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  • Agricultural growth: Index of agricultural production in 1996 - 98 (1989 - 91 = 100)
  • Agricultural land > Sq. km: 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.
  • Agricultural land > Sq. km per 1000: 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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors > Per capita: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Arable land > Hectares: 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.
  • Arable land > Hectares per 1000: 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.
  • Arable land > Hectares per capita: Arable land (hectares per person). Arable land (hectares per person) 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.
  • Grains > Rice > Consumption: Figures for 2003/2004
  • Produce > Crop > Production index: Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 1999-2001. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 1999-2001.
  • Produce > Food > Production index: Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value.
  • Produce > Soybean > Production: Total production of Soybean, metric tons, 2003/2004
  • Products: Major agricultural crops and products
  • Rural population: Total population living in rural areas. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Tractors: Number of tractors 2000. Number of tractors in use refers to the total number of wheeled and crawler tractors used in agriculture. Garden tractors are excluded.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 100 hectares of arable land: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. 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.
  • Fertilizer use: Average fertilizer use (kg per ha of cropland 2000). Fertilizer use, kilograms per hectare, is calculated by WRI by dividing the total fertilizer consumption, measured in kilograms of plant nutrient, by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland. The measure of fertilizer consumption is an aggregate of nitrogenous, phosphate and potash fertilizers. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collects data on fertilizer use through surveys distributed to participating governments. In addition, the Ad Hoc Working Party on Fertilizer Statistics works to improve geographic coverage of the data. Hectares of arable and permanent cropland are determined through a variety of means, including self-reporting from governments and FAO estimation methods.
  • Gross value added: Gross Value Added by agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing at current prices - US dollars.
  • Produce > Meat > Production: Meat production in thousand metric tonnes
  • Produce > Cereal > Cereal yield > Kg per hectare: Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.
  • Gross value added per capita: Gross Value Added by agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Grains > Rice > Consumption per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Workers per hectare: Workers per hectare of cropland 2000. Agricultural labor intensity, number of workers per hectare shows the labor input intensity of agricultural systems. It is calculated by WRI by dividing the number of agricultural workers by the number of hectares of arable and permanent cropland. Values vary widely among countries according to labor scarcity, production technologies, costs of energy and machinery, etc.
  • Produce > Livestock > Production index: Livestock production index includes meat and milk from all sources, dairy products such as cheese, and eggs, honey, raw silk, wool, and hides and skins.
  • Arable land > Hectares > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Tractors per 1000: Number of tractors 2000. Number of tractors in use refers to the total number of wheeled and crawler tractors used in agriculture. Garden tractors are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons: Cereal production (metric tons). Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded.
  • Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 1000: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June).
  • Rural population per thousand people: Total population living in rural areas. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters per million: Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters). Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent per 1000: Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent). Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > 100 grams per hectare of arable land: Fertilizer consumption (100 grams per hectare of arable land) measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June). 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.
  • Produce > Cereal > Production: Average production of cereals (1999-2001). Average Production of Cereals refers to the amount of cereals produced in a given country or region each year. Data are reported in thousand metric tons. Cereals include wheat, barley, maize, rye, oats, millet, s
  • Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Agricultural methane emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.
  • Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Agricultural methane emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons per 1000: Cereal production (metric tons). Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.
  • Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Nitrous oxide emissions are emissions from agricultural biomass burning, industrial activities, and livestock management. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Meat > Production per million: Meat production in thousand metric tonnes. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Permanent crops: Permanent crops in 2000.
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons per 1000: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Produce > Soybean > Production per 1000: Total production of Soybean, metric tons, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters: Renewable internal freshwater resources, total (billion cubic meters). Renewable internal freshwater resources flows refer to internal renewable resources (internal river flows and groundwater from rainfall) in the country.
  • Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons > Per capita: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June). Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent: Methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent). Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production.
  • Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent: Nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). Nitrous oxide emissions are emissions from agricultural biomass burning, industrial activities, and livestock management.
  • Arable and permanent cropland: Arable and permanent cropland 2000.
  • Produce > Cereal > Production growth: Average production of Cereals (percentage change from 1986-88 to 1996-98)
  • Produce > Cereal > Production per million: Average production of cereals (1999-2001). Average Production of Cereals refers to the amount of cereals produced in a given country or region each year. Data are reported in thousand metric tons. Cereals include wheat, barley, maize, rye, oats, millet, s. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Meat > Production growth: Average production of roots and tubers (percentage change from 1986-88 to 1996-98)
  • Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares > Per capita: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Produce > Root and tuber > Production: Average production of roots and tubers 1996-1998
  • Arable and permanent cropland per million: Arable and permanent cropland 2000. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Wheat > Imports: Figures for 2003/2004
  • Area > Soybean: Land area under Soybean, hectares, 2003/2004
  • Produce > Soybean > Yield: Yield of Soybean, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004
  • Permanent crops per 1000: Permanent crops in 2000. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Produce > Root and tuber > Production growth: Average production of roots and tubers (percentage change from 1986-88 to 1996-98)
  • Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > % of total: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total). Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.
  • Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares per 1000: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture > % of total freshwater withdrawal: Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture (% of total freshwater withdrawal). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production. Data correspond to the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
  • Produce > Soybean > Yield per million: Yield of Soybean, Metric tons per hectare, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Permanent cropland > % of land area: Permanent cropland 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.
  • Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters: Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data are for the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
  • Irrigated land > % of cropland: Irrigated land refers to areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding. Cropland refers to arable land and permanent cropland.
  • Produce > Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares per 1000: Land under cereal production (hectares). Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry > % of total freshwater withdrawal: Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry (% of total freshwater withdrawal). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for industry are total withdrawals for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Data correspond to the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
  • Produce > Wheat > Imports per million: Figures for 2003/2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.
  • Arable land > % of land area: 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.
  • Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic > % of total freshwater withdrawal: Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic (% of total freshwater withdrawal). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data correspond to the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
  • Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters per million: Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (billion cubic meters). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data correspond to the most recent year available for 1987-2002. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Area > Soybean per 1000: Land area under Soybean, hectares, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Agricultural methane emissions > % of total: Agricultural methane emissions (% of total). Agricultural methane emissions are emissions from animals, animal waste, rice production, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.
  • Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > % of internal resources: Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources). Annual freshwater withdrawals refer to total water withdrawals, not counting evaporation losses from storage basins. Withdrawals also include water from desalination plants in countries where they are a significant source. Withdrawals can exceed 100 percent of total renewable resources where extraction from nonrenewable aquifers or desalination plants is considerable or where there is significant water reuse. Withdrawals for agriculture and industry are total withdrawals for irrigation and livestock production and for direct industrial use (including withdrawals for cooling thermoelectric plants). Withdrawals for domestic uses include drinking water, municipal use or supply, and use for public services, commercial establishments, and homes. Data correspond to the most recent year available for 1987-2002.
  • Produce > Root and tuber > Production per million: Average production of roots and tubers 1996-1998. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Produce > Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares: Land under cereal production (hectares). Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded.
STAT India North Korea HISTORY
Agricultural growth 121
Ranked 53th.
0.0
Ranked 147th.
Agricultural land > Sq. km 1.8 million sq. km
Ranked 8th. 70 times more than North Korea
25,550 sq. km
Ranked 111th.

