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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 |
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1 | United States | 174.45 million hectares | 2005 | ||
2 | India | 159.65 million hectares | 2005 | ||
3 | Russia | 121.78 million hectares | 2005 | ||
4 | China | 103.4 million hectares | 2003 | ||
5 | Brazil | 59 million hectares | 2003 | ||
6 | Australia | 49.4 million hectares | 2005 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 47.26 million hectares | 2005 | |||
7 | Canada | 45.66 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 37.12 million hectares | 2005 | |||
8 | Ukraine | 32.45 million hectares | 2005 | ||
9 | Nigeria | 30.5 million hectares | 2003 | ||
10 | Argentina | 27.9 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 27.09 million hectares | 2003 | |||
11 | Mexico | 24.8 million hectares | 2003 | ||
12 | Turkey | 23.83 million hectares | 2005 | ||
13 | Indonesia | 23 million hectares | 2005 | ||
14 | Kazakhstan | 22.36 million hectares | 2005 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 21.58 million hectares | 2003 | |||
15 | Pakistan | 21.27 million hectares | 2005 | ||
16 | France | 18.51 million hectares | 2005 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 17.85 million hectares | 2003 | |||
17 | Sudan | 17 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 16.34 million hectares | 2003 | |||
18 | Iran | 16.1 million hectares | 2005 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 15.99 million hectares | 2005 | |||
19 | South Africa | 14.75 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 14.64 million hectares | 2003 | |||
20 | Niger | 14.48 million hectares | 2003 | ||
21 | Thailand | 14.13 million hectares | 2003 | ||
22 | Spain | 13.7 million hectares | 2005 | ||
23 | Poland | 12.14 million hectares | 2005 | ||
24 | Germany | 11.9 million hectares | 2005 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 11.83 million hectares | 2005 | |||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 11.5 million hectares | 2005 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 11.18 million hectares | 2003 | |||
25 | Ethiopia | 11.06 million hectares | 2003 | ||
26 | Burma | 10.09 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 9.43 million hectares | 2003 | |||
27 | Romania | 9.29 million hectares | 2005 | ||
28 | Morocco | 8.48 million hectares | 2003 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 8.17 million hectares | 2003 | |||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 7.96 million hectares | 2003 | |||
29 | Bangladesh | 7.96 million hectares | 2005 | ||
30 | Afghanistan | 7.91 million hectares | 2003 | ||
31 | Italy | 7.74 million hectares | 2005 | ||
32 | Algeria | 7.54 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 7.22 million hectares | 2005 | |||
failed states average (profile) | 7.08 million hectares | 2003 | |||
33 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.7 million hectares | 2003 | ||
34 | Vietnam | 6.6 million hectares | 2005 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 6.55 million hectares | 2003 | |||
Christian countries average (profile) | 6.39 million hectares | 2003 | |||
35 | Cameroon | 5.96 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 5.78 million hectares | 2003 | |||
36 | Iraq | 5.75 million hectares | 2003 | ||
37 | United Kingdom | 5.73 million hectares | 2005 | ||
38 | Philippines | 5.7 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 5.6 million hectares | 2003 | |||
39 | Belarus | 5.46 million hectares | 2005 | ||
40 | Zambia | 5.26 million hectares | 2003 | ||
41 | Uganda | 5.2 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 5.2 million hectares | 2003 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 4.98 million hectares | 2005 | |||
42 | Syria | 4.87 million hectares | 2005 | ||
43 | Burkina Faso | 4.84 million hectares | 2003 | ||
44 | Mali | 4.8 million hectares | 2005 | ||
45 | Uzbekistan | 4.7 million hectares | 2003 | ||
46 | Kenya | 4.65 million hectares | 2003 | ||
47 | Hungary | 4.6 million hectares | 2005 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 4.39 million hectares | 2003 | |||
48 | Japan | 4.36 million hectares | 2005 | ||
49 | Mozambique | 4.35 million hectares | 2003 | ||
50 | Ghana | 4.18 million hectares | 2003 | ||
51 | Tanzania | 4 million hectares | 2003 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 4 million hectares | 2005 | |||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 3.96 million hectares | 2003 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 3.73 million hectares | 2003 | |||
=52 | Cambodia | 3.7 million hectares | 2005 | ||
=52 | Peru | 3.7 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 3.67 million hectares | 2005 | |||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 3.66 million hectares | 2003 | |||
=54 | Chad | 3.6 million hectares | 2003 | ||
=54 | Saudi Arabia | 3.6 million hectares | 2003 | ||
56 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3.5 million hectares | 2005 | ||
=57 | Angola | 3.3 million hectares | 2003 | ||
=57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.3 million hectares | 2003 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 3.28 million hectares | 2003 | |||
59 | Zimbabwe | 3.22 million hectares | 2003 | ||
60 | Bulgaria | 3.17 million hectares | 2005 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 3.15 million hectares | 2003 | |||
61 | Cuba | 3.06 million hectares | 2003 | ||
62 | Bolivia | 3.05 million hectares | 2003 | ||
63 | Czech Republic | 3.05 million hectares | 2005 | ||
64 | Paraguay | 3.04 million hectares | 2003 | ||
65 | Egypt | 3 million hectares | 2005 | ||
66 | Madagascar | 2.95 million hectares | 2003 | ||
67 | North Korea | 2.8 million hectares | 2005 | ||
68 | Tunisia | 2.79 million hectares | 2003 | ||
69 | Sweden | 2.7 million hectares | 2005 | ||
70 | Benin | 2.65 million hectares | 2003 | ||
71 | Greece | 2.63 million hectares | 2005 | ||
72 | Venezuela | 2.6 million hectares | 2003 | ||
73 | Togo | 2.51 million hectares | 2003 | ||
74 | Senegal | 2.46 million hectares | 2003 | ||
75 | Malawi | 2.45 million hectares | 2003 | ||
76 | Nepal | 2.36 million hectares | 2005 | ||
77 | Denmark | 2.24 million hectares | 2005 | ||
78 | Finland | 2.23 million hectares | 2005 | ||
79 | Turkmenistan | 2.2 million hectares | 2003 | ||
80 | Colombia | 2 million hectares | 2005 | ||
81 | Chile | 1.98 million hectares | 2003 | ||
82 | Central African Republic | 1.93 million hectares | 2003 | ||
83 | Nicaragua | 1.93 million hectares | 2003 | ||
84 | Lithuania | 1.91 million hectares | 2005 | ||
85 | Moldova | 1.85 million hectares | 2005 | ||
86 | Azerbaijan | 1.84 million hectares | 2005 | ||
87 | Libya | 1.81 million hectares | 2003 | ||
88 | Malaysia | 1.8 million hectares | 2003 | ||
89 | South Korea | 1.64 million hectares | 2005 | ||
90 | Yemen | 1.54 million hectares | 2003 | ||
91 | Portugal | 1.53 million hectares | 2005 | ||
92 | New Zealand | 1.5 million hectares | 2003 | ||
93 | Guatemala | 1.44 million hectares | 2003 | ||
94 | Slovakia | 1.39 million hectares | 2005 | ||
