Land use statistics by country

Last updated April 17, 2024

This article includes the table with land use statistics by country. Countries are ranked by their total cultivated land area, which is the sum of the total arable land area and total area of permanent crops.

Arable land is defined as being cultivated for crops like wheat, maize, and rice, all of which are replanted after each harvest. Permanent cropland is defined as being cultivated for crops like citrus, coffee, and rubber, which are not replanted after each harvest; this also includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Other lands include any lands not arable nor under permanent crops; this includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, and so on.

Percentage figures for arable land, permanent crops land and other lands are all taken from the CIA World Factbook ^[1] as well as total land area figures^[2] (Note: the total area of a country is defined as the sum of total land area and total water area together.) All other figures, including total cultivated land area, are calculated on the basis of this mentioned dataset.

Rank	Country	Cultivated land (km²)	Cultivated land (%)	Arable land (km²)	Arable land (%)	Permanent crops (km²)	Permanent crops (%)	Other lands (km²)	Other lands (%)	Total area (km²)	Date
—	World	17,235,800	11.6	15,827,534	10.7	1,549,600	1	131,701,100	88.4	149,000,000	2011
1	India	1,765,260	53.7	1,656,780	50.4	108,479	3.3	1,522,002	46.3	3,287,263	2020
2	United States	1,681,826	17.1	1,652,028	16.8	29,798	0.3	8,151,691	82.9	9,833,517	2020
3	Russia	1,265,267	7.4	1,248,169	7.3	17,098	0.1	15,832,975	92.6	17,098,242	2011
4	China	1,238,013	12.9	1,084,461	11.3	153,552	1.6	8,358,947	87.1	9,596,960	2011
5	Brazil	800,485	9.4	570,572	6.7	68,126	0.8	7,715,285	90.6	8,515,770	2011
6	Canada	519,205	5.2	429,355	4.3	49,924	0.5	9,465,465	94.8	9,984,670	2011
7	Australia	487,695	6.3	307,520	4.0	7,741	0.1	7,253,525	93.7	7,741,220	2011
8	Indonesia	478,055	25.1	247,598	13	230,457	12.1	1,426,514	74.9	1,904,569	2011
9	Nigeria	412,938	44.7	354,726	37.3	68,361	7.4	510,830	55.3	923,768	2011
10	Argentina	397,598	14.3	328,087	13.9	11,122	0.4	2,382,802	85.7	2,780,400	2016
11	Ukraine	347,673	57.6	342,901	56.1	9,054	1.5	255,877	42.4	603,550	2011
12	Sudan	296,289	15.9	204,710	11.0	3,723	0.2	1,565,195	84.1	1,861,484	2011
13	Mexico	259,301	13.2	202,229	11.8	27,502	1.4	1,705,074	86.8	1,964,375	2011
14	Kazakhstan	242,516	8.9	221,059	8.9	0	0	2,482,384	91.67	2,724,900	2011
15	Turkey	240,553	30.7	209,211	26.7	31,342	4	543,009	69.3	783,562	2011
16	Pakistan	227,686	28.7	219,724	27.6	7,962	1.1	568,409	71.3	796,095	2011
17	France	226,617	35.2	180,955	32.8	11,588	1.8	417,184	64.8	643,801	2011
18	Thailand	203,188	39.6	158,035	30.8	45,153	8.8	309,932	60.4	513,120	2011
19	Iran	197,794	12	158,208	9.6	19,788	1.2	1,450,401	88	1,648,195	2011
20	Ethiopia	180,001	16.3	167,854	15.2	12,147	1.1	924,299	83.7	1,104,300	2011
21	Spain	171,836	34	125,845	24.9	45,991	9.1	333,534	66	505,370	2011
