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Field Listing :: Land use
This entry contains the percentage shares of total land area for three different types of land use: arable land - land cultivated for crops like wheat, maize, and rice that are replanted after each harvest; permanent crops - land cultivated for crops like citrus, coffee, and rubber that are not replanted after each harvest; includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber; other - any land not arable or under permanent crops; includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
Afghanistan
arable land: 12.13%
permanent crops: 0.21%
other: 87.66% (2005)
Albania
arable land: 20.1%
permanent crops: 4.21%
other: 75.69% (2005)
Algeria
arable land: 3.17%
permanent crops: 0.28%
other: 96.55% (2005)
American Samoa
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 15%
other: 75% (2005)
Andorra
arable land: 2.13%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.87% (2005)
Angola
arable land: 2.65%
permanent crops: 0.23%
other: 97.12% (2005)
Anguilla
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) (2005)
Antarctica
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%) (2005)
Argentina
arable land: 10.03%
permanent crops: 0.36%
other: 89.61% (2005)
Armenia
arable land: 16.78%
permanent crops: 2.01%
other: 81.21% (2005)
Aruba
arable land: 10.53%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 89.47% (2005)
Australia
arable land: 6.15% (includes about 27 million hectares of cultivated grassland)
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 93.81% (2005)
Austria
arable land: 16.59%
permanent crops: 0.85%
other: 82.56% (2005)
Azerbaijan
arable land: 20.62%
permanent crops: 2.61%
other: 76.77% (2005)
Bahamas, The
arable land: 0.58%
permanent crops: 0.29%
other: 99.13% (2005)
Bahrain
arable land: 2.82%
permanent crops: 5.63%
other: 91.55% (2005)
Bangladesh
arable land: 55.39%
permanent crops: 3.08%
other: 41.53% (2005)
Barbados
arable land: 37.21%
permanent crops: 2.33%
other: 60.46% (2005)
Belarus
arable land: 26.77%
permanent crops: 0.6%
other: 72.63% (2005)
Belgium
arable land: 27.42%
permanent crops: 0.69%
other: 71.89%
note: includes Luxembourg (2005)
Belize
arable land: 3.05%
permanent crops: 1.39%
other: 95.56% (2005)
Benin
arable land: 23.53%
permanent crops: 2.37%
other: 74.1% (2005)
Bermuda
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 80% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (2005)
Bhutan
arable land: 2.3%
permanent crops: 0.43%
other: 97.27% (2005)
Bolivia
arable land: 2.78%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 97.03% (2005)
Botswana
arable land: 0.65%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99.34% (2005)
Bouvet Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (93% ice) (2005)
Brazil
arable land: 6.93%
permanent crops: 0.89%
other: 92.18% (2005)
Brunei
arable land: 2.08%
permanent crops: 0.87%
other: 97.05% (2005)
Bulgaria
arable land: 29.94%
permanent crops: 1.9%
other: 68.16% (2005)
Burkina Faso
arable land: 17.66%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 82.12% (2005)
Burma
arable land: 14.92%
permanent crops: 1.31%
other: 83.77% (2005)
Burundi
arable land: 35.57%
permanent crops: 13.12%
other: 51.31% (2005)
Cambodia
arable land: 20.44%
permanent crops: 0.59%
other: 78.97% (2005)
Cameroon
arable land: 12.6%
permanent crops: 2.52%
other: 84.86% (2005)
Canada
arable land: 4.57%
permanent crops: 0.65%
other: 94.78% (2005)
Cape Verde
arable land: 11.41%
permanent crops: 0.74%
other: 87.85% (2005)
Cayman Islands
arable land: 3.85%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 96.15% (2005)
Chad
arable land: 2.8%
permanent crops: 0.02%
other: 97.18% (2005)
Chile
arable land: 2.62%
permanent crops: 0.43%
other: 96.95% (2005)
China
arable land: 14.86%
permanent crops: 1.27%
other: 83.87% (2005)
Christmas Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national park) (2005)
Colombia
arable land: 2.01%
permanent crops: 1.37%
other: 96.62% (2005)
Comoros
arable land: 35.87%
permanent crops: 23.32%
other: 40.81% (2005)
Cook Islands
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 8.33%
other: 75% (2005)
Coral Sea Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2005)
Costa Rica
arable land: 4.4%
permanent crops: 5.87%
other: 89.73% (2005)
Cote d'Ivoire
arable land: 10.23%
permanent crops: 11.16%
other: 78.61% (2005)
Croatia
arable land: 25.82%
permanent crops: 2.19%
other: 71.99% (2005)
Cuba
arable land: 27.63%
permanent crops: 6.54%
other: 65.83% (2005)
Curacao
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 90%
Cyprus
arable land: 10.81%
