World Fact Book 2004 - Land use
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Country
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Land use (%)
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| Afghanistan |
arable land: 12.13%
permanent crops: 0.22% other: 87.65% (1998 est.) |
| Albania |
arable land: 21.09%
permanent crops: 4.45% other: 74.46% (1998 est.) |
| Algeria |
arable land: 3.21%
permanent crops: 0.21% other: 96.58% (1998 est.) |
| American Samoa |
arable land: 5%
permanent crops: 10% other: 85% (1998 est.) |
| Andorra |
arable land: 2.22%
permanent crops: 0% other: 97.78% (1998 est.) |
| Angola |
arable land: 2.41%
permanent crops: 0.4% other: 97.19% (1998 est.) |
| Anguilla |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) (1998 est.) |
| Antarctica |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%) (1998 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
arable land: 18.18%
permanent crops: 0% other: 81.82% (1998 est.) |
| Argentina |
arable land: 9.14%
permanent crops: 0.8% other: 90.06% (1998 est.) |
| Armenia |
arable land: 17.52%
permanent crops: 2.3% other: 80.18% (1998 est.) |
| Aruba |
arable land: 10.53% (including aloe 0.01%)
permanent crops: 0% other: 89.47% (1998 est.) |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all grass and sand) (1998 est.) |
| Australia |
arable land: 6.88%
permanent crops: 0.03% other: 93.09% (1998 est.) |
| Austria |
arable land: 16.89%
permanent crops: 0.99% other: 82.12% (1998 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
arable land: 19.31%
permanent crops: 3.04% other: 77.65% (1998 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
arable land: 0.6%
permanent crops: 0.4% other: 99% (1998 est.) |
| Bahrain |
arable land: 4.35%
permanent crops: 4.35% other: 91.3% (1998 est.) |
| Baker Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
arable land: 60.7%
permanent crops: 2.61% other: 36.69% (1998 est.) |
| Barbados |
arable land: 37.21%
permanent crops: 2.33% other: 60.46% (1998 est.) |
| Bassas da India |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all rock) (1998 est.) |
| Belarus |
arable land: 29.76%
permanent crops: 0.69% other: 69.55% (1998 est.) |
| Belgium |
arable land: 27.4%
permanent crops: 0% other: 72.6% note: includes Luxembourg (1998 est.) |
| Belize |
arable land: 2.81%
permanent crops: 1.1% other: 96.09% (1998 est.) |
| Benin |
arable land: 15.28%
permanent crops: 1.36% other: 83.36% (1998 est.) |
| Bermuda |
arable land: 6%
permanent crops: 0% other: 94% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (1998 est.) |
| Bhutan |
arable land: 2.98%
permanent crops: 0.43% other: 96.59% (1998 est.) |
| Bolivia |
arable land: 1.73%
permanent crops: 0.21% other: 98.06% (1998 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
arable land: 9.8%
permanent crops: 2.94% other: 87.26% (1998 est.) |
| Botswana |
arable land: 0.61%
permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99.38% (1998 est.) |
| Bouvet Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (93% ice) (1998 est.) |
| Brazil |
arable land: 6.3%
permanent crops: 1.42% other: 92.28% (1998 est.) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory |
arable land: NEGL
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 6.67% other: 73.33% (1998 est.) |
| Brunei |
arable land: 0.57%
permanent crops: 0.76% other: 98.67% (1998 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
arable land: 39%
permanent crops: 1.8% other: 59.2% (1998 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
arable land: 12.43%
permanent crops: 0.18% other: 87.39% (1998 est.) |
| Burma |
arable land: 14.53%
permanent crops: 0.9% other: 84.57% (1998 est.) |
| Burundi |
arable land: 29.98%
permanent crops: 12.85% other: 57.17% (1998 est.) |
| Cambodia |
arable land: 20.96%
permanent crops: 0.61% other: 78.43% (1998 est.) |
| Cameroon |
arable land: 12.81%
