Unit: 1000 ha
Country |
Total Land Area |
Agricultural Land |
Agricultural Land as % of Total Land |
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1991 |
2001 |
1991 |
2001 |
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
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SOUTHEAST ASIA |
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1. |
Cambodia |
17 652 |
|
3 800 |
F |
3 807 |
F |
21.5 |
% |
21.6 |
% |
2. |
Indonesia |
181 157 |
|
29 797 |
|
33 600 |
F |
16.4 |
% |
18.5 |
% |
3. |
Lao PDR |
23 080 |
|
862 |
F |
958 |
F |
3.7 |
% |
4.2 |
% |
4. |
Malaysia |
32 855 |
|
7 197 |
F |
7 585 |
F |
21.9 |
% |
23.1 |
% |
5. |
Myanmar |
65 755 |
|
10 057 |
F |
10 625 |
|
15.3 |
% |
16.2 |
% |
6. |
Philippines |
29 817 |
|
9 887 |
F |
10 650 |
F |
33.2 |
% |
35.7 |
% |
7. |
Thailand |
51 089 |
|
20 726 |
F |
18 300 |
F |
40.6 |
% |
35.8 |
% |
8. |
Viet Nam |
32 549 |
|
6 425 |
|
8 438 |
F |
19.7 |
% |
25.9 |
% |
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SOUTH ASIA |
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9. |
Bangladesh |
13 017 |
|
9 137 |
F |
8 485 |
F |
70.2 |
% |
65.2 |
% |
10. |
Bhutan |
4 700 |
|
132 |
F |
165 |
F |
2.8 |
% |
3.5 |
% |
11. |
India |
297 319 |
|
169 340 |
|
169 900 |
F |
57.0 |
% |
57.1 |
% |
12. |
Maldives |
30 |
|
8 |
F |
9 |
F |
26.7 |
% |
30.0 |
% |
13. |
Nepal |
14 300 |
|
2 356 |
F |
3 192 |
F |
16.5 |
% |
22.3 |
% |
14. |
Pakistan |
77 088 |
|
20 960 |
F |
22 160 |
F |
27.2 |
% |
28.7 |
% |
15. |
Sri Lanka |
6 463 |
|
1 903 |
F |
1 911 |
F |
29.4 |
% |
29.6 |
% |
|
CENTRAL ASIA |
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|
16. |
Kazakhstan |
269 970 |
|
|
|
21 671 |
F |
|
|
8.0 |
% |
17. |
Tajikistan |
14 060 |
|
|
|
1 060 |
F |
|
|
7.5 |
% |
18. |
Uzbekistan |
41 424 |
|
|
|
4 830 |
F |
|
|
11.7 |
% |
|
OTHER ASIA |
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19. |
China |
932 742 |
|
131 391 |
F |
155 275 |
F |
14.1 |
% |
16.6 |
% |
20. |
DPR Korea |
12 041 |
|
2 600 |
F |
2 800 |
F |
21.6 |
% |
23.3 |
% |
21. |
Iran (Islamic Rep. of) |
163 620 |
|
17 997 |
F |
16 548 |
F |
11.0 |
% |
10.1 |
% |
22. |
Mongolia |
156 650 |
|
1 369 |
|
1 200 |
|
0.9 |
% |
0.8 |
% |
23. |
Rep. of Korea |
9 873 |
|
2 091 |
F |
1 889 |
|
21.2 |
% |
19.1 |
% |
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PACIFIC ISLANDS |
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|
24. |
Cook Islands |
23 |
|
6 |
|
7 |
F |
26.1 |
% |
30.4 |
% |
25. |
Fiji Islands |
1 827 |
|
251 |
|
285 |
|
13.7 |
% |
15.6 |
% |
26. |
Kiribati |
73 |
|
39 |
F |
39 |
F |
53.4 |
% |
53.4 |
% |
27. |
Marshall Islands |
18 |
|
|
|
10 |
F |
0.0 |
% |
55.6 |
% |
28. |
Nauru |
2 |
|
0 |
F |
0 |
F |
0.0 |
% |
0.0 |
% |
29. |
Niue |
26 |
|
7 |
F |
7 |
F |
26.9 |
% |
26.9 |
% |
30. |
Palau |
46 |
|
|
|
6 |
F |
0.0 |
% |
13.0 |
% |
31. |
Papua New Guinea |
45 286 |
|
782 |
F |
860 |
F |
1.7 |
% |
1.9 |
% |
32. |
Samoa |
283 |
|
122 |
F |
129 |
F |
43.1 |
% |
45.6 |
% |
33. |
Solomon Islands |
2 799 |
|
70 |
F |
74 |
F |
2.5 |
% |
2.6 |
% |
34. |
Tonga |
72 |
|
48 |
F |
48 |
F |
66.7 |
% |
66.7 |
% |
35. |
Vanuatu |
1 219 |
|
120 |
F |
120 |
F |
9.8 |
% |
9.8 |
% |
SUB-TOTAL |
2 498 925 |
|
449 480 |
|
506 643 |
|
18.0 |
% |
20.3 |
% |
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DEVELOPED COUNTRIES |
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36. |
Australia |
768 230 |
|
45 874 |
|
50 600 |
|
6.0 |
% |
6.6 |
% |
37. |
Japan |
36 450 |
F |
5 204 |
F |
4 794 |
F |
14.3 |
% |
13.2 |
% |
38. |
New Zealand |
26 799 |
|
3 909 |
|
3 372 |
F |
14.6 |
% |
12.6 |
% |
SUB-TOTAL |
831 479 |
|
54 987 |
|
58 766 |
|
6.6 |
% |
7.1 |
% |
|
ASIA & PACIFIC* |
3 330 405 |
|
504 467 |
|
565 409 |
|
15.1 |
% |
17.0 |
% |
|
REST OF WORLD |
9 737 261 |
|
999 650 |
|
966 681 |
|
10.3 |
% |
9.9 |
% |
|
WORLD |
13 067 670 |
|
1 504 117 |
|
1 532 090 |
|
11.5 |
% |
11.7 |
% |
** "Agricultural Land" as used in this publication refers to "Arable and Permanent Cropped Land", which excludes permanent meadows and pastures, fallow and resulting from shifting cultivation, and land under trees grown for food or timber. Double cropped areas are counted only once.