permanent crops: 4.32%
other: 84.87% (2005)
Czech Republic
arable land: 38.82%
permanent crops: 3%
other: 58.18% (2005)
Denmark
arable land: 52.59%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 47.22% (2005)
Djibouti
arable land: 0.04%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.96% (2005)
Dominica
arable land: 6.67%
permanent crops: 21.33%
other: 72% (2005)
Ecuador
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 4.81%
other: 89.48% (2005)
Egypt
arable land: 2.92%
permanent crops: 0.5%
other: 96.58% (2005)
El Salvador
arable land: 31.37%
permanent crops: 11.88%
other: 56.75% (2005)
Eritrea
arable land: 4.78%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 95.19% (2005)
Estonia
arable land: 12.05%
permanent crops: 0.35%
other: 87.6% (2005)
Ethiopia
arable land: 10.01%
permanent crops: 0.65%
other: 89.34% (2005)
Faroe Islands
arable land: 2.14%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.86% (2005)
Fiji
arable land: 10.95%
permanent crops: 4.65%
other: 84.4% (2005)
Finland
arable land: 6.54%
permanent crops: 0.02%
other: 93.44% (2005)
France
arable land: 33.46%
permanent crops: 2.03%
other: 64.51%
note: French Guiana - arable land 0.13%, permanent crops 0.04%, other 99.83% (90% forest, 10% other); Guadeloupe - arable land 11.70%, permanent crops 2.92%, other 85.38%; Martinique - arable land 9.09%, permanent crops 10.0%, other 80.91%; Reunion - arable land 13.94%, permanent crops 1.59%, other 84.47% (2005)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) - 100% trees, grasses, ferns, and moss; Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) - 100% grass, ferns, and moss; Iles Crozet - 100% tossock grass, heath, and fern; Iles Kerguelen - 100% tossock grass and Kerguelen cabbage; Bassas da India (Iles Eparses) - 100% rock, coral reef, and sand; Europa Island (Iles Eparses) - 100% mangrove swamp and dry woodlands; Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses) - 100% lush vegetation and coconut palms; Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses) - 90% forest, 10% other; Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) - 100% grasses and scattered brush (2005)
Gabon
arable land: 1.21%
permanent crops: 0.64%
other: 98.15% (2005)
Gambia, The
arable land: 27.88%
permanent crops: 0.44%
other: 71.68% (2005)
Gaza Strip
arable land: 29%
permanent crops: 21%
other: 50% (2002)
Georgia
arable land: 11.51%
permanent crops: 3.79%
other: 84.7% (2005)
Germany
arable land: 33.13%
permanent crops: 0.6%
other: 66.27% (2005)
Ghana
arable land: 17.54%
permanent crops: 9.22%
other: 73.24% (2005)
Gibraltar
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Greece
arable land: 20.45%
permanent crops: 8.59%
other: 70.96% (2005)
Greenland
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Grenada
arable land: 5.88%
permanent crops: 29.41%
other: 64.71% (2005)
Guam
arable land: 3.64%
permanent crops: 18.18%
other: 78.18% (2005)
Guatemala
arable land: 13.22%
permanent crops: 5.6%
other: 81.18% (2005)
Guernsey
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA
Guinea
arable land: 4.47%
permanent crops: 2.64%
other: 92.89% (2005)
Guinea-Bissau
arable land: 8.31%
permanent crops: 6.92%
other: 84.77% (2005)
Guyana
arable land: 2.23%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 97.63% (2005)
Haiti
arable land: 28.11%
permanent crops: 11.53%
other: 60.36% (2005)
Honduras
arable land: 9.53%
permanent crops: 3.21%
other: 87.26% (2005)
Hong Kong
arable land: 5.05%
permanent crops: 1.01%
other: 93.94% (2001)
Hungary
arable land: 49.58%
permanent crops: 2.06%
other: 48.36% (2005)
Iceland
arable land: 0.07%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.93% (2005)
India
arable land: 48.83%
permanent crops: 2.8%
other: 48.37% (2005)
Indonesia
arable land: 11.03%
permanent crops: 7.04%
other: 81.93% (2005)
Iran
arable land: 9.78%
permanent crops: 1.29%
other: 88.93% (2005)
Iraq
arable land: 13.12%
permanent crops: 0.61%
other: 86.27% (2005)
Ireland
arable land: 16.82%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 83.15% (2005)
Isle of Man
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 90% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (2002)
Israel
arable land: 15.45%
permanent crops: 3.88%
other: 80.67% (2005)
Italy
arable land: 26.41%
permanent crops: 9.09%
other: 64.5% (2005)
Jamaica
arable land: 15.83%
permanent crops: 10.01%
other: 74.16% (2005)
Jan Mayen
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Japan
arable land: 11.64%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 87.46% (2005)
Jarvis Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Jersey