22	Tanzania	157,252	16.6	142,763	15.0	21,788	2.3	790,048	83.4	947,300	2011
23	Niger	155,968	12.4	155,841	12.3	127	0.1	1,111,032	87.6	1,267,000	2011
24	Myanmar (Burma)	114,341	18.7	111,639	16.5	14,885	2.2	550,054	81.3	676,578	2011
25	South Africa	124,338	10.2	120,780	9.9	3,647	0.3	1,094,752	89.8	1,219,090	2011
26	Germany	123,879	34.7	119,344	33.4	2,142	0.6	233,143	65.3	357,022	2011
27	Poland	117,262	37.5	113,197	36.2	4,065	1.3	195,423	62.5	312,685	2011
28	Uganda	109,896	45.6	82,917	34.3	27,233	11.3	131,148	54.4	241,038	2011
29	Vietnam	108,302	32.7	68,227	20.6	40,075	12.1	222,908	67.3	331,210	2011
30	Philippines	108,000	36	54,600	18.2	53,400	17.8	192,000	64	300,000	2011
31	Romania	97,744	41	93,214	39.1	4,530	1.9	140,647	59	238,391	2011
32	Bangladesh	97,268	65.5	87,615	59	9,653	6.5	51,192	34.5	148,460	2011
33	Italy	94,609	31.4	68,697	22.8	25,912	8.6	206,729	68.6	301,338	2011
34	Morocco	91,111	20.4	78,155	17.5	12,951	2.9	355,439	79.6	446,550	2011
35	Algeria	83,360	3.5	73,833	3.1	9,527	0.4	2,298,381	96.5	2,381,741	2016
36	Afghanistan	78,916	12.1	77,612	11.9	1,304	0.2	673,314	87.9	652,230	2016
37	Cameroon	77,965	16.4	62,277	13.1	15,688	3.3	397,475	83.6	475,440	2011
38	Cote d'Ivoire	75,143	23.3	29,348	9.1	45,795	14.2	247,320	76.7	322,463	2011
39	Malaysia	73,568	22.3	9,567	2.9	64,001	19.4	256,279	77.7	329,847	2011
40	Mali	70,691	5.7	69,451	5.6	1,240	0.1	1,169,501	94.3	1,240,192	2011
41	Kenya	62,103	10.7	56,879	9.8	5,224	0.9	518,264	89.3	580,367	2011
42	United Kingdom	61,631	25.3	60,171	24.7	487	0.2	181,979	74.7	243,610	2011
43	Syria	57,783	31.2	47,041	25.4	10,742	5.8	688,651	68.8	185,180	2011
44	Belarus	57,713	27.8	56,467	27.2	1,246	0.6	149,887	72.2	207,600	2011
45	Paraguay	55,770	11	54,756	10.8	1,014	0.2	350,982	89	406,752	2011
46	Tunisia	55,133	33.7	29,939	18.3	25,194	15.4	108,477	66.3	163,610	2011
47	Peru	53,878	4.2	39,841	3.1	14,137	1.1	1,231,338	95.8	1,285,216	2011
48	Mozambique	53,560	6.7	51,162	6.4	2,398	0.3	745,820	93.3	799,380	2011
49	Chad	50,076	3.9	35,258	3.9	0	0	1,233,924	96.1	1,284,000	2011
50	Uzbekistan	48,766	10.9	45,187	10.1	3,579	0.8	398,634	89.1	447,400	2011
51	Japan	47,250	12.5	44,226	11.7	3,024	0.8	327,751	87.5	377,915	2011
52	Hungary	46,965	50.5	45,105	48.5	1,860	2	46,063	49.5	93,028	2011
53	Malawi	46,926	39.6	45,267	38.2	1,659	1.4	71,558	60.4	118,484	2011
54	Ghana	46,207	32.6	28,393	20.7	17,814	11.9	192,346	67.4	238,553	2011
55	Burkina Faso	45,533	21.1	44,710	20.8	823	0.3	228,667	78.9	274,200	2011
56	Cambodia	42,716	23.6	41,087	22.7	1,629	0.9	138,319	76.4	181,035	2011
57	Democratic Republic of the Congo	42,208	1.8	37,518	1.6	4,690	0.2	2,302,650	98.2	2,344,858	2011
58	Bolivia	41,762	3.8	39,564	3.6	2,198	0.2	1,056,819	96.2	1,098,581	2011
59	Cuba	41,476	37.4	37,484	33.8	3,992	3.6	69,384	62.6	110,860	2011
60	Madagascar	41,090	7	35,220	6	5,870	1	545,951	93	587,041	2011
61	Iraq	39,009	8.9	36,817	8.4	2,192	0.5	399,308	91.1	438,317	2011
62	Greece	37,752	28.6	26,004	19.7	11,748	8.9	94,205	71.4	131,957	2011
63	Zambia	36,125	4.8	36,125	4.8	0	0	716,493	95.2	752,618	2011
