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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.
Country
Land use(%)
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)
Antigua and Barbuda arable land: 18.18%
permanent crops: 4.55%
other: 77.27% (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)
Ashmore and Cartier Islands arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (all grass and sand) (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)
Bosnia and Herzegovina arable land: 19.61%
permanent crops: 1.89%
other: 78.5% (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)
British Indian Ocean Territory arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
British Virgin Islands arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 6.67%
other: 73.33% (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)
Central African Republic arable land: 3.1%
permanent crops: 0.15%
other: 96.75% (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)
Clipperton Island arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (all coral) (2005)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (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)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the arable land: 2.86%
permanent crops: 0.47%
other: 96.67% (2005)
Congo, Republic of the arable land: 1.45%
permanent crops: 0.15%
other: 98.4% (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)
Dominican Republic arable land: 22.49%
permanent crops: 10.26%
other: 67.25% (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)
Equatorial Guinea arable land: 4.63%
permanent crops: 3.57%
other: 91.8% (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)
European Union arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (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 Polynesia arable land: 0.75%
permanent crops: 5.5%
other: 93.75% (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)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Holy See (Vatican City) arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (urban area) (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)
Howland Island arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (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)
Johnston Atoll arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (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)
Micronesia, Federated States of arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 45.71%
other: 48.58% (2005)
Midway Islands arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (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)
Navassa Island 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)
Norfolk Island arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands arable land: 13.04%
permanent crops: 4.35%
other: 82.61% (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)
Papua New Guinea arable land: 0.49%
permanent crops: 1.4%
other: 98.11% (2005)
Paracel Islands arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (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)
Pitcairn Islands arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA
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 Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha arable land: 12.9%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 87.1% (2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevis arable land: 19.44%
permanent crops: 2.78%
other: 77.78% (2005)
Saint Lucia arable land: 6.45%
permanent crops: 22.58%
other: 70.97% (2005)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon arable land: 12.5%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 87.5% (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines arable land: 17.95%
permanent crops: 17.95%
other: 64.1% (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)
Sao Tome and Principe arable land: 8.33%
permanent crops: 48.96%
other: 42.71% (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)
Spratly Islands arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (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)
Trinidad and Tobago arable land: 14.62%
permanent crops: 9.16%
other: 76.22% (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)
Turks and Caicos Islands arable land: 2.33%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.67% (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 Arab Emirates arable land: 0.77%
permanent crops: 2.27%
other: 96.96% (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)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2008)
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)
Wallis and Futuna arable land: 7.14%
permanent crops: 35.71%
other: 57.15% (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)
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