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA (2005)
Jordan
arable land: 3.32%
permanent crops: 1.18%
other: 95.5% (2005)
Kazakhstan
arable land: 8.28%
permanent crops: 0.05%
other: 91.67% (2005)
Kenya
arable land: 8.01%
permanent crops: 0.97%
other: 91.02% (2005)
Kingman Reef
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Kiribati
arable land: 2.74%
permanent crops: 47.95%
other: 49.31% (2005)
Korea, North
arable land: 22.4%
permanent crops: 1.66%
other: 75.94% (2005)
Korea, South
arable land: 16.58%
permanent crops: 2.01%
other: 81.41% (2005)
Kuwait
arable land: 0.84%
permanent crops: 0.17%
other: 98.99% (2005)
Kyrgyzstan
arable land: 6.55%
permanent crops: 0.28%
other: 93.17%
note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural-growth walnut forest (2005)
Laos
arable land: 4.01%
permanent crops: 0.34%
other: 95.65% (2005)
Latvia
arable land: 28.19%
permanent crops: 0.45%
other: 71.36% (2005)
Lebanon
arable land: 16.35%
permanent crops: 13.75%
other: 69.9% (2005)
Lesotho
arable land: 10.87%
permanent crops: 0.13%
other: 89% (2005)
Liberia
arable land: 3.43%
permanent crops: 1.98%
other: 94.59% (2005)
Libya
arable land: 1.03%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 98.78% (2005)
Liechtenstein
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 75% (2005)
Lithuania
arable land: 44.81%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 54.29% (2005)
Luxembourg
arable land: 27.42%
permanent crops: 0.69%
other: 71.89% (includes Belgium) (2005)
Macau
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Macedonia
arable land: 22.01%
permanent crops: 1.79%
other: 76.2% (2005)
Madagascar
arable land: 5.03%
permanent crops: 1.02%
other: 93.95% (2005)
Malawi
arable land: 20.68%
permanent crops: 1.18%
other: 78.14% (2005)
Malaysia
arable land: 5.46%
permanent crops: 17.54%
other: 77% (2005)
Maldives
arable land: 13.33%
permanent crops: 30%
other: 56.67% (2005)
Mali
arable land: 3.76%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 96.21% (2005)
Malta
arable land: 31.25%
permanent crops: 3.13%
other: 65.62% (2005)
Marshall Islands
arable land: 11.11%
permanent crops: 44.44%
other: 44.45% (2005)
Mauritania
arable land: 0.2%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99.79% (2005)
Mauritius
arable land: 49.02%
permanent crops: 2.94%
other: 48.04% (2005)
Mexico
arable land: 12.66%
permanent crops: 1.28%
other: 86.06% (2005)
Moldova
arable land: 54.52%
permanent crops: 8.81%
other: 36.67% (2005)
Monaco
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (urban area) (2005)
Mongolia
arable land: 0.76%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.24% (2005)
Montenegro
arable land: 13.7%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 85.3%
Montserrat
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 80% (2005)
Morocco
arable land: 19%
permanent crops: 2%
other: 79% (2005)
Mozambique
arable land: 5.43%
permanent crops: 0.29%
other: 94.28% (2005)
Namibia
arable land: 0.99%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99% (2005)
Nauru
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Nepal
arable land: 16.07%
permanent crops: 0.85%
other: 83.08% (2005)
Netherlands
arable land: 21.96%
permanent crops: 0.77%
other: 77.27% (2005)
New Caledonia
arable land: 0.32%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 99.46% (2005)
New Zealand
arable land: 5.54%
permanent crops: 6.92%
other: 87.54% (2005)
Nicaragua
arable land: 14.81%
permanent crops: 1.82%
other: 83.37% (2005)
Niger
arable land: 11.43%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 88.56% (2005)
Nigeria
arable land: 33.02%
permanent crops: 3.14%
other: 63.84% (2005)
Niue
arable land: 11.54%
permanent crops: 15.38%
other: 73.08% (2005)
Norway
arable land: 2.7%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.3% (2005)
Oman
arable land: 0.12%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 99.74% (2005)
Pakistan
arable land: 24.44%
permanent crops: 0.84%
other: 74.72% (2005)
Palau
arable land: 8.7%
permanent crops: 4.35%
other: 86.95% (2005)
Palmyra Atoll
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (forests and woodlands) (2005)
Panama
arable land: 7.26%
permanent crops: 1.95%
other: 90.79% (2005)
Paraguay
arable land: 7.47%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 92.29% (2005)
Peru
arable land: 2.88%
permanent crops: 0.47%
other: 96.65% (2005)
Philippines
arable land: 19%
permanent crops: 16.67%
other: 64.33% (2005)
Poland
arable land: 40.25%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 58.75% (2005)
Portugal
arable land: 17.29%
permanent crops: 7.84%
other: 74.87% (2005)
Puerto Rico
arable land: 3.69%