permanent crops: 2.58% other: 84.61% (1998 est.) |
| Canada |
arable land: 4.94%
permanent crops: 0.02% other: 95.04% (1998 est.) |
| Cape Verde |
arable land: 9.68%
permanent crops: 0.5% other: 89.82% (1998 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
arable land: 3.1%
permanent crops: 0.14% other: 96.76% (1998 est.) |
| Chad |
arable land: 2.78%
permanent crops: 0.02% other: 97.2% (1998 est.) |
| Chile |
arable land: 2.65%
permanent crops: 0.42% other: 96.93% (1998 est.) |
| China |
arable land: 13.31%
permanent crops: 1.2% other: 85.49% (1998 est.) |
| Christmas Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% note: mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national park (1998 est.) |
| Clipperton Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all coral) (1998 est.) |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Colombia |
arable land: 1.9%
permanent crops: 1.96% other: 96.14% (1998 est.) |
| Comoros |
arable land: 34.98%
permanent crops: 17.94% other: 47.08% (1998 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
arable land: 2.96%
permanent crops: 0.52% other: 96.52% (1998 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
arable land: 0.5%
permanent crops: 0.13% other: 99.37% (1998 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
arable land: 17.39%
permanent crops: 13.04% other: 69.57% (1998 est.) |
| Coral Sea Islands |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (1998 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
arable land: 4.41%
permanent crops: 5.48% other: 90.11% (1998 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
arable land: 9.28%
permanent crops: 13.84% other: 76.88% (1998 est.) |
| Croatia |
arable land: 23.55%
permanent crops: 2.24% other: 74.21% (1998 est.) |
| Cuba |
arable land: 33.04%
permanent crops: 7.61% other: 59.35% (1998 est.) |
| Cyprus |
arable land: 14.4%
permanent crops: 4.5% other: 81.1% (2001 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
arable land: 40%
permanent crops: 3.04% other: 56.96% (1998 est.) |
| Denmark |
arable land: 55.74%
permanent crops: 0.19% other: 44.07% (1998 est.) |
| Djibouti |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Dominica |
arable land: 4%
permanent crops: 16% other: 80% (1998 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
arable land: 21.08%
permanent crops: 9.92% other: 69% (1998 est.) |
| East Timor |
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA% other: NA% |
| Ecuador |
arable land: 5.69%
permanent crops: 5.15% other: 89.16% (1998 est.) |
| Egypt |
arable land: 2.85%
permanent crops: 0.47% other: 96.68% (1998 est.) |
| El Salvador |
arable land: 27.27%
permanent crops: 12.11% other: 60.62% (1998 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
arable land: 4.63%
permanent crops: 3.57% other: 91.8% (1998 est.) |
| Eritrea |
arable land: 3.87%
permanent crops: 0.02% other: 96.11% (1998 est.) |
| Estonia |
arable land: 26.5%
permanent crops: 0.35% other: 73.15% (1998 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
arable land: 9.9%
permanent crops: 0.65% other: 89.45% (1998 est.) |
| Europa Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (1998 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (1998 est.) |
| Faroe Islands |
arable land: 2.14%
permanent crops: 0% other: 97.86% (1998 est.) |
| Fiji |
arable land: 10.95%
permanent crops: 4.65% other: 84.4% (1998 est.) |
| Finland |
arable land: 6.98%
permanent crops: 0.01% other: 93.01% (1998 est.) |
| France |
arable land: 33.3%
permanent crops: 2.11% other: 64.59% (1998 est.) |
| French Guiana |
arable land: 0.11% NEGL
permanent crops: 0.03% other: 99.86% (90% forest, 10% other) (1998 est.) |
| French Polynesia |
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 6.01% other: 92.35% (1998 est.) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Gabon |
arable land: 1.26%
permanent crops: 0.66% other: 98.08% (1998 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
