,660,000 hectares
2003 ...
#8
Ukraine :
32,452,000 hectares
2005 ...
#9
Nigeria :
30,500,000 hectares
2003 ...
#10
Argentina :
27,900,000 hectares
2003 ...
#11
Mexico :
24,800,000 hectares
2003 ...
#12
Turkey :
23,830,000 hectares
2005 ...
#13
Indonesia :
23,000,000 hectares
2005 ...
#14
Kazakhstan :
22,364,000 hectares
2005 ...
#15
Pakistan :
21,275,000 hectares
2005 ...
#16
France :
18,507,000 hectares
2005 ...
#17
Sudan :
17,000,000 hectares
2003 ...
#18
Iran :
16,100,000 hectares
2005 ...
#19
South Africa :
14,753,000 hectares
2003 ...
#20
Niger :
14,483,000 hectares
2003 ...
#21
Thailand :
14,133,000 hectares
2003 ...
#22
Spain :
13,700,000 hectares
2005 ...
#23
Poland :
12,141,000 hectares
2005 ...
#24
Germany :
11,903,000 hectares
2005 ...
#25
Ethiopia :
11,056,000 hectares
2003 ...
#26
Burma :
10,093,000 hectares
2003 ...
#27
Romania :
9,288,000 hectares
2005 ...
#28
Morocco :
8,484,000 hectares
2003 ...
#29
Bangladesh :
7,955,000 hectares
2005 ...
#30
Afghanistan :
7,910,000 hectares
2003 ...
#31
Italy :
7,744,000 hectares
2005 ...
#32
Algeria :
7,545,000 hectares
2003 ...
#33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,700,000 hectares
2003 ...
#34
Vietnam :
6,600,000 hectares
2005 ...
#35
Cameroon :
5,960,000 hectares
2003 ...
#36
Iraq :
5,750,000 hectares
2003 ...
#37
United Kingdom :
5,729,000 hectares
2005 ...
#38
Philippines :
5,700,000 hectares
2003 ...
#39
Belarus :
5,455,000 hectares
2005 ...
#40
Zambia :
5,260,000 hectares
2003 ...
#41
Uganda :
5,200,000 hectares
2003 ...
#42
Syria :
4,873,000 hectares
2005 ...
#43
Burkina Faso :
4,840,000 hectares
2003 ...
#44
Mali :
4,800,000 hectares
2005 ...
#45
Uzbekistan :
4,700,000 hectares
2003 ...
#46
Kenya :
4,650,000 hectares
2003 ...
#47
Hungary :
4,600,000 hectares
2005 ...
#48
Japan :
4,360,000 hectares
2005 ...
#49
Mozambique :
4,350,000 hectares
2003 ...
#50
Ghana :
4,185,000 hectares
2003 ...
#51
Tanzania :
4,000,000 hectares
2003 ...
#52
Cambodia :
3,700,000 hectares
2005 ...
#53
Peru :
3,700,000 hectares
2003 ...
#54
Chad :
3,600,000 hectares
2003 ...
#55
Saudi Arabia :
3,600,000 hectares
2003 ...
#56
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,505,000 hectares
2005 ...
#57
Angola :
3,300,000 hectares
2003 ...
#58
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,300,000 hectares
2003 ...
#59
Zimbabwe :
3,220,000 hectares
2003 ...
#60
Bulgaria :
3,173,000 hectares
2005 ...
#61
Cuba :
3,063,000 hectares
2003 ...
#62
Bolivia :
3,050,000 hectares
2003 ...
#63
Czech Republic :
3,047,000 hectares
2005 ...
#64
Paraguay :
3,040,000 hectares
2003 ...
#65
Egypt :
3,000,000 hectares
2005 ...
#66
Madagascar :
2,950,000 hectares
2003 ...
#67
Korea, North :
2,800,000 hectares
2005 ...
#68
Tunisia :
2,790,000 hectares
2003 ...
#69
Sweden :
2,703,000 hectares
2005 ...
#70
Benin :
2,650,000 hectares
2003 ...
#71
Greece :
2,627,000 hectares
2005 ...
#72
Venezuela :
2,600,000 hectares
2003 ...
#73
Togo :
2,510,000 hectares
2003 ...
#74
Senegal :
2,460,000 hectares
2003 ...
#75
Malawi :
2,450,000 hectares
2003 ...
#76
Nepal :
2,357,000 hectares
2005 ...
#77
Denmark :
2,237,000 hectares
2005 ...
#78
Finland :
2,234,000 hectares
2005 ...
#79
Turkmenistan :
2,200,000 hectares
2003 ...
#80
Colombia :
2,004,000 hectares
2005 ...
#81
Chile :
1,982,000 hectares
2003 ...
#82
Central African Republic :
1,930,000 hectares
2003 ...
#83
Nicaragua :
1,925,000 hectares
2003 ...
#84
Lithuania :
1,906,000 hectares
2005 ...
#85
Moldova :
1,848,000 hectares
2005 ...
#86
Azerbaijan :
1,843,200 hectares
2005 ...
#87
Libya :
1,815,000 hectares
2003 ...
#88
Malaysia :
1,800,000 hectares
2003 ...
#89
Korea, South :
1,635,000 hectares
2005 ...
#90
Yemen :
1,537,000 hectares
2003 ...
#91
Portugal :
1,534,000 hectares
2005 ...
#92
New Zealand :
1,500,000 hectares
2003 ...
#93
Guatemala :
1,440,000 hectares
2003 ...
#94
Slovakia :
1,391,000 hectares
2005 ...
#95
Austria :
1,387,000 hectares
2005 ...
#96
Uruguay :
1,370,000 hectares
2003 ...
#97
Ecuador :
1,348,000 hectares
2005 ...
#98
Kyrgyzstan :
1,284,000 hectares
2005 ...
#99
Ireland :
1,215,000 hectares
2005 ...
#100
Rwanda :
1,200,000 hectares
2003 ...
#101
Mongolia :
1,198,000 hectares
2003 ...
#102
Croatia :
1,110,000 hectares
2005 ...
#103
Guinea :
1,100,000 hectares
2003 ...
#104
Dominican Republic :
1,096,000 hectares
2003 ...
#105
Latvia :
1,092,000 hectares
2005 ...
#106
Honduras :
1,068,000 hectares
2003 ...
#107
Somalia :
1,045,000 hectares
2003 ...
#108
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,000,000 hectares
2005 ...
#109
Laos :
1,000,000 hectares
2005 ...
#110
Burundi :
990,000 hectares
2003 ...
#111
Tajikistan :
930,000 hectares
2003 ...
#112
Sri Lanka :
916,000 hectares
2003 ...
#113
Netherlands :
908,000 hectares
2005 ...
#114
Norway :
859,000 hectares
2005 ...
#115
Belgium :
844,000 hectares
2005 ...