permanent crops: 5.59%
other: 90.72% (2005)
Qatar
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 0.27%
other: 98.09% (2005)
Romania
arable land: 39.49%
permanent crops: 1.92%
other: 58.59% (2005)
Russia
arable land: 7.17%
permanent crops: 0.11%
other: 92.72% (2005)
Rwanda
arable land: 45.56%
permanent crops: 10.25%
other: 44.19% (2005)
Saint Lucia
arable land: 6.45%
permanent crops: 22.58%
other: 70.97% (2005)
Samoa
arable land: 21.13%
permanent crops: 24.3%
other: 54.57% (2005)
San Marino
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 83.33% (2005)
Saudi Arabia
arable land: 1.67%
permanent crops: 0.09%
other: 98.24% (2005)
Senegal
arable land: 12.51%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 87.25% (2005)
Serbia
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA
Seychelles
arable land: 2.17%
permanent crops: 13.04%
other: 84.79% (2005)
Sierra Leone
arable land: 7.95%
permanent crops: 1.05%
other: 91% (2005)
Singapore
arable land: 1.47%
permanent crops: 1.47%
other: 97.06% (2005)
Sint Maarten
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 90%
Slovakia
arable land: 29.23%
permanent crops: 2.67%
other: 68.1% (2005)
Slovenia
arable land: 8.53%
permanent crops: 1.43%
other: 90.04% (2005)
Solomon Islands
arable land: 0.62%
permanent crops: 2.04%
other: 97.34% (2005)
Somalia
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 98.32% (2005)
South Africa
arable land: 12.1%
permanent crops: 0.79%
other: 87.11% (2005)
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen) (2005)
Spain
arable land: 27.18%
permanent crops: 9.85%
other: 62.97% (2005)
Sri Lanka
arable land: 13.96%
permanent crops: 15.24%
other: 70.8% (2005)
Sudan
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA (2005)
Suriname
arable land: 0.36%
permanent crops: 0.06%
other: 99.58% (2005)
Svalbard
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (no trees; the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry) (2005)
Swaziland
arable land: 10.25%
permanent crops: 0.81%
other: 88.94% (2005)
Sweden
arable land: 5.93%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 94.06% (2005)
Switzerland
arable land: 9.91%
permanent crops: 0.58%
other: 89.51% (2005)
Syria
arable land: 24.8%
permanent crops: 4.47%
other: 70.73% (2005)
Taiwan
arable land: 24%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 75% (2001)
Tajikistan
arable land: 6.52%
permanent crops: 0.89%
other: 92.59% (2005)
Tanzania
arable land: 4.23%
permanent crops: 1.16%
other: 94.61% (2005)
Thailand
arable land: 27.54%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 65.53% (2005)
Timor-Leste
arable land: 8.2%
permanent crops: 4.57%
other: 87.23% (2005)
Togo
arable land: 44.2%
permanent crops: 2.11%
other: 53.69% (2005)
Tokelau
arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile)
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Tonga
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 14.67%
other: 65.33% (2005)
Tunisia
arable land: 17.05%
permanent crops: 13.08%
other: 69.87% (2005)
Turkey
arable land: 29.81%
permanent crops: 3.39%
other: 66.8% (2005)
Turkmenistan
arable land: 4.51%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 95.35% (2005)
Tuvalu
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 66.67%
other: 33.33% (2005)
Uganda
arable land: 21.57%
permanent crops: 8.92%
other: 69.51% (2005)
Ukraine
arable land: 53.8%
permanent crops: 1.5%
other: 44.7% (2005)
United Kingdom
arable land: 23.23%
permanent crops: 0.2%
other: 76.57% (2005)
United States
arable land: 18.01%
permanent crops: 0.21%
other: 81.78% (2005)
Uruguay
arable land: 7.77%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 91.99% (2005)
Uzbekistan
arable land: 10.51%
permanent crops: 0.76%
other: 88.73% (2005)
Vanuatu
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 6.97%
other: 91.39% (2005)
Venezuela
arable land: 2.85%
permanent crops: 0.88%
other: 96.27% (2005)
Vietnam
arable land: 20.14%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 72.93% (2005)
Virgin Islands
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 2.86%
other: 91.43% (2005)
Wake Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
West Bank
arable land: 16.9%
permanent crops: 18.97%
other: 64.13% (2001)
Western Sahara
arable land: 0.02%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.98% (2005)
World
arable land: 10.57%
permanent crops: 1.04%
other: 88.39% (2005)
Yemen
arable land: 2.91%
permanent crops: 0.25%
other: 96.84% (2005)
Zambia
arable land: 6.99%
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 92.97% (2005)
Zimbabwe
arable land: 8.24%
permanent crops: 0.33%
other: 91.43% (2005)