arable land: 19.5%
permanent crops: 0.5% other: 80% (1998 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
arable land: 26.32%
permanent crops: 39.47% other: 34.21% (1998 est.) |
| Georgia |
arable land: 11.21%
permanent crops: 4.09% other: 84.7% (1998 est.) |
| Germany |
arable land: 33.88%
permanent crops: 0.65% other: 65.47% (1998 est.) |
| Ghana |
arable land: 15.82%
permanent crops: 7.47% other: 76.71% (1998 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Glorioso Islands |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms) (1998 est.) |
| Greece |
arable land: 22%
permanent crops: 8% other: 70% (2004 est.) |
| Greenland |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Grenada |
arable land: 5.88%
permanent crops: 26.47% other: 67.65% (1998 est.) |
| Guadeloupe |
arable land: 10.65%
permanent crops: 4.14% other: 85.21% (1998 est.) |
| Guam |
arable land: 10.91%
permanent crops: 10.91% other: 78.18% (1998 est.) |
| Guatemala |
arable land: 12.54%
permanent crops: 5.03% other: 82.43% (1998 est.) |
| Guernsey |
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA% other: NA% |
| Guinea |
arable land: 3.6%
permanent crops: 2.44% other: 93.96% (1998 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
arable land: 10.67%
permanent crops: 1.78% other: 87.55% (1998 est.) |
| Guyana |
arable land: 2.44%
permanent crops: 0.08% other: 97.48% (1998 est.) |
| Haiti |
arable land: 20.3%
permanent crops: 12.7% other: 67% (1998 est.) |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (urban area) (1998 est.) |
| Honduras |
arable land: 15.15%
permanent crops: 3.13% other: 81.72% (1998 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
arable land: 5.05%
permanent crops: 1.01% other: 93.94% (1998 est.) |
| Howland Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Hungary |
arable land: 52.2%
permanent crops: 2.46% other: 45.34% (1998 est.) |
| Iceland |
arable land: 1%
permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 28% forest and woodlands: 1% other: 70% (2001 est.) |
| India |
arable land: 54.35%
permanent crops: 2.66% other: 42.99% (1998 est.) |
| Indonesia |
arable land: 9.9%
permanent crops: 7.2% other: 82.9% (1998 est.) |
| Iran |
arable land: 10.17%
permanent crops: 1.16% other: 88.67% (1998 est.) |
| Iraq |
arable land: 11.89%
permanent crops: 0.78% other: 87.33% (1998 est.) |
| Ireland |
arable land: 19.49%
permanent crops: 0.04% other: 80.47% (1998 est.) |
| Israel |
arable land: 17.02%
permanent crops: 4.17% other: 78.81% (1998 est.) |
| Italy |
arable land: 28.07%
permanent crops: 9.25% other: 62.68% (1998 est.) |
| Jamaica |
arable land: 16.07%
permanent crops: 9.23% other: 74.7% (1998 est.) |
| Jan Mayen |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Japan |
arable land: 12.13%
permanent crops: 1.01% other: 86.86% (1998 est.) |
| Jarvis Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Jersey |
arable land: NEGL%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Johnston Atoll |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Jordan |
arable land: 2.87%
permanent crops: 1.52% other: 95.61% (1998 est.) |
| Juan de Nova Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (90% forest) (1998 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
arable land: 11.23%
permanent crops: 0.05% other: 88.72% (1998 est.) |
| Kenya |
arable land: 7.03%
permanent crops: 0.91% other: 92.06% (1998 est.) |
| Kingman Reef |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Kiribati |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 50.68% other: 49.32% (1998 est.) |
| Korea, North |
arable land: 14.12%
permanent crops: 2.49% other: 83.39% (1998 est.) |
| Korea, South |
arable land: 17.44%
permanent crops: 2.05% other: 80.51% (1998 est.) |
| Kuwait |
arable land: 0.34%
permanent crops: 0.06% other: 99.6% (1998 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
arable land: 7.04%
