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Agricultural land (% of land area) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators

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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 (% of land area) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators (2007) Rank Country Value 1 Burundi 89.37 2 Nigeria 86.19 3 Uruguay 83.89 4 South Africa 81.83 5 Gambia 81.30 6 Comoros 80.65 7 Rwanda 78.03 8 Swaziland 78.02 9 Marshall Islands 77.78 10 Kazakhstan 77.01 11 Lesotho 75.91 12 Syria 75.68 13 Moldova 75.49 14 El Salvador 75.10 15 Eritrea 74.67 16 Mongolia 74.66 17 Djibouti 73.40 18 United Kingdom 72.94 19 Ukraine 71.23 20 Madagascar 70.23 21 Somalia 70.18 22 Bangladesh 69.52 23 Turkmenistan 69.40 24 Lebanon 67.17 25 Morocco 67.13 26 Togo 66.74 27 Ghana 65.26 28 Uganda 65 29 Hungary 64.80 30 Greece 64.24 31 Ivory Coast 63.52 32 Tunisia 63.25 33 Denmark 62.76 34 Uzbekistan 62.62 35 Ireland 62.07 36 Mozambique 62.06 37 West Bank and Gaza 61.96 38 Haiti 61.32 39 India 60.51 40 Cuba 60.28 41 Sao Tome and Principe 59.38 42 Afghanistan 59.28 43 China 59.27 44 Romania 58.92 45 High income: nonOECD 58.91 46 Guinea-Bissau 57.97 47 Azerbaijan 57.56 48 Sudan 57.56 49 Spain 57.44 50 Armenia 57.27 51 Serbia 57.19 52 Netherlands 56.69 53 Kyrgyzstan 55.94 54 Australia 55.38 55 Andorra 55.32 56 Guinea 55.23 57 Czech Republic 55 58 Mexico 54.94 59 South Asia 54.90 60 Costa Rica 53.86 61 France 53.72 62 Mayotte 53.48 63 Poland 53.17 64 Malawi 52.83 65 Kosovo 52.36 66 Dominican Republic 52.09 67 Paraguay 51.35 68 Turkey 51.26 69 Luxembourg 50.58 70 Lower middle income 50.11 71 East Asia & Pacific 49.92 72 Mauritius 49.75 73 Argentina 48.73 74 Germany 48.60 75 Kenya 47.44 76 Jamaica 47.37 77 Italy 47.22 78 Namibia 47.13 79 Bulgaria 47.10 80 Euro area 46.42 81 Angola 46.19 82 New Zealand 45.89 83 Kiribati 45.68 84 Botswana 45.62 85 Isle of Man 45.61 86 Belgium 45.24 87 United States 44.88 88 Senegal 44.86 89 Yemen 44.75 90 Sub-Saharan Africa 44.53 91 Sierra Leone 44.40 92 Barbados 44.19 93 Belarus 44.11 94 Nicaragua 43.34 95 Maldives 43.33 96 Tonga 43.06 97 Lithuania 43 98 Macedonia 42.31 99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.97 100 Guatemala 41.66 101 Burkina Faso 41.15 102 Albania 40.84 103 Slovakia 40.12 104 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 39.95 105 Zimbabwe 39.94 106 Least developed countries: UN classification 39.87 107 Austria 39.30 108 Chad 39.18 109 Switzerland 39.02 110 Thailand 38.66 111 Tanzania 38.61 112 Philippines 38.57 113 Mauritania 38.53 114 Colombia 38.25 115 Low income 38.24 116 Grenada 38.24 117 Montenegro 38.22 118 Portugal 38.21 119 Low & middle income 38.19 120 Middle income 38.17 121 Channel Islands 37.89 122 High income 37.53 123 Liechtenstein 37.50 124 Sri Lanka 36.52 125 Georgia 36.22 126 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 35.90 127 Latin America & Caribbean 35.57 128 Pakistan 35.41 129 High income: OECD 35.37 130 Guam 35.19 131 Ethiopia 35.08 132 Zambia 34.42 133 Niger 34.35 134 Bolivia 34 135 Micronesia 33.57 136 Tajikistan 32.73 137 Vietnam 32.48 138 Mali 32.47 139 Benin 31.82 140 Brazil 31.15 141 Cambodia 30.90 142 Republic of the Congo 30.88 143 Dominica 30.67 144 Samoa 30.39 145 Upper middle income 30.11 146 Panama 30 147 Antigua and Barbuda 29.55 148 Latvia 29.54 149 Iran 29.52 150 Nepal 29.37 151 Malta 29.06 152 Europe & Central Asia 28.13 153 Honduras 27.96 154 Liberia 26.99 155 Indonesia 26.77 156 Ecuador 26.77 157 Timor-Leste 26.09 158 American Samoa 25 159 Slovenia 24.83 160 Venezuela 24.20 161 Malaysia 23.95 162 Fiji 23.43 163 Israel 23.15 164 Middle East & North Africa 23.01 165 Iceland 22.75 166 Croatia 22.28 167 Iraq 21.61 168 Puerto Rico 21.31 169 Chile 21.19 170 Gabon 20.03 171 Bermuda 20 172 Estonia 19.41 173 Cameroon 19.38 174 Cape Verde 19.35 175 St. Kitts and Nevis 19.23 176 South Korea 18.98 177 North Korea 18.98 178 Burma 18.34 179 St. Lucia 18.03 180 Algeria 17.32 181 Cyprus 16.99 182 Peru 16.84 183 San Marino 16.67 184 Bhutan 14.64 185 Bahrain 14.08 186 New Caledonia 13.79 187 Russia 13.16 188 Seychelles 13.04 189 Palau 13.04 190 Japan 12.76 191 French Polynesia 12.30 192 Vanuatu 12.06 193 Equatorial Guinea 11.55 194 Cayman Islands 11.54 195 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 11.43 196 Aruba 11.11 197 Jordan 10.93 198 Trinidad and Tobago 10.53 199 Netherlands Antilles 10 200 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.99 201 Laos 9.22 202 Libya 8.84 203 Kuwait 8.64 204 Guyana 8.53 205 Central African Republic 8.35 206 Sweden 7.64 207 Finland 7.55 208 Canada 7.43 209 United Arab Emirates 7.12 210 Belize 6.66 211 Northern Mariana Islands 6.52 212 Qatar 6.13 213 Oman 5.81 214 Egypt 3.55 215 Norway 3.39 216 Solomon Islands 3 217 Papua New Guinea 2.30 218 Brunei Darussalam 2.16 219 Faroe Islands 2.14 220 Bahamas 1.40 221 Singapore 1.15 222 Greenland 0.57 223 Suriname 0.53

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