95 | Austria | 1.39 million hectares | 2005 | ||
96 | Uruguay | 1.37 million hectares | 2003 | ||
97 | Ecuador | 1.35 million hectares | 2005 | ||
Tourist destinations average (profile) | 1.31 million hectares | 2003 | |||
98 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.28 million hectares | 2005 | ||
99 | Ireland | 1.22 million hectares | 2005 | ||
100 | Rwanda | 1.2 million hectares | 2003 | ||
101 | Mongolia | 1.2 million hectares | 2003 | ||
102 | Croatia | 1.11 million hectares | 2005 | ||
103 | Guinea | 1.1 million hectares | 2003 | ||
104 | Dominican Republic | 1.1 million hectares | 2003 | ||
105 | Latvia | 1.09 million hectares | 2005 | ||
106 | Honduras | 1.07 million hectares | 2003 | ||
107 | Somalia | 1.04 million hectares | 2003 | ||
=108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,000,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=108 | Laos | 1,000,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
110 | Burundi | 990,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
111 | Tajikistan | 930,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
112 | Sri Lanka | 916,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
113 | Netherlands | 908,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
114 | Norway | 859,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
115 | Belgium | 844,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
116 | Namibia | 815,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
117 | Georgia | 802,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
118 | Haiti | 780,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
119 | El Salvador | 660,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
120 | Estonia | 591,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
121 | Albania | 578,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
122 | Sierra Leone | 570,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
123 | Eritrea | 562,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
124 | Panama | 548,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=125 | Armenia | 495,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=125 | Congo, Republic of the | 495,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
127 | Mauritania | 488,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
128 | Guyana | 480,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
129 | Switzerland | 410,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
130 | Liberia | 382,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
131 | Botswana | 377,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
132 | Lesotho | 330,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
133 | Gabon | 325,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
134 | Israel | 317,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
135 | The Gambia | 315,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
136 | Guinea-Bissau | 300,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=137 | Papua New Guinea | 225,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=137 | Costa Rica | 225,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
139 | Fiji | 200,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
140 | Jordan | 184,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
141 | Swaziland | 178,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
142 | Slovenia | 176,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
143 | Jamaica | 174,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
144 | Lebanon | 170,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
145 | Bhutan | 159,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
146 | Equatorial Guinea | 130,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
147 | East Timor | 122,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=148 | Cyprus | 100,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=148 | Mauritius | 100,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
150 | Comoros | 80,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 75,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
152 | Puerto Rico | 71,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
153 | Belize | 70,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
154 | United Arab Emirates | 64,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=155 | Luxembourg | 60,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=155 | Samoa | 60,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
157 | Suriname | 58,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
158 | Cape Verde | 46,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
159 | Oman | 37,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
160 | Vanuatu | 20,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=161 | Qatar | 18,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=161 | Solomon Islands | 18,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
163 | Barbados | 16,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=164 | Kuwait | 15,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=164 | Tonga | 15,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
166 | Brunei | 14,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
167 | Malta | 9,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=168 | Netherlands Antilles | 8,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=168 | The Bahamas | 8,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=172 | Iceland | 7,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
175 | New Caledonia | 6,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
176 | Dominica | 5,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=177 | Liechtenstein | 4,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=177 | Palau | 4,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=177 | Maldives | 4,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=177 | Saint Lucia | 4,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=177 | Federated States of Micronesia | 4,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=182 | Faroe Islands | 3,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=182 | French Polynesia | 3,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=184 | Bahrain | 2,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=184 | Marshall Islands | 2,000 hectares | 2005 | ||
=184 | Virgin Islands | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=184 | American Samoa | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=184 | Aruba | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=184 | Guam | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=184 | Kiribati | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=184 | Grenada | 2,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=192 | Seychelles | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=192 | Djibouti | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=192 | Andorra | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=192 | San Marino | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=192 | Bermuda | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
=192 | Cayman Islands | 1,000 hectares | 2003 | ||
198 | Singapore | 600 hectares | 2005 |