permanent crops: 0.39% other: 92.57% note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural growth walnut forest (1998 est.) |
| Laos |
arable land: 3.47%
permanent crops: 0.23% other: 96.3% (1998 est.) |
| Latvia |
arable land: 29.01%
permanent crops: 0.48% other: 70.51% (1998 est.) |
| Lebanon |
arable land: 17.6%
permanent crops: 12.51% other: 69.89% (1998 est.) |
| Lesotho |
arable land: 10.71%
permanent crops: 0% other: 89.29% (1998 est.) |
| Liberia |
arable land: 1.97%
permanent crops: 2.08% other: 95.95% (1998 est.) |
| Libya |
arable land: 1.03%
permanent crops: 0.17% other: 98.8% (1998 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 0% other: 75% (1998 est.) |
| Lithuania |
arable land: 45.46%
permanent crops: 0.93% other: 53.61% (1998 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 0% other: 75% (includes Belgium) (1998 est.) |
| Macau |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% note: "green areas" represent 22.4% (1998 est.) |
| Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
arable land: 23.59%
permanent crops: 1.85% other: 74.56% (1998 est.) |
| Madagascar |
arable land: 4.99%
permanent crops: 1.03% other: 93.98% (2000 est.) |
| Malawi |
arable land: 19.93%
permanent crops: 1.33% other: 78.74% (1998 est.) |
| Malaysia |
arable land: 5.54%
permanent crops: 17.61% other: 76.85% (1998 est.) |
| Maldives |
arable land: 3.33%
permanent crops: 6.67% other: 90% (1998 est.) |
| Mali |
arable land: 3.77%
permanent crops: 0.04% other: 96.19% (1998 est.) |
| Malta |
arable land: 31.25%
permanent crops: 3.13% other: 65.62% (1998 est.) |
| Man, Isle of |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (1998 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 0% other: 83.33% (1998 est.) |
| Martinique |
arable land: 9.43%
permanent crops: 11.32% other: 79.25% (1998 est.) |
| Mauritania |
arable land: 0.48%
permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99.51% (1998 est.) |
| Mauritius |
arable land: 49.26%
permanent crops: 2.96% other: 47.78% (2000 est.) |
| Mayotte |
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA% other: NA% (1998 est.) |
| Mexico |
arable land: 13.2%
permanent crops: 1.1% other: 85.7% (1998 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 45.71% other: 48.58% (1998 est.) |
| Midway Islands |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Moldova |
arable land: 54.08%
permanent crops: 12.1% other: 33.82% (1998 est.) |
| Monaco |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (urban area) (1998 est.) |
| Mongolia |
arable land: 0.84%
permanent crops: 0% other: 99.16% (1998 est.) |
| Montserrat |
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 0% other: 80% (1998 est.) |
| Morocco |
arable land: 20.12%
permanent crops: 2.05% other: 77.83% (1998 est.) |
| Mozambique |
arable land: 3.98%
permanent crops: 0.29% other: 95.73% (1998 est.) |
| Namibia |
arable land: 0.99%
permanent crops: 0% other: 99.01% (1998 est.) |
| Nauru |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Navassa Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Nepal |
arable land: 20.27%
permanent crops: 0.49% other: 79.24% (1998 est.) |
| Netherlands |
arable land: 26.53%
permanent crops: 1.03% other: 72.44% (1998 est.) |
| Netherlands Antilles |
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 0% other: 90% (1998 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
arable land: 0.38%
permanent crops: 0.33% other: 99.29% (1998 est.) |
| New Zealand |
arable land: 5.8%
permanent crops: 6.44% other: 87.76% (1998 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
arable land: 20.24%
permanent crops: 2.38% other: 77.38% (1998 est.) |
| Niger |
arable land: 3.94%
permanent crops: 0% other: 96.06% (1998 est.) |
| Nigeria |
arable land: 30.96%
permanent crops: 2.79% other: 66.25% (1998 est.) |
| Niue |
arable land: 19.23%
permanent crops: 7.69% other: 73.08% (1998 est.) |
