Agriculture > Agricultural land > Sq. km: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Agricultural land (sq. km). Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land 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. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	China	5.19 million sq. km	2011
2	United States	4.11 million sq. km	2011
3	Australia	4.1 million sq. km	2011
4	Brazil	2.75 million sq. km	2011
5	Russia	2.15 million sq. km	2011
6	Kazakhstan	2.09 million sq. km	2011
7	European Union	1.88 million sq. km	2011
8	India	1.8 million sq. km	2011
9	Saudi Arabia	1.73 million sq. km	2011
10	Argentina	1.48 million sq. km	2011
11	Mongolia	1.14 million sq. km	2011
12	Sudan	1.09 million sq. km	2011
13	Mexico	1.03 million sq. km	2011
14	South Africa	963,740 sq. km	2011
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	909,154.42 sq. km	2011
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	793,323 sq. km	2011
15	Nigeria	762,000 sq. km	2011
	Emerging markets average (profile)	754,000.28 sq. km	2011
16	Canada	625,970 sq. km	2011
17	Angola	583,900 sq. km	2011
18	Indonesia	545,000 sq. km	2011
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	509,749.5 sq. km	2011
	South Asia average (profile)	507,814 sq. km	2011
19	Chad	499,320 sq. km	2011
20	Mozambique	494,000 sq. km	2011
21	Iran	489,570 sq. km	2011
22	Somalia	441,290 sq. km	2011
23	Colombia	437,856 sq. km	2011
24	Niger	437,820 sq. km	2011
	Religious countries average (profile)	421,012.92 sq. km	2011
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	418,993.46 sq. km	2011
25	Mali	416,210 sq. km	2011
26	Madagascar	413,950 sq. km	2011
27	Algeria	413,830 sq. km	2011
28	Ukraine	412,810 sq. km	2011
	Cold countries average (profile)	411,558.21 sq. km	2011
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	411,040.25 sq. km	2011
	OPEC countries average (profile)	403,586.64 sq. km	2011
29	Mauritania	397,110 sq. km	2011
30	Namibia	388,090 sq. km	2011
31	Turkey	382,470 sq. km	2011
32	Afghanistan	379,100 sq. km	2011
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	377,519.13 sq. km	2011
33	Tanzania	373,000 sq. km	2011
34	Bolivia	370,550 sq. km	2011
35	Ethiopia	356,830 sq. km	2011
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	348,077.21 sq. km	2011
36	Turkmenistan	326,600 sq. km	2011
	Former British colonies average (profile)	315,176.31 sq. km	2011
	failed states average (profile)	305,556.25 sq. km	2011
37	Morocco	301,038 sq. km	2011
38	France	290,900 sq. km	2011
39	South Sudan	285,332 sq. km	2011
	Muslim countries average (profile)	278,748.69 sq. km	2011
40	Spain	275,342.5 sq. km	2011
41	Kenya	274,500 sq. km	2011
42	Uzbekistan	266,600 sq. km	2011
43	Pakistan	265,500 sq. km	2011
44	Botswana	258,610 sq. km	2011
45	Democratic Republic of the Congo	257,550 sq. km	2011
	Hot countries average (profile)	237,104.97 sq. km	2011
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	236,334.33 sq. km	2011
46	Yemen	234,520 sq. km	2011
47	Zambia	234,350 sq. km	2011
	Christian countries average (profile)	222,881.84 sq. km	2011
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	217,104.84 sq. km	2011
