Agriculture > Arable and permanent cropland: Countries Compared

Author: Suchita Vemuri, Staff Editor

Nations with the largest cultivated acreage under crops are not any longer primarily agricultural countries, with economies dependent on agricultural activity. Itâ€™s a tribute to technology that agriculture in the USA, which has the highest cultivated acreage, contributes only 2% to the countryâ€™s GDP. The proportionate <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_gdp_com_by_sec_agr&int=-1>contribution of agriculture to the GDP</a> is higher in the poorer, underdeveloped countries.

While the <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/agr_val_add&int=-1>value-add in agriculture</a> arises from several factors, ranging from labor and mechanical technology to irrigation and biotechnology, itâ€™s interesting that countries where labor comprises the largest input, show the maximum value-addition in agriculture.

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DEFINITION: Arable and permanent cropland 2000.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	United States	179,000 thousand hectares	2000
2	India	169,700 thousand hectares	2000
3	China	135,557 thousand hectares	2000
4	Russia	126,820 thousand hectares	2000
5	Brazil	65,200 thousand hectares	2000
6	Australia	50,600 thousand hectares	2000
7	Canada	45,700 thousand hectares	2000
	South Asia average (profile)	41,671.6 thousand hectares	2000
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	39,697.86 thousand hectares	2000
8	Indonesia	33,546 thousand hectares	2000
9	Ukraine	33,496 thousand hectares	2000
	Emerging markets average (profile)	30,916.16 thousand hectares	2000
10	Nigeria	30,850 thousand hectares	2000
11	Mexico	27,300 thousand hectares	2000
12	Argentina	27,200 thousand hectares	2000
13	Turkey	26,672 thousand hectares	2000
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	25,053 thousand hectares	2000
14	Pakistan	21,960 thousand hectares	2000
15	Kazakhstan	21,671 thousand hectares	2000
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	20,312.25 thousand hectares	2000
16	France	19,582 thousand hectares	2000
17	Spain	18,217 thousand hectares	2000
18	Thailand	18,000 thousand hectares	2000
	Religious countries average (profile)	17,881.1 thousand hectares	2000
	Cold countries average (profile)	17,063.46 thousand hectares	2000
19	Sudan	16,433 thousand hectares	2000
20	South Africa	15,712 thousand hectares	2000
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	14,758.07 thousand hectares	2000
21	Poland	14,330 thousand hectares	2000
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	13,992.79 thousand hectares	2000
22	Germany	12,020 thousand hectares	2000
23	Italy	10,825 thousand hectares	2000
24	Ethiopia	10,728 thousand hectares	2000
25	Burma	10,495 thousand hectares	2000
26	Philippines	10,050 thousand hectares	2000
27	Romania	9,865 thousand hectares	2000
28	Morocco	9,734 thousand hectares	2000
29	Bangladesh	8,484 thousand hectares	2000
30	Algeria	8,195 thousand hectares	2000
31	Afghanistan	8,054 thousand hectares	2000
	NATO countries average (profile)	7,865.72 thousand hectares	2000
32	Malaysia	7,605 thousand hectares	2000
=33	Cote d'Ivoire	7,350 thousand hectares	2000
=33	Vietnam	7,350 thousand hectares	2000
35	Cameroon	7,160 thousand hectares	2000
	failed states average (profile)	6,987.2 thousand hectares	2000
36	Uganda	6,960 thousand hectares	2000
	Muslim countries average (profile)	6,578.42 thousand hectares	2000
	OPEC countries average (profile)	6,386.33 thousand hectares	2000
37	Belarus	6,257 thousand hectares	2000
38	United Kingdom	5,928 thousand hectares	2000
39	Ghana	5,809 thousand hectares	2000
40	Iraq	5,540 thousand hectares	2000
	European Union average (profile)	5,420.92 thousand hectares	2000
41	Zambia	5,279 thousand hectares	2000
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	5,113.3 thousand hectares	2000
42	Tunisia	5,014 thousand hectares	2000
43	Uzbekistan	4,850 thousand hectares	2000
44	Japan	4,830 thousand hectares	2000
45	Hungary	4,803 thousand hectares	2000
46	Mali	4,674 thousand hectares	2000
47	Bulgaria	4,636 thousand hectares	2000
48	Colombia	4,545 thousand hectares	2000
49	Kenya	4,520 thousand hectares	2000
50	Niger	4,500 thousand hectares	2000
