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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.
| Date |
Amount |
Rank |
| 2005 |
159,650,000 |
#2 |
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| 2004 |
159,670,000 |
#2 |
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| 2003 |
159,430,000 |
#2 |
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| 2002 |
159,870,000 |
#2 |
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| 2001 |
159,940,000 |
#2 |
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| 2000 |
160,555,000 |
#2 |
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| 1999 |
160,728,000 |
#2 |
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| 1998 |
161,112,000 |
#2 |
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| 1997 |
161,298,000 |
#2 |
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| 1996 |
161,280,000 |
#2 |
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| 1995 |
161,750,000 |
#2 |
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| 1994 |
161,990,000 |
#2 |
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| 1993 |
162,037,000 |
#2 |
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| 1992 |
161,970,000 |
#2 |
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| 1991 |
162,340,000 |
#2 |
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| 1990 |
162,788,000 |
#2 |
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| 1989 |
162,985,000 |
#2 |
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| 1988 |
162,810,000 |
#2 |
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| 1987 |
163,270,000 |
#2 |
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| 1986 |
163,250,000 |
#2 |
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| 1985 |
163,215,000 |
#2 |
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| 1984 |
163,278,000 |
#2 |
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| 1983 |
162,720,000 |
#2 |
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| 1982 |
163,175,000 |
#2 |
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| 1981 |
162,891,000 |
#2 |
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| 1980 |
162,955,000 |
#2 |
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| 1979 |
163,423,000 |
#2 |
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| 1978 |
163,635,000 |
#2 |
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| 1977 |
163,260,000 |
#2 |
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| 1976 |
163,189,000 |
#2 |
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| 1975 |
163,010,000 |
#2 |
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| 1974 |
162,230,000 |
#2 |
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| 1973 |
161,530,000 |
#2 |
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| 1972 |
160,460,000 |
#2 |
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| 1971 |
159,640,000 |
#2 |
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| 1970 |
160,560,000 |
#2 |
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| 1969 |
160,070,000 |
#2 |
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| 1968 |
160,070,000 |
#2 |
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| 1967 |
159,780,000 |
#2 |
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| 1966 |
158,590,000 |
#2 |
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| 1965 |
158,216,000 |
#2 |
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| 1964 |
157,732,000 |
#2 |
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| 1963 |
157,470,000 |
#2 |
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| 1962 |
156,700,000 |
#2 |
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| 1961 |
155,806,000 |
#2 |
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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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