64	Egypt	36,054	3.6	28,042	2.8	8,012	0.8	965,396	96.4	1,001,450	2011
65	Angola	52,361	4.2	48,621	3.9	3,740	0.3	1,194,339	95.8	1,246,700	2016
66	Guinea	35,901	14.6	29,016	11.8	6,885	2.8	209,956	85.4	245,857	2011
67	Venezuela	35,572	3.9	28,275	3.1	7,297	0.8	876,478	96.1	912,050	2011
68	Bulgaria	35,323	31.4	33,159	29.9	2,164	1.5	75,556	68.6	110,879	2011
69	Senegal	34,816	17.7	34,226	17.4	590	0.3	161,906	82.3	196,722	2011
70	Saudi Arabia	34,400	1.6	32,250	1.5	2,150	0.1	2,115,290	98.4	2,149,690	2011
71	Colombia	34,170	3	15,946	1.4	18,224	1.6	1,104,740	97	1,138,910	2011
72	Czech Republic	33,138	42	32,349	41	789	1	45,729	58	78,867	2011
73	Serbia	31,853	41.1	29,218	37.7	2,635	3.4	45,621	58.9	77,474	2011
74	Benin	29,726	26.4	25,785	22.9	3,941	3.5	82,896	73.6	112,622	2011
75	Ecuador	29,221	10.3	13,334	4.7	15,887	5.6	254,430	89.7	283,651	2011
76	North Korea	29,124	21.4	15,808	19.5	13,316	1.9	91,414	78.6	120,538	2011
77	Sweden	28,819	6.4	24,019	6.4	0	0	421,476	93.6	450,295	2011
78	Togo	27,832	49	25,674	45.2	2,158	3.8	28,953	51	56,785	2011
79	Denmark	25,429	59	25,386	58.9	43	0.1	17,665	41	43,094	2011
80	Guatemala	25,047	23	15,464	14.2	9,583	8.8	83,842	77	108,889	2011
81	Finland	25,019	7.4	25,019	7.4	0	0	313,126	92.6	338,145	2011
82	Nepal	23,993	16.3	22,227	15.1	1,766	1.2	123,188	83.7	147,181	2011
83	Sri Lanka	23,944	36.5	13,579	20.7	10,365	15.8	41,666	63.5	65,610	2011
84	Lithuania	23,117	35.4	22,790	34.9	327	0.5	42,183	64.6	65,300	2011
85	Azerbaijan	22,083	25.5	19,745	22.8	2,338	2.7	64,517	74.5	86,600	2011
86	Moldova	21,764	64.2	18,679	55.1	3,085	9.1	73,514	35.8	33,851	2011
87	Kyrgyzstan	21,400	7.1	13,400	6.7	8,000	0.4	178,551	92.9	199,951	2011
88	Libya	21,114	1.2	17,595	1	3,519	0.2	1,738,426	98.8	1,759,540	2011
89	Turkmenistan	20,496	4.2	20,008	4.1	488	0.1	467,604	95.8	488,100	2011
90	Nicaragua	19,554	15	16,295	12.5	3,259	2.5	111,816	85	130,370	2011
91	Sierra Leone	18,857	26.3	16,778	23.4	2,079	2.9	52,883	73.7	71,740	2011
92	Central African Republic	18,690	3	18,067	2.9	623	0.1	604,294	97	622,984	2011
93	Uruguay	18,215	10.3	17,798	10.1	417	0.2	158,000	89.7	176,215	2011
94	Portugal	18,144	19.7	10,960	11.9	7,184	7.8	73,946	80.3	92,090	2011
95	South Korea	17,347	17.5	15,254	15.3	2,193	2.2	82,373	82.5	99,720	2011
96	Yemen	16,684	2.8	11,616	2.2	1,320	0.6	511,286	97.2	527,968	2011
97	Laos	16,340	6.9	14,682	6.2	1,658	0.7	220,460	93.1	236,800	2011
98	Chile	16,022	2.3	12,854	1.7	3,168	0.6	740,080	97.7	756,102	2011
99	Burundi	15,151	54.5	10,814	38.9	4,337	15.6	57,282	45.5	27,830	2011
100	Rwanda	15,017	57.1	12,361	47	2,656	10.1	11,321	42.9	26,338	2011
101	Honduras	14,684	13.1	10,201	9.1	4,483	4	97,406	86.9	112,090	2011
102	Austria	14,515	17.3	13,844	16.5	671	0.8	69,256	82.7	83,871	2011
103	Slovakia	14,357	29.3	14,161	28.9	196	0.4	34,678	70.7	49,035	2011
104	Haiti	13,538	48.7	10,703	38.5	2,835	10.2	14,212	51.3	27,750	2011
105	Dominican Republic	13,000	26.7	8,084	16.6	4,916	10.1	35,670	73.3	48,670	2011
106	Netherlands	12,824	30.9	12,367	29.8	457	1.1	28,719	69.1	41,543	2011