Agricultural land > Sq. km per 1000 1.47 sq. km
Ranked 164th. 42% more than North Korea
1.04 sq. km
Ranked 175th.

Agricultural machinery > Tractors 2.53 million
Ranked 2nd. 39 times more than North Korea
64,200
Ranked 49th.

Agricultural machinery > Tractors > Per capita 2.38 per 1,000 people
Ranked 75th.
2.88 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd. 21% more than India

Arable land > Hectares 159.65 million hectares
Ranked 2nd. 57 times more than North Korea
2.8 million hectares
Ranked 30th.

Arable land > Hectares per 1000 141.64 hectares
Ranked 42nd. 20% more than North Korea
117.58 hectares
Ranked 46th.

Arable land > Hectares per capita 0.129
Ranked 104th. 38% more than North Korea
0.0934
Ranked 133th.

Grains > Rice > Consumption 85,250 thousand metric tons
Ranked 2nd. 52 times more than North Korea
1,640 thousand metric tons
Ranked 15th.
Produce > Crop > Production index 103.9%
Ranked 111th.
110%
Ranked 70th. 6% more than India

Produce > Food > Production index 104.7%
Ranked 100th.
109.7%
Ranked 60th. 5% more than India

Produce > Soybean > Production 6.8 million
Ranked 5th. 19 times more than North Korea
360,000
Ranked 13th.
Products rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, lentils, onions, potatoes; dairy products, sheep, goats, poultry; fish rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs
Rural population 59,140
Ranked 28th. 2 times more than North Korea
28,004
Ranked 119th.