48	Peru	215,000 sq. km	2011
	Catholic countries average (profile)	214,036.26 sq. km	2011
49	Venezuela	212,500 sq. km	2011
50	Thailand	210,600 sq. km	2011
51	Paraguay	209,900 sq. km	2011
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	207,334.48 sq. km	2011
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	205,442.25 sq. km	2011
52	Cote d'Ivoire	205,000 sq. km	2011
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	202,087.24 sq. km	2011
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	184,919.55 sq. km	2011
	Former French colonies average (profile)	183,772.62 sq. km	2011
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	175,193.47 sq. km	2011
53	United Kingdom	171,640 sq. km	2011
54	Germany	167,190 sq. km	2011
55	Zimbabwe	163,200 sq. km	2011
56	Ghana	159,000 sq. km	2011
57	Chile	157,890 sq. km	2011
58	Libya	155,850 sq. km	2011
59	Poland	147,790 sq. km	2011
60	Uruguay	143,780 sq. km	2011
61	Guinea	142,400 sq. km	2011
62	Uganda	140,620 sq. km	2011
63	Romania	139,820 sq. km	2011
64	Italy	139,326 sq. km	2011
65	Syria	138,640 sq. km	2011
66	Burma	125,580 sq. km	2011
67	Philippines	121,000 sq. km	2011
68	Burkina Faso	117,650 sq. km	2011
69	New Zealand	113,710 sq. km	2011
	Europe average (profile)	110,026.52 sq. km	2011
70	Vietnam	108,420 sq. km	2011
71	Kyrgyzstan	106,085 sq. km	2011
72	Republic of the Congo	105,600 sq. km	2011
	NATO countries average (profile)	103,559.57 sq. km	2011
73	Tunisia	100,720 sq. km	2011
74	Cameroon	96,000 sq. km	2011
75	Senegal	95,050 sq. km	2011
76	Bangladesh	91,280 sq. km	2011
77	Belarus	88,750 sq. km	2011
78	Iraq	82,100 sq. km	2011
79	Greece	81,520 sq. km	2011
80	Malaysia	78,700 sq. km	2011
81	Eritrea	75,920 sq. km	2011
82	Ecuador	73,460.7 sq. km	2011
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	71,258.57 sq. km	2011
	European Union average (profile)	67,100.59 sq. km	2011
83	Cuba	65,700 sq. km	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	65,230.36 sq. km	2011
	Western Europe average (profile)	57,970.54 sq. km	2011
84	Cambodia	56,550 sq. km	2011
85	Malawi	55,800 sq. km	2011
86	Hungary	53,370 sq. km	2011
87	Gabon	51,600 sq. km	2011
88	Nicaragua	51,460 sq. km	2011
89	Bulgaria	50,880 sq. km	2011
90	Central African Republic	50,800 sq. km	2011
91	Serbia	50,610 sq. km	2011
92	Tajikistan	48,550 sq. km	2011
93	Azerbaijan	47,687 sq. km	2011
94	Japan	45,610 sq. km	2011
95	Ireland	45,550 sq. km	2011
96	Guatemala	43,950 sq. km	2011
97	Nepal	42,590 sq. km	2011
98	Czech Republic	42,290 sq. km	2011
99	Togo	37,200 sq. km	2011
100	Egypt	36,650 sq. km	2011
101	Portugal	36,360 sq. km	2011
102	Sierra Leone	34,350 sq. km	2011
103	Benin	34,300 sq. km	2011
104	Honduras	32,200 sq. km	2011
105	Sweden	30,660 sq. km	2011
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	28,943.76 sq. km	2011
106	Austria	28,690 sq. km	2011
107	Lithuania	28,059 sq. km	2011
108	Denmark	26,900 sq. km	2011
109	Liberia	26,300 sq. km	2011
110	Sri Lanka	26,200 sq. km	2011
111	North Korea	25,550 sq. km	2011
112	Georgia	24,690 sq. km	2011
113	Moldova	24,590 sq. km	2011
114	Dominican Republic	24,470 sq. km	2011
115	Laos	23,780 sq. km	2011