107	Latvia	12,662	18.7	12,016	18.6	646	0.1	51,927	81.3	64,589	2011
108	Somalia	11,479	1.8	11,479	1.8	0	0	616,798	98.2	637,657	2011
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11,110	21.7	10,086	19.7	1,024	2	40,087	78.3	51,197	2011
110	Ireland	10,826	15.4	10,826	15.4	0	0	70,273	84.6	70,273	2011
111	Papua New Guinea	10,182	2.2	3,240	0.7	6,942	1.5	452,658	97.8	462,840	2011
112	Tajikistan	10,087	7	8,790	6.1	1,297	0.9	134,013	93	144,100	2011
113	Croatia	9,905	17.5	9,056	16	849	1.5	46,689	82.5	56,594	2011
114	El Salvador	9,108	44	6,852	33.1	2,256	10.9	11,612	56	20,720	2011
115	Belgium	8,540	28	8,296	27.2	244	0.8	21,988	72	30,528	2011
116	Namibia	8,243	1	8,243	1	0	0	816,049	99	824,292	2011
117	Liberia	8,132	7.3	5,793	5.2	2,339	2.1	103,237	92.7	111,369	2011
118	Eritrea	7,997	6.8	7,997	6.8	0	0	109,603	93.2	117,600	2011
119	Panama	7,389	9.8	5,504	7.3	1,885	2.5	68,031	90.2	75,420	2011
120	Albania	7,359	25.6	6,497	22.6	862	3	21,458	74.4	28,748	2016
121	Norway	7,124	2.2	7,124	2.2	0	0	316,678	97.8	323,802	2011
122	Estonia	6,780	15	6,735	14.9	45	0.1	38,448	85	45,228	2011
123	Mongolia	6,256	0.4	6,256	0.4	0	0	1,557,860	99.6	1,564,116	2011
124	Republic of the Congo	6,156	1.8	5,472	1.6	684	0.2	335,844	98.2	342,000	2011
125	Costa Rica	5,928	11.6	2,504	4.9	3,424	6.7	45,172	88.4	51,100	2011
126	New Zealand	5,642	2.1	4,838	1.8	806	0.3	263,196	97.9	268,838	2011
127	Guinea-Bissau	5,451	15.1	2,960	8.2	2,491	6.9	30,674	84.9	36,125	2011
128	Georgia	5,298	7.6	4,043	5.8	1,255	1.8	64,402	92.4	69,700	2011
129	Armenia	5,257	17.7	4,693	15.8	564	1.9	24,486	82.3	29,743	2011
130	Gabon	4,818	1.8	3,212	1.2	1,606	0.6	262,849	98.2	267,667	2011
131	Guyana	4,730	2.2	4,515	2.1	215	0.1	210,239	97.8	214,969	2011
132	Gambia	4,690	41.5	4,633	41	57	0.5	6,610	58.5	11,300	2011
133	North Macedonia	4,575	17.8	4,215	16.4	360	1.4	21,138	82.2	25,713	2011
134	Switzerland	4,461	10.8	4,213	10.2	248	0.6	36,816	89.2	41,277	2011
135	Mauritania	4,124	0.4	4,124	0.4	0	0	1,026,576	99.6	1,030,700	2011
136	Israel	3,640	17.5	2,850	13.7	790	3.8	17,130	82.5	20,770	2011
137	Botswana	3,492	0.6	3,492	0.6	0	0	578,238	99.4	581,730	2011
138	Lesotho	3,096	10.2	3,066	10.1	30	0.1	27,259	89.8	30,355	2011
139	Jordan	2,681	3	1,787	2	894	1	86,661	97	89,342	2011
140	Lebanon	2,517	24.2	1,238	11.9	1,279	12.3	7,883	75.8	10,400	2011
141	Fiji	2,507	13.7	1,647	9	860	4.7	15,767	86.3	18,274	2011
142	Jamaica	2,233	20.3	1,221	11.1	1,012	9.2	8,758	79.7	10,991	2011
143	Timor-Leste	2,231	15	1,502	10.1	729	4.9	12,643	85	14,874	2011
144	Palestine ^[3]	2,023	18.4	953	7.4	1,070	11	3,617	81.6	5,860	2011
145	Slovenia	1,970	9.7	1,706	8.4	264	1.3	18,303	90.3	20,273	2011
146	Montenegro	1,950	14.1	1,784	12.9	166	1.2	11,862	85.9	13,812	2011
147	Eswatini (Swaziland)	1,840	10.6	1,701	9.8	139	0.8	15,524	89.4	17,364	2011
148	Equatorial Guinea	1,798	5.4	1,208	4.3	590	2.1	26,253	94.6	28,051	2011
149	Comoros	1,709	76.3	1,046	46.7	663	29.6	526	23.7	2,235	2011
—	Puerto Rico	1,684	12.2	911	6.6	773	5.6	12,107	87.8	13,791	2011
