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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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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 159.65 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Brazil | 59 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 3 | Australia | 49.4 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Nigeria | 30.5 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 5 | Mexico | 24.8 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 6 | Indonesia | 23 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Pakistan | 21.27 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Sudan | 17 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 9 | Niger | 14.48 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 10 | Thailand | 14.13 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 11 | Ethiopia | 11.06 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 12 | Burma | 10.09 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 13 | Bangladesh | 7.96 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Algeria | 7.54 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.7 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 16 | Vietnam | 6.6 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Cameroon | 5.96 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 18 | Iraq | 5.75 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 19 | Philippines | 5.7 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 20 | Zambia | 5.26 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 21 | Uganda | 5.2 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 4.84 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 23 | Mali | 4.8 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Kenya | 4.65 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 25 | Mozambique | 4.35 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 26 | Ghana | 4.18 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 27 | Tanzania | 4 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 28 | Cambodia | 3.7 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| =29 | Chad | 3.6 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| =29 | Saudi Arabia | 3.6 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| =31 | Angola | 3.3 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| =31 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.3 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 3.22 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 34 | Cuba | 3.06 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 35 | Bolivia | 3.05 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 36 | Paraguay | 3.04 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 37 | Egypt | 3 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Madagascar | 2.95 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 39 | Benin | 2.65 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 40 | Venezuela | 2.6 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 41 | Togo | 2.51 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 42 | Senegal | 2.46 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 43 | Malawi | 2.45 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 44 | Colombia | 2 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Nicaragua | 1.93 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 46 | Libya | 1.81 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 47 | Malaysia | 1.8 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 48 | Yemen | 1.54 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 49 | Guatemala | 1.44 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 50 | Ecuador | 1.35 million hectares | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Guinea | 1.1 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 1.1 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 53 | Honduras | 1.07 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 54 | Somalia | 1.04 million hectares | 2003 | ||
| 55 | Laos | 1,000,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 916,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 57 | Haiti | 780,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 58 | El Salvador | 660,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 570,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 60 | Eritrea | 562,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 61 | Panama | 548,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 62 | Mauritania | 488,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 63 | Guyana | 480,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 64 | Liberia | 382,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 65 | Botswana | 377,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 66 | Gabon | 325,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 67 | Guinea-Bissau | 300,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =68 | Papua New Guinea | 225,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =68 | Costa Rica | 225,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 70 | Fiji | 200,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 71 | Swaziland | 178,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 72 | Jamaica | 174,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 73 | Equatorial Guinea | 130,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 74 | Mauritius | 100,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Comoros | 80,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 75,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 77 | Belize | 70,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 78 | Samoa | 60,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 79 | Suriname | 58,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 80 | Cape Verde | 46,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 81 | Oman | 37,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =82 | Qatar | 18,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =82 | Solomon Islands | 18,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 84 | Barbados | 16,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =85 | Kuwait | 15,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =85 | Tonga | 15,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 87 | Brunei | 14,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =88 | The Bahamas | 8,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 91 | New Caledonia | 6,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 92 | Dominica | 5,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =93 | Saint Lucia | 4,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =93 | Maldives | 4,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =95 | Marshall Islands | 2,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =95 | Bahrain | 2,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
| =95 | Grenada | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =95 | Kiribati | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =95 | Virgin Islands | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =100 | Djibouti | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =100 | Seychelles | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| =100 | Bermuda | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
| 103 | Singapore | 600 hectares | 2005 |