116	Lesotho	23,120 sq. km	2011
117	Finland	22,860 sq. km	2011
118	Panama	22,670 sq. km	2011
119	Burundi	22,200 sq. km	2011
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21,510 sq. km	2011
121	Slovakia	19,297 sq. km	2011
122	Rwanda	19,200 sq. km	2011
123	Netherlands	18,948 sq. km	2011
124	Costa Rica	18,800 sq. km	2011
125	Latvia	18,160 sq. km	2011
126	Oman	17,705 sq. km	2011
127	Haiti	17,700 sq. km	2011
128	South Korea	17,560 sq. km	2011
129	Armenia	17,106 sq. km	2011
130	Djibouti	17,020 sq. km	2011
131	Guyana	16,770 sq. km	2011
132	Guinea-Bissau	16,300 sq. km	2011
133	Iceland	15,910 sq. km	2011
134	El Salvador	15,320 sq. km	2011
135	Switzerland	15,229 sq. km	2011
136	Belgium	13,370 sq. km	2011
137	Croatia	13,261 sq. km	2011
138	Swaziland	12,220 sq. km	2011
139	Albania	12,010 sq. km	2011
140	Papua New Guinea	11,900 sq. km	2011
141	Republic of Macedonia	11,180 sq. km	2011
142	Jordan	10,026 sq. km	2011
143	Norway	9,980 sq. km	2011
144	Estonia	9,450 sq. km	2011
145	Lebanon	6,380 sq. km	2011
146	The Gambia	6,150 sq. km	2011
147	Kosovo	5,700 sq. km	2007
148	Israel	5,205 sq. km	2011
149	Bhutan	5,200 sq. km	2011
150	Montenegro	5,120 sq. km	2011
151	Slovenia	4,585 sq. km	2011
152	Jamaica	4,490 sq. km	2011
153	Fiji	4,276 sq. km	2011
154	United Arab Emirates	3,973 sq. km	2011
155	East Timor	3,600 sq. km	2011
156	Equatorial Guinea	3,040 sq. km	2011
157	New Caledonia	2,510 sq. km	2011
158	Greenland	2,359 sq. km	2011
159	Puerto Rico	1,900 sq. km	2011
160	Vanuatu	1,870 sq. km	2011
161	Belize	1,570 sq. km	2011
162	Comoros	1,550 sq. km	2011
163	Kuwait	1,520 sq. km	2011
164	Luxembourg	1,310 sq. km	2011
165	Cyprus	1,185 sq. km	2011
166	Federated States of Micronesia	954 sq. km	2011
167	Solomon Islands	910 sq. km	2011
168	Mauritius	890 sq. km	2011
169	Suriname	820 sq. km	2011
170	Cape Verde	750 sq. km	2011
171	Qatar	660 sq. km	2011
172	Trinidad and Tobago	540 sq. km	2011
173	Sao Tome and Principe	487 sq. km	2011
174	French Polynesia	455 sq. km	2011
175	Isle of Man	426 sq. km	2011
176	Samoa	350 sq. km	2011
177	Kiribati	340 sq. km	2011
178	Tonga	310 sq. km	2011
179	Dominica	260 sq. km	2011
180	Andorra	203 sq. km	2011
181	Guam	180 sq. km	2011
=182	The Bahamas	150 sq. km	2011
=182	Barbados	150 sq. km	2011
184	Marshall Islands	130 sq. km	2011
185	Brunei	114 sq. km	2011
=186	Grenada	110 sq. km	2011
=186	Saint Lucia	110 sq. km	2011
188	Malta	103 sq. km	2011
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100 sq. km	2011
190	Channel Islands	96 sq. km	2011
191	Antigua and Barbuda	90 sq. km	2011
192	Bahrain	83.6 sq. km	2011
193	Maldives	70 sq. km	2011
194	Liechtenstein	65 sq. km	2011
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	60 sq. km	2011
196	Palau	50 sq. km	2011
197	American Samoa	49 sq. km	2011
=198	Seychelles	30 sq. km	2011
=198	Northern Mariana Islands	30 sq. km	2011
=198	Faeroe Islands	30 sq. km	2011
201	Cayman Islands	27 sq. km	2011
202	Aruba	20 sq. km	2011
203	Tuvalu	18 sq. km	2011
=204	Turks and Caicos Islands	10 sq. km	2011
=204	San Marino	10 sq. km	2011
206	Bermuda	7.4 sq. km	2011
207	Singapore	7.3 sq. km	2011

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