| Norfolk Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
arable land: 15.22%
permanent crops: 6.52% other: 78.26% (1998 est.) |
| Norway |
arable land: 2.94%
permanent crops: 0% other: 97.06% (1998 est.) |
| Oman |
arable land: 0.08%
permanent crops: 0.22% other: 99.7% (1998 est.) |
| Pakistan |
arable land: 27.81%
permanent crops: 0.79% other: 71.4% (1998 est.) |
| Palau |
arable land: 21.74%
permanent crops: 0% other: 78.26% (1998 est.) |
| Palmyra Atoll |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (forests and woodlands) (1998 est.) |
| Panama |
arable land: 6.72%
permanent crops: 2.08% other: 91.2% (1998 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
arable land: 0.13%
permanent crops: 1.35% other: 98.52% (1998 est.) |
| Paracel Islands |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Paraguay |
arable land: 5.54%
permanent crops: 0.21% other: 94.25% (1998 est.) |
| Peru |
arable land: 2.85%
permanent crops: 0.38% other: 96.77% (1998 est.) |
| Philippines |
arable land: 18.45%
permanent crops: 14.76% other: 66.79% (1998 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands |
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA% other: NA% (1998 est.) |
| Poland |
arable land: 45.81%
permanent crops: 1.23% other: 52.96% (1998 est.) |
| Portugal |
arable land: 20.57%
permanent crops: 7.74% other: 71.69% (1999 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
arable land: 3.7%
permanent crops: 5.1% other: 91.2% (1998 est.) |
| Qatar |
arable land: 1.27%
permanent crops: 0.27% other: 98.46% (1998 est.) |
| Reunion |
arable land: 13.2%
permanent crops: 2% other: 84.8% (1998 est.) |
| Romania |
arable land: 40.57%
permanent crops: 2.4% other: 57.03% (1998 est.) |
| Russia |
arable land: 7.46%
permanent crops: 0.11% other: 92.43% (1998 est.) |
| Rwanda |
arable land: 32.43%
permanent crops: 10.13% other: 57.44% (1998 est.) |
| Saint Helena |
arable land: 12.9%
permanent crops: 0% other: 87.1% (1998 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 2.78% other: 80.55% (1998 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
arable land: 4.9%
permanent crops: 23% other: 72.1% (1998 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
arable land: 13.04%
permanent crops: 0% other: 86.96% (1998 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
arable land: 10.3%
permanent crops: 17.9% other: 71.8% (1998 est.) |
| Samoa |
arable land: 19.43%
permanent crops: 23.67% other: 56.9% (1998 est.) |
| San Marino |
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 0% other: 83.33% (1998 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
arable land: 2%
permanent crops: 41% other: 57% (1998 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
arable land: 1.72%
permanent crops: 0.06% other: 98.22% (1998 est.) |
| Senegal |
arable land: 11.58%
permanent crops: 0.19% other: 88.23% (1998 est.) |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
arable land: 36.34%
permanent crops: 3.44% other: 60.22% (1998 est.) |
| Seychelles |
arable land: 2.22%
permanent crops: 13.33% other: 84.45% (1998 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
arable land: 6.76%
permanent crops: 0.78% other: 92.46% (1998 est.) |
| Singapore |
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 0% other: 98.36% (1998 est.) |
| Slovakia |
arable land: 30.74%
permanent crops: 2.64% other: 66.62% (1998 est.) |
| Slovenia |
arable land: 11.48%
permanent crops: 2.68% other: 85.84% (1998 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
arable land: 1.5%
permanent crops: 0.64% other: 97.86% (1998 est.) |
| Somalia |
arable land: 1.66%
permanent crops: 0.04% other: 98.3% (1998 est.) |
| South Africa |
arable land: 12.13%
permanent crops: 0.77% other: 87.1% (1998 est.) |
| South Georgia and the 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) (1998 est.) |
| Spain |
arable land: 28.6%
permanent crops: 9.56% other: 61.84% (1998 est.) |
