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Hot countries Compared by Agriculture > Arable land > Hectares per 1000

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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Australia 2,422.28 hectares 2005
2 Niger 1,181.9 hectares 2003
3 Guyana 636.93 hectares 2003
4 Sudan 567.16 hectares 2003
5 Paraguay 534.99 hectares 2003
6 Zambia 482.81 hectares 2003
7 Togo 477.28 hectares 2003
8 Mali 401.97 hectares 2005
9 Chad 386.63 hectares 2003
10 Burkina Faso 382.33 hectares 2003
11 Nicaragua 361.99 hectares 2003
12 Cameroon 346.04 hectares 2003
13 Benin 345.7 hectares 2003
14 Bolivia 338.26 hectares 2003
15 Samoa 337.69 hectares 2003
16 Libya 334.71 hectares 2003
17 Brazil 324.62 hectares 2003
18 Cambodia 277.02 hectares 2005
19 Cuba 272.37 hectares 2003
20 Belize 270.95 hectares 2003
21 Zimbabwe 254.08 hectares 2003
22 Gabon 246.99 hectares 2003
23 Fiji 244.73 hectares 2003
24 Senegal 230.48 hectares 2003
25 Nigeria 230.1 hectares 2003
26 Mexico 229.51 hectares 2003
27 Equatorial Guinea 228.65 hectares 2003
28 Algeria 228.61 hectares 2003
29 Iraq 221.5 hectares 2003
30 Guinea-Bissau 220.5 hectares 2003
31 Thailand 219.16 hectares 2003
32 Mozambique 218.88 hectares 2003
33 Angola 213.99 hectares 2003
34 Ghana 206.14 hectares 2003
35 Botswana 205.72 hectares 2003
36 Burma 203.58 hectares 2003
37 Malawi 200.18 hectares 2003
38 Cote d'Ivoire 195.15 hectares 2003
39 Uganda 193.75 hectares 2003
40 Laos 172.69 hectares 2005
41 Madagascar 171.06 hectares 2003
42 Panama 169.09 hectares 2003
43 Mauritania 164.55 hectares 2003
44 Swaziland 163.61 hectares 2003
45 Honduras 161.13 hectares 2003
46 Saudi Arabia 157.53 hectares 2003
47 Ethiopia 153.58 hectares 2003
48 Tonga 150.46 hectares 2003
49 India 141.64 hectares 2005
50 Comoros 140.23 hectares 2003
51 Kenya 137.15 hectares 2003
52 Pakistan 134.68 hectares 2005
53 Democratic Republic of the Congo 131.44 hectares 2003
54 Somalia 130.01 hectares 2003
55 Eritrea 125.66 hectares 2003
56 Liberia 122.27 hectares 2003
57 Sierra Leone 120.95 hectares 2003
58 Dominican Republic 120.82 hectares 2003
59 Guinea 119.51 hectares 2003
60 Guatemala 119.37 hectares 2003
61 Suriname 119.13 hectares 2003
62 El Salvador 109.46 hectares 2003
63 Tanzania 108.81 hectares 2003
64 Indonesia 102.46 hectares 2005
65 Venezuela 100.79 hectares 2003
66 Antigua and Barbuda 98.88 hectares 2003
67 Cape Verde 98.51 hectares 2003
68 Ecuador 97.84 hectares 2005
69 Haiti 86.7 hectares 2003
70 Yemen 80.55 hectares 2003
71 Mauritius 80.43 hectares 2005
72 Vietnam 80.1 hectares 2005
73 Malaysia 72.32 hectares 2003
74 Dominica 71.37 hectares 2003
75 Philippines 69 hectares 2003
76 Jamaica 66.27 hectares 2003
77 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 64.6 hectares 2003
78 Barbados 59.07 hectares 2003
79 Trinidad and Tobago 58.42 hectares 2003
80 Bangladesh 55.58 hectares 2005
81 Costa Rica 53.94 hectares 2003
82 Sri Lanka 47.78 hectares 2003
83 Colombia 46.41 hectares 2005
84 Egypt 41.8 hectares 2005
85 Solomon Islands 40.33 hectares 2003
86 Papua New Guinea 38.77 hectares 2003
87 Marshall Islands 38.42 hectares 2005
88 Brunei 38.06 hectares 2005
89 New Caledonia 26.58 hectares 2003
90 The Bahamas 25.35 hectares 2003
91 Saint Lucia 24.73 hectares 2003
92 Kiribati 22.89 hectares 2003
93 Qatar 21.92 hectares 2005
94 Grenada 19.54 hectares 2003
95 Bermuda 15.79 hectares 2003
96 Oman 15.49 hectares 2003
97 Maldives 13.91 hectares 2003
98 Seychelles 12.08 hectares 2003
99 Kuwait 6.53 hectares 2005
100 Bahrain 2.27 hectares 2005
101 Djibouti 1.32 hectares 2003
102 Singapore 0.141 hectares 2005

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Hot countries Compared by Agriculture > Arable land > Hectares per 1000

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Interesting observations about Agriculture > Arable land > Hectares per 1000

  • Australia has had the highest arable land > hectares per 1000 since 1965.
  • Singapore has ranked last for arable land > hectares per 1000 since 1981.
  • Russia ranked first for arable land > hectares per 1000 amongst Europe in 2005.
  • Canada ranked first for arable land > hectares per 1000 amongst NATO countries in 2003.
  • Lithuania ranked first for arable land > hectares per 1000 amongst European Union in 2005.
  • Kazakhstan ranked first for arable land > hectares per 1000 amongst Cold countries in 2005.
  • United States ranked third for arable land > hectares per 1000 amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
  • Latvia ranked first for arable land > hectares per 1000 amongst Eurozone in 2005.
  • Japan ranked last for arable land > hectares per 1000 amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2005.
  • All of the top 2 countries by arable land > hectares per 1000 are Sparsely populated.
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