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Agricultural land (sq. km) - 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 (sq. km) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators (2007) Rank Country Value 1 Low & middle income 36,676,313 2 Middle income 29,513,547 3 Lower middle income 15,620,846 4 Upper middle income 13,892,701 5 High income 12,579,197 6 High income: OECD 10,772,080 7 Sub-Saharan Africa 10,502,720 8 Least developed countries: UN classification 8,039,733 9 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 7,966,016 10 East Asia & Pacific 7,914,275 11 Latin America & Caribbean 7,167,300 12 Low income 7,162,766 13 Europe & Central Asia 6,482,491 14 China 5,528,320 15 Australia 4,254,490 16 United States 4,111,580 17 Brazil 2,635,000 18 South Asia 2,620,560 19 Russia 2,154,630 20 Kazakhstan 2,078,980 21 Middle East & North Africa 1,988,967 22 High income: nonOECD 1,807,117 23 India 1,799,000 24 Sudan 1,367,730 25 Argentina 1,333,500 26 Euro area 1,165,143 27 Mongolia 1,159,960 28 Mexico 1,068,000 29 South Africa 993,780 30 Nigeria 785,000 31 Canada 676,000 32 Angola 575,900 33 Chad 493,300 34 Mozambique 488,000 35 Indonesia 485,000 36 Iran 480,730 37 Somalia 440,270 38 Niger 435,150 39 Colombia 424,360 40 Ukraine 412,660 41 Algeria 412,520 42 Madagascar 408,430 43 Mauritania 397,120 44 Mali 396,190 45 Turkey 394,540 46 Namibia 388,050 47 Afghanistan 386,610 48 Bolivia 368,280 49 Ethiopia 350,770 50 Tanzania 342,000 51 Turkmenistan 326,130 52 Morocco 299,600 53 France 294,180 54 Spain 286,600 55 Pakistan 273,000 56 Kenya 270,000 57 Uzbekistan 266,400 58 Botswana 258,520 59 Zambia 255,890 60 Yemen 236,250 61 Democratic Republic of the Congo 226,500 62 Peru 215,600 63 Venezuela 213,500 64 Paraguay 204,000 65 Ivory Coast 202,000 66 Thailand 197,500 67 United Kingdom 176,470 68 Germany 169,500 69 Poland 161,770 70 Chile 157,620 71 Libya 155,500 72 Zimbabwe 154,500 73 Ghana 148,500 74 Uruguay 146,830 75 Syria 138,970 76 Italy 138,880 77 Guinea 135,700 78 Romania 135,460 79 Uganda 128,120 80 New Zealand 122,860 81 Burma 119,840 82 Philippines 115,000 83 Burkina Faso 112,600 84 Kyrgyzstan 107,286 85 Republic of the Congo 105,450 86 Vietnam 100,720 87 Tunisia 98,260 88 Iraq 94,500 89 Cameroon 91,600 90 Bangladesh 90,500 91 Belarus 89,500 92 Senegal 86,370 93 Greece 82,800 94 Malaysia 78,700 95 Eritrea 75,420 96 Ecuador 74,120 97 Cuba 66,200 98 Hungary 58,070 99 Cambodia 54,550 100 Central African Republic 52,050 101 Nicaragua 52,000 102 Gabon 51,600 103 Bulgaria 51,160 104 Serbia 50,530 105 Malawi 49,700 106 Azerbaijan 47,565 107 Japan 46,500 108 Tajikistan 45,810 109 Guatemala 44,640 110 Ireland 42,760 111 Czech Republic 42,490 112 Nepal 42,100 113 Togo 36,300 114 Egypt 35,380 115 Benin 35,200 116 Portugal 34,960 117 Austria 32,400 118 Sierra Leone 31,800 119 Sweden 31,360 120 Honduras 31,280 121 Costa Rica 27,500 122 Lithuania 26,950 123 Denmark 26,630 124 Liberia 26,000 125 Dominican Republic 25,170 126 Georgia 25,170 127 Moldova 24,830 128 Sri Lanka 23,600 129 Lesotho 23,040 130 Finland 22,950 131 Burundi 22,950 132 Iceland 22,810 133 Panama 22,300 134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21,490 135 Laos 21,290 136 Slovakia 19,300 137 Rwanda 19,250 138 Netherlands 19,140 139 North Korea 18,400 140 South Korea 18,400 141 Latvia 18,390 142 Oman 17,990 143 Djibouti 17,013 144 Haiti 16,900 145 Guyana 16,800 146 Guinea-Bissau 16,300 147 Armenia 16,150 148 Switzerland 15,610 149 El Salvador 15,560 150 Belgium 13,700 151 Swaziland 13,420 152 Croatia 12,010 153 Albania 11,190 154 Macedonia 10,760 155 Papua New Guinea 10,400 156 Norway 10,330 157 Jordan 9,643 158 Estonia 8,230 159 Gambia 8,130 160 Lebanon 6,871 161 United Arab Emirates 5,950 162 Kosovo 5,700 163 Bhutan 5,620 164 Montenegro 5,140 165 Jamaica 5,130 166 Israel 5,010 167 Slovenia 5,000 168 Fiji 4,280 169 Timor-Leste 3,880 170 West Bank and Gaza 3,730 171 Equatorial Guinea 3,240 172 New Caledonia 2,520 173 Greenland 2,350 174 Puerto Rico 1,890 175 Cyprus 1,570 176 Kuwait 1,540 177 Belize 1,520 178 Comoros 1,500 179 Vanuatu 1,470 180 Luxembourg 1,310 181 Mauritius 1,010 182 Samoa 860 183 Solomon Islands 840 184 Suriname 830 185 Cape Verde 780 186 Qatar 710 187 Sao Tome and Principe 570 188 Trinidad and Tobago 540 189 French Polynesia 450 190 Kiribati 370 191 Tonga 310 192 Andorra 260 193 Isle of Man 260 194 Micronesia 235 195 Dominica 230 196 Mayotte 200 197 Guam 190 198 Barbados 190 199 Bahamas 140 200 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 140 201 Marshall Islands 140 202 Antigua and Barbuda 130 203 Grenada 130 204 Maldives 130 205 Brunei Darussalam 114 206 St. Lucia 110 207 Bahrain 100 208 Malta 93 209 Netherlands Antilles 80 210 Channel Islands 72 211 Palau 60 212 Seychelles 60 213 Liechtenstein 60 214 St. Kitts and Nevis 50 215 American Samoa 50 216 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 40 217 Cayman Islands 30 218 Northern Mariana Islands 30 219 Faroe Islands 30 220 Aruba 20 221 San Marino 10 222 Bermuda 10 223 Singapore 8

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