Tractors 1.52 million
Ranked 4th. 22 times more than North Korea
70,000
Ranked 45th.
Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 100 hectares of arable land 158.57
Ranked 76th.
237.78
Ranked 59th. 50% more than India

Fertilizer use 98.6 kg
Ranked 42nd.
175.5 kg
Ranked 19th. 78% more than India
Gross value added 307.81 billion
Ranked 2nd. 99 times more than North Korea
3.11 billion
Ranked 86th.

Produce > Meat > Production 4,604 thousand metric tons
Ranked 7th. 32 times more than North Korea
146 thousand metric tons
Ranked 86th.
Produce > Cereal > Cereal yield > Kg per hectare 2,953.61
Ranked 84th.
3,127.76
Ranked 77th. 6% more than India

Gross value added per capita 248.9
Ranked 144th. 98% more than North Korea
125.74
Ranked 184th.

Grains > Rice > Consumption per million 76.76 thousand metric tons
Ranked 9th. 11% more than North Korea
69.38 thousand metric tons
Ranked 10th.
Workers per hectare 1.6
Ranked 30th.
1.7
Ranked 28th. 6% more than India
Produce > Livestock > Production index 112.2%
Ranked 46th.
115.4%
Ranked 35th. 3% more than India

Arable land > Hectares > Per capita 145.85 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 41st. 17% more than North Korea
124.51 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 48th.

Tractors per 1000 1.46
Ranked 79th.
3.06
Ranked 59th. 2 times more than India
Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons 286.5 million
Ranked 3rd. 69 times more than North Korea
4.17 million
Ranked 62nd.

Agricultural machinery > Tractors per 1000 2.31
Ranked 74th.
2.74
Ranked 70th. 18% more than India

Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons 16.12 million metric tons
Ranked 3rd. 61 times more than North Korea
266,200 metric tons
Ranked 53th.

Rural population per thousand people 0.0578
Ranked 205th.
1.49
Ranked 158th. 26 times more than India

Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters per million 1.18
Ranked 123th.
2.72
Ranked 91st. 2 times more than India

Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent per 1000 0.515
Ranked 119th.
0.76
Ranked 89th. 47% more than India

Fertilizer > Consumption > 100 grams per hectare of arable land 1,008.48 100 g/ha of arable land
Ranked 64th. 2% more than North Korea
985.93 100 g/ha of arable land
Ranked 68th.

Produce > Cereal > Production 121 thousand metric tons
Ranked 44th.
0.0
Ranked 147th.
Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 377,589.2
Ranked 2nd. 86 times more than North Korea
4,370.1
Ranked 70th.

Agricultural methane emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 313.19
Ranked 85th. 76% more than North Korea
178.37
Ranked 113th.

Produce > Cereal > Cereal production > Metric tons per 1000 231.67
Ranked 70th. 37% more than North Korea
168.56
Ranked 92nd.

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 170,550.2
Ranked 3rd. 77 times more than North Korea
2,216.4
Ranked 86th.

Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 194.2
Ranked 115th. 47% more than North Korea
132.29
Ranked 129th.

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent per million 141.46
Ranked 106th. 56% more than North Korea
90.46
Ranked 119th.

Produce > Meat > Production per million 4.35 thousand metric tons
Ranked 141st.
6.34 thousand metric tons
Ranked 134th. 46% more than India
Permanent crops 7.9 million hectares
Ranked 4th. 26 times more than North Korea
300,000 hectares
Ranked 61st.
Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons per 1000 14.97 metric tons
Ranked 65th. 31% more than North Korea
11.45 metric tons
Ranked 76th.

Produce > Soybean > Production per 1000 6.12
Ranked 11th.
15.23
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than India
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total > Billion cubic meters 1,446
Ranked 10th. 22 times more than North Korea
67
Ranked 66th.

Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons > Per capita 15.38 metric tons per 1,000 p
Ranked 63th. 28% more than North Korea
12.02 metric tons per 1,000 p
Ranked 74th.