| Spratly Islands |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
arable land: 13.43%
permanent crops: 15.78% other: 70.79% (1998 est.) |
| Sudan |
arable land: 7.03%
permanent crops: 0.08% other: 92.89% (1998 est.) |
| Suriname |
arable land: 0.37%
permanent crops: 0.06% other: 99.57% note: there are 95,000 hectares of arable land, 7,000 hectares of permanent crops, and 15,000 hectares of permanent pastures (1998 est.) |
| Svalbard |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (no trees, and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry) (1998 est.) |
| Swaziland |
arable land: 9.77%
permanent crops: 0.7% other: 89.53% (1998 est.) |
| Sweden |
arable land: 6.8%
permanent crops: 0% other: 93.2% (1998 est.) |
| Switzerland |
arable land: 10.57%
permanent crops: 0.61% other: 88.82% (1998 est.) |
| Syria |
arable land: 25.96%
permanent crops: 4.08% other: 69.96% (1998 est.) |
| Taiwan |
arable land: 24%
permanent crops: 1% other: 75% |
| Tajikistan |
arable land: 5.4%
permanent crops: 0.9% other: 93.7% (1998 est.) |
| Tanzania |
arable land: 4.24%
permanent crops: 1.02% other: 94.74% (1998 est.) |
| Thailand |
arable land: 32.88%
permanent crops: 7% other: 60.12% (1998 est.) |
| Togo |
arable land: 41.37%
permanent crops: 1.84% other: 56.79% (1998 est.) |
| Tokelau |
arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile)
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Tonga |
arable land: 23.61%
permanent crops: 43.06% other: 33.33% (1998 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
arable land: 14.6%
permanent crops: 9.2% other: 76.2% (1998 est.) |
| Tromelin Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (grasses; scattered bushes) (1998 est.) |
| Tunisia |
arable land: 18.67%
permanent crops: 12.87% other: 68.46% (1998 est.) |
| Turkey |
arable land: 34.53%
permanent crops: 3.36% other: 62.11% (1998 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
arable land: 3.6%
permanent crops: 0.1% other: 96.3% (2003 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
arable land: 2.3%
permanent crops: 0% other: 97.7% (1998 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Uganda |
arable land: 25.34%
permanent crops: 8.77% other: 65.89% (1998 est.) |
| Ukraine |
arable land: 57.1%
permanent crops: 1.73% other: 41.17% (1998 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
arable land: 0.48%
permanent crops: 0.49% other: 99.03% (1998 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
arable land: 26.41%
permanent crops: 0.18% other: 73.41% (1998 est.) |
| United States |
arable land: 19.3%
permanent crops: 0.2% other: 80.5% (1998 est.) |
| Uruguay |
arable land: 7.21%
permanent crops: 0.27% other: 92.52% (1998 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
arable land: 10.8%
permanent crops: 0.91% other: 88.29% (1998 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
arable land: 2.46%
permanent crops: 7.38% other: 90.16% (1998 est.) |
| Venezuela |
arable land: 2.99%
permanent crops: 0.96% other: 96.05% (1998 est.) |
| Vietnam |
arable land: 17.41%
permanent crops: 4.71% other: 77.88% (1998 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
arable land: 15%
permanent crops: 6% other: 79% (1998 est.) |
| Wake Island |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna |
arable land: 5%
permanent crops: 20% other: 75% (1998 est.) |
| West Bank |
arable land: NEGL%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| Western Sahara |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
| World |
arable land: 10.58%
permanent crops: 1% other: 88.42% (1998 est.) |
| Yemen |
arable land: 2.75%
permanent crops: 0.21% other: 97.04% (1998 est.) |
| Zambia |
arable land: 7.08%
permanent crops: 0.03% other: 92.89% (1998 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
arable land: 8.4%
permanent crops: 0.34% other: 91.26% (1998 est.) |
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