150	Vanuatu	1,451	11.9	195	1.6	1,256	10.3	10,738	88.1	12,189	2011
151	Cyprus	1,206	13	906	9.8	296	3.2	8,045	87	9,251	2011
152	Bhutan	1,113	2.9	998	2.6	115	0.3	37,281	97.1	38,394	2011
153	Belize	1,080	4.7	758	3.3	322	1.4	21,886	95.3	22,966	2011
154	Solomon Islands	1,040	3.6	202	0.7	838	2.9	27,856	96.4	28,896	2011
155	United Arab Emirates	836	1	418	0.5	418	0.5	82,764	99	83,600	2011
156	Mauritius	824	40.4	764	38.4	60	2	1,216	59.6	2,586	2011
157	Suriname	655	0.4	655	0.4	0	0	163,165	99.6	163,820	2011
158	Luxembourg	636	24.6	620	24	16	0.6	1,950	75.4	2,586	2011
159	Oman	619	0.2	310	0.1	309	0.1	308,881	99.8	309,500	2011
160	Cape Verde	500	12.4	472	11.7	28	0.7	3,533	87.6	4,033	2011
161	São Tomé and Príncipe	479	49.7	87	9.1	392	40.6	485	50.3	964	2011
162	Trinidad and Tobago	471	9.2	251	4.9	220	4.3	4,657	90.8	5,128	2011
163	Kiribati	411	50.68	22	2.71	389	47.97	400	49.32	811	2011
164	Micronesia	361	51.42	40	5.71	321	45.71	341	48.58	702	2011
165	Samoa	299	10.6	79	2.8	220	7.8	2,532	89.4	2,831	2011
—	French Polynesia	290	7	29	0.7	261	6.3	3,877	93	4,167	2011
166	Tonga	280	37.5	166	22.2	115	15.3	467	62.5	747	2011
167	Dominica	237	32	57	8	180	24	514	68	751	2011
—	Gaza Strip	180	50	104	29	76	21	180	50	360	2011
168	Saint Lucia	176	29.03	39	6.45	137	22.58	430	70.97	606	2011
169	Barbados	170	39.54	160	37.21	10	2.33	261	60.46	431	2011
170	Kuwait	159	0.9	106	0.6	53	0.3	17,659	99.1	17,818	2011
171	Brunei	156	2.95	110	2.08	46	0.87	5,115	97.05	5,270	2011
172	Qatar	153	1.3	128	1.1	23	0.2	11,433	98.7	11,586	2011
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	140	35.9	70	17.95	70	17.95	249	64.1	389	2005
174	Maldives	130	43.33	40	13.33	90	30	170	56.67	300	2005
175	Grenada	121	35.29	20	5.88	101	29.41	223	64.71	344	2005
—	Guam	118	21.82	20	3.64	98	18.18	423	78.18	541	2005
—	Wallis and Futuna	118	42.85	20	7.14	98	35.71	157	57.15	274	2005
176	Malta	109	34.38	99	31.25	10	3.13	207	65.62	316	2005
177	Antigua and Barbuda	101	22.73	81	18.18	20	4.55	342	77.27	443	2005
—	New Caledonia	100	0.54	59	0.32	41	0.22	18,475	99.46	18,575	2005
178	Marshall Islands	100	55.55	20	11.11	80	44.44	80	44.45	181	2005
—	Netherlands Antilles	96	10	96	10	0	0	864	90	960	2005
179	Bahamas	87	0.87	58	0.58	29	0.29	9,982	99.13	10,070	2005
—	Northern Mariana Islands	83	17.39	62	13.04	21	4.35	394	82.61	477	2005
180	Iceland	70	0.07	70	0.07	0	0	100,180	99.93	100,250	2005
—	Niue	70	26.92	30	11.54	40	15.38	190	73.08	260	2005
181	Seychelles	69	15.21	10	2.17	59	13.04	386	84.79	455	2005
182	Palau	60	13.05	40	8.7	20	4.35	398	86.95	458	2005
—	Cook Islands	60	25	40	16.67	20	8.33	178	75	237	2005
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	58	22.22	51	19.44	7	2.78	203	77.78	261	2005
184	Bahrain	56	8.45	19	2.82	37	5.63	609	91.55	665	2005
—	Western Sahara	53	0.02	53	0.02	0	0	265,947	99.98	266,000	2005
—	Isle of Man	51	9	51	9	0	0	521	91	572	2002
—	American Samoa	49	21.9	30	13.4	19	8.5	175	78.1	224	2016
—	British Virgin Islands	41	26.67	31	20	10	6.67	112	73.33	153	2005
185	Liechtenstein	40	25	40	25	0	0	120	75	160	2005