Methane emissions > Kt of CO2 equivalent 621,479.7
Ranked 2nd. 33 times more than North Korea
18,611.3
Ranked 57th.

Nitrous oxide emissions > Thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 234,135.8
Ranked 4th. 72 times more than North Korea
3,241.2
Ranked 88th.

Arable and permanent cropland 169,700 thousand hectares
Ranked 2nd. 85 times more than North Korea
2,000 thousand hectares
Ranked 84th.
Produce > Cereal > Production growth 31%
Ranked 41st.
-59%
Ranked 147th.
Produce > Cereal > Production per million 0.114 thousand metric tons
Ranked 146th.
0.0
Ranked 147th.
Produce > Meat > Production growth 57%
Ranked 48th.
-76%
Ranked 148th.
Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares > Per capita 90.86 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 71st. 57% more than North Korea
57.77 hectares per 1,000 peop
Ranked 105th.

Produce > Root and tuber > Production 29,909 thousand metric tons
Ranked 4th. 44 times more than North Korea
684 thousand metric tons
Ranked 76th.
Arable and permanent cropland per million 162.82 thousand hectares
Ranked 102nd. 86% more than North Korea
87.56 thousand hectares
Ranked 134th.
Produce > Wheat > Imports 50 thousand metric tons
Ranked 43th.
400 thousand metric tons
Ranked 37th. 8 times more than India
Area > Soybean 6.45 million
Ranked 5th. 20 times more than North Korea
320,000
Ranked 11th.
Produce > Soybean > Yield 1.05
Ranked 20th.
1.14
Ranked 18th. 9% more than India
Permanent crops per 1000 7.58 hectares
Ranked 128th.
13.13 hectares
Ranked 109th. 73% more than India
Produce > Root and tuber > Production growth 59%
Ranked 23th.
-32%
Ranked 140th.
Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions > % of total 72.84%
Ranked 59th. 7% more than North Korea
68.38%
Ranked 75th.

Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares per 1000 88.24 hectares
Ranked 69th. 62% more than North Korea
54.55 hectares
Ranked 106th.

Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture > % of total freshwater withdrawal 90.41%
Ranked 26th. 18% more than North Korea
76.35%
Ranked 59th.

Produce > Soybean > Yield per million 0.000945
Ranked 20th.
0.0482
Ranked 6th. 51 times more than India
Permanent cropland > % of land area 3.36% of land area
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than North Korea
1.66% of land area
Ranked 33th.

Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters 761
Ranked 1st. 88 times more than North Korea
8.66
Ranked 55th.

Irrigated land > % of cropland 32.94%
Ranked 35th.
50.34%
Ranked 19th. 53% more than India

Produce > Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares per 1000 78.44
Ranked 81st. 46% more than North Korea
53.89
Ranked 108th.

Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry > % of total freshwater withdrawal 2.23%
Ranked 139th.
13.22%
Ranked 76th. 6 times more than India

Produce > Wheat > Imports per million 0.045 thousand metric tons
Ranked 42nd.
16.92 thousand metric tons
Ranked 29th. 376 times more than India
Produce > Land under cereal > Production > Hectares 99.45 million hectares
Ranked 1st. 77 times more than North Korea
1.3 million hectares
Ranked 62nd.

Arable land > % of land area 53.7% of land area
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than North Korea
23.25% of land area
Ranked 28th.

Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic > % of total freshwater withdrawal 7.36%
Ranked 141st.
10.43%
Ranked 123th. 42% more than India

Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > Billion cubic meters per million 0.623
Ranked 48th. 77% more than North Korea
0.352
Ranked 81st.

Area > Soybean per 1000 5.81
Ranked 10th.
13.54
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than India
Agricultural methane emissions > % of total 60.76%
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than North Korea
23.48%
Ranked 105th.

Livestock > Annual freshwater withdrawals, total > % of internal resources 52.63%
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than North Korea
12.92%
Ranked 77th.

Produce > Root and tuber > Production per million 29.68 thousand metric tons
Ranked 108th.
30.47 thousand metric tons
Ranked 106th. 3% more than India
Produce > Cereal > Land under cereal production > Hectares 97 million
Ranked 1st. 73 times more than North Korea
1.33 million
Ranked 66th.

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