51	Cuba	4,465 thousand hectares	2000
52	Peru	4,210 thousand hectares	2000
53	Mozambique	4,135 thousand hectares	2000
54	Greece	3,854 thousand hectares	2000
55	Burkina Faso	3,850 thousand hectares	2000
56	Cambodia	3,807 thousand hectares	2000
57	Saudi Arabia	3,785 thousand hectares	2000
	Former French colonies average (profile)	3,772.35 thousand hectares	2000
58	Serbia and Montenegro	3,736 thousand hectares	2000
59	Chad	3,550 thousand hectares	2000
60	Madagascar	3,500 thousand hectares	2000
61	Venezuela	3,400 thousand hectares	2000
62	Zimbabwe	3,350 thousand hectares	2000
63	Czech Republic	3,318 thousand hectares	2000
64	Angola	3,300 thousand hectares	2000
65	Egypt	3,291 thousand hectares	2000
66	New Zealand	3,280 thousand hectares	2000
67	Ecuador	3,001 thousand hectares	2000
68	Lithuania	2,992 thousand hectares	2000
69	Nepal	2,968 thousand hectares	2000
70	Nicaragua	2,746 thousand hectares	2000
71	Sweden	2,706 thousand hectares	2000
72	Portugal	2,705 thousand hectares	2000
73	Togo	2,630 thousand hectares	2000
74	Senegal	2,400 thousand hectares	2000
75	Paraguay	2,378 thousand hectares	2000
76	Chile	2,297 thousand hectares	2000
77	Denmark	2,289 thousand hectares	2000
78	Malawi	2,240 thousand hectares	2000
79	Benin	2,215 thousand hectares	2000
80	Bolivia	2,206 thousand hectares	2000
81	Finland	2,191 thousand hectares	2000
82	Libya	2,150 thousand hectares	2000
83	Central African Republic	2,020 thousand hectares	2000
84	North Korea	2,000 thousand hectares	2000
85	Sri Lanka	1,910 thousand hectares	2000
86	Azerbaijan	1,907 thousand hectares	2000
87	Guatemala	1,905 thousand hectares	2000
88	Latvia	1,874 thousand hectares	2000
89	Turkmenistan	1,695 thousand hectares	2000
90	Yemen	1,669 thousand hectares	2000
91	Dominican Republic	1,596 thousand hectares	2000
92	Croatia	1,586 thousand hectares	2000
93	Slovakia	1,576 thousand hectares	2000
94	Guinea	1,485 thousand hectares	2000
95	Austria	1,470 thousand hectares	2000
96	Kyrgyzstan	1,435 thousand hectares	2000
97	Honduras	1,427 thousand hectares	2000
98	Uruguay	1,340 thousand hectares	2000
99	Burundi	1,260 thousand hectares	2000
100	Mongolia	1,176 thousand hectares	2000
101	Rwanda	1,150 thousand hectares	2000
102	Estonia	1,134 thousand hectares	2000
103	Somalia	1,067 thousand hectares	2000
104	Georgia	1,062 thousand hectares	2000
105	Ireland	1,053 thousand hectares	2000
106	Laos	958 thousand hectares	2000
107	Netherlands	944 thousand hectares	2000
108	Haiti	910 thousand hectares	2000
109	Norway	883 thousand hectares	2000
110	Tajikistan	860 thousand hectares	2000
111	Papua New Guinea	855 thousand hectares	2000
112	Namibia	820 thousand hectares	2000
113	El Salvador	810 thousand hectares	2000
114	Albania	699 thousand hectares	2000
115	Panama	655 thousand hectares	2000
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	650 thousand hectares	2000
117	Republic of Macedonia	599 thousand hectares	2000
118	Liberia	595 thousand hectares	2000
119	Armenia	560 thousand hectares	2000
120	Sierra Leone	550 thousand hectares	2000
121	Costa Rica	505 thousand hectares	2000
122	Eritrea	501 thousand hectares	2000
123	Mauritania	500 thousand hectares	2000
124	Guyana	496 thousand hectares	2000
125	Gabon	495 thousand hectares	2000
126	Switzerland	437 thousand hectares	2000
127	Israel	418 thousand hectares	2000
128	Jordan	401 thousand hectares	2000
129	Botswana	373 thousand hectares	2000
130	Guinea-Bissau	350 thousand hectares	2000
131	Lebanon	332 thousand hectares	2000
132	Lesotho	325 thousand hectares	2000
133	Fiji	285 thousand hectares	2000
134	Jamaica	274 thousand hectares	2000
135	United Arab Emirates	247 thousand hectares	2000
136	The Gambia	235 thousand hectares	2000
137	Equatorial Guinea	230 thousand hectares	2000
138	Democratic Republic of the Congo	220 thousand hectares	2000
139	Slovenia	204 thousand hectares	2000
140	Bhutan	160 thousand hectares	2000
141	Trinidad and Tobago	122 thousand hectares	2000
142	Belize	89 thousand hectares	2000
143	Oman	80 thousand hectares	2000
144	Suriname	67 thousand hectares	2000
145	Solomon Islands	60 thousand hectares	2000
146	Kuwait	10 thousand hectares	2000
147	Iceland	7 thousand hectares	2000
148	Singapore	1 thousand hectares	2000

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