Arable land (hectares) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators



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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) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1United States170,428,000
2India158,650,000
3China140,630,000
4Russia121,574,000
5Brazil59,500,000
6Canada45,100,000
7Australia44,180,000
8Nigeria36,500,000
9Argentina32,500,000
10Ukraine32,434,000
11Mexico24,500,000
12Kazakhstan22,700,000
13Indonesia22,000,000
14Turkey21,929,000
15Pakistan21,500,000
16Sudan19,321,000
17France18,433,000
18Iran16,869,000
19Thailand15,200,000
20Niger14,720,000
21South Africa14,500,000
22Ethiopia14,038,000
23Spain12,700,000
24Poland12,502,000
25Germany11,877,000
26Burma10,577,000
27Tanzania9,000,000
28Romania8,553,000
29Afghanistan8,531,000
30Morocco8,065,000
31Bangladesh7,970,000
32Algeria7,469,000
33Italy7,171,000
34Democratic Republic of the Congo6,700,000
35Vietnam6,350,000
36United Kingdom6,085,000
37Cameroon5,960,000
38Belarus5,535,000
39Uganda5,500,000
40Zambia5,260,000
41Burkina Faso5,200,000
42Kenya5,200,000
43Iraq5,200,000
44Philippines5,100,000
45Mali4,850,000
46Syria4,736,000
47Hungary4,592,000
48Mozambique4,450,000
49Japan4,326,000
50Paraguay4,300,000
51Uzbekistan4,300,000
52Chad4,300,000
53Ghana4,100,000
54Cambodia3,800,000
55Peru3,700,000
56Bolivia3,609,000
57Cuba3,573,000
58Saudi Arabia3,400,000
59Angola3,300,000
60Serbia3,299,000
61Zimbabwe3,230,000
62Bulgaria3,086,000
63Czech Republic3,032,000
64Egypt3,018,000
65Malawi3,000,000
66Senegal2,985,000
67Madagascar2,950,000
68Ivory Coast2,800,000
69Tunisia2,757,000
70Benin2,700,000
71Venezuela2,650,000
72Sweden2,643,000
73Greece2,548,000
74Togo2,460,000
75Nepal2,357,000
76Denmark2,306,000
77Finland2,253,000
78Guinea2,200,000
79Colombia1,998,000
80Nicaragua1,950,000
81Central African Republic1,925,000
82Azerbaijan1,854,000
83Turkmenistan1,850,000
84Lithuania1,835,000
85Moldova1,820,000
86Malaysia1,800,000
87Libya1,750,000
88South Korea1,597,000
89North Korea1,597,000
90Guatemala1,576,000
91Austria1,382,000
92Slovakia1,377,000
93Yemen1,375,000
94Uruguay1,350,000
95Chile1,294,000
96Kyrgyzstan1,280,000
97Rwanda1,200,000
98Ecuador1,195,000
99Latvia1,188,000
100Laos1,170,000
101Portugal1,083,000
102Honduras1,068,000
103Ireland1,060,000
104Netherlands1,059,000
105Bosnia and Herzegovina1,022,000
106Somalia1,000,000
107Burundi995,000
108Sri Lanka970,000
109Sierra Leone900,000
110Haiti900,000
111New Zealand866,000
112Norway854,000
113Croatia852,000
114Mongolia851,000
115Belgium840,000
116Dominican Republic820,000
117Namibia800,000
118Tajikistan710,000
119El Salvador682,000
120Eritrea640,000
121Estonia598,000
122Albania578,000
123Panama548,000
124Republic of the Congo495,000
125Georgia463,000
126Mauritania450,000
127Macedonia431,000
128Guyana420,000
129Switzerland408,000
130Armenia406,000
131Liberia385,000
132Gambia348,000
133Gabon325,000
134Israel307,000
135Lesotho300,000
136Guinea-Bissau300,000
137Kosovo300,000
138Botswana250,000
139Papua New Guinea250,000
140Costa Rica200,000
141Swaziland178,000
142Slovenia177,000
143Montenegro174,000
144Jamaica174,000
145Timor-Leste170,000
146Fiji170,000
147Lebanon144,200
148Jordan140,300
149Equatorial Guinea130,000
150Bhutan128,000
151Cyprus115,000
152West Bank and Gaza109,000
153Mauritius90,000
154Comoros80,000
155Belize70,000
156United Arab Emirates70,000
157Puerto Rico62,000
158Luxembourg61,000
159Oman60,000
160Suriname58,000
161Cape Verde50,000
162Trinidad and Tobago25,000
163Samoa25,000
164Vanuatu20,000
165Qatar18,000
166Barbados16,000
167Solomon Islands16,000
168Tonga15,000
169Kuwait15,000
170Sao Tome and Principe9,000
171New Caledonia9,000
172Bahamas8,000
173Antigua and Barbuda8,000
174Malta8,000
175Netherlands Antilles8,000
176St. Vincent and the Grenadines7,000
177Isle of Man7,000
178Mayotte7,000
179Iceland7,000
180Dominica5,000
181Liechtenstein4,000
182St. Kitts and Nevis4,000
183Maldives4,000
184Channel Islands3,400
185Brunei Darussalam3,000
186St. Lucia3,000
187Faroe Islands3,000
188French Polynesia3,000
189Micronesia2,500
190Aruba2,000
191Bahrain2,000
192Marshall Islands2,000
193American Samoa2,000
194Grenada2,000
195Kiribati2,000
196Djibouti1,300
197Bermuda1,000
198Northern Mariana Islands1,000
199Andorra1,000
200Cayman Islands1,000
201Virgin Islands (U.S.)1,000
202Palau1,000
203Guam1,000
204San Marino1,000
205Seychelles1,000
206Singapore600
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