—	Faroe Islands	30	2.14	30	2.14	0	0	1,369	97.86	1,399	2005
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	30	12.5	30	12.5	0	0	212	87.5	242	2005
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	30	8.57	20	5.71	10	2.86	316	91.43	346	2005
—	Aruba	20	10.53	20	10.53	0	0	173	89.47	193	2005
—	Montserrat	20	20	20	20	0	0	82	80	102	2005
186	Singapore	20	2.94	10	1.47	10	1.47	663	97.06	683	2005
187	Tuvalu	17	66.67	0	0	17	66.67	9	33.33	26	2005
—	Bermuda	11	20	11	20	0	0	42	80	53	2005
188	Andorra	10	2.13	10	2.13	0	0	458	97.87	468	2005
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	10	2.33	10	2.33	0	0	420	97.67	430	2005
—	Cayman Islands	10	3.85	10	3.85	0	0	252	96.15	262	2005
189	San Marino	10	16.67	10	16.67	0	0	51	83.33	61	2005
190	Djibouti	9	0.04	9	0.04	0	0	22,971	99.96	22,980	2005
—	Antarctica	0	0	0	0	0	0	14,000,000	100	14,000,000	2005
—	Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,166,086	100	2,166,086	2005
—	Svalbard	0	0	0	0	0	0	61,020	100	61,020	2005
—	Falkland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	12,173	100	12,173	2005
—	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,903	100	3,903	2005
—	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	412	100	412	2005
—	Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	377	100	377	2005
—	Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	135	100	135	2005
—	Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	0	116	100	116	2005
—	Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	102	100	102	2005
—	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	100	60	2005
—	Bouvet Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	100	49	2005
—	Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	100	35	2005
—	Macau	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	100	28	2005
191	Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	100	21	2005
—	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	100	14	2005
—	Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	100	10	2005
—	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	100	7	2005
—	Wake Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	100	7	2005
—	Clipperton Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	100	6	2005
—	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	100	5	2005
—	Navassa Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	100	5	2005
192	Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100	2	2005
193	Vatican City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	100	0.44	2005

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[2] CIA World Factbook-Area

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v t e Lists of countries by agricultural output rankings
Cereals	Barley Buckwheat Corn/Maize (exports) Millet Oat Rice Rye Sorghum Triticale Wheat exports
Fruit	Apple Apricot Avocado Banana Cherry Citrus Orange Coconut Cucumber Eggplant Grape Lemon Lime Mango Papaya Pear Pineapple Plum Raspberry Tomato
Vegetables	Artichoke Carrot Garlic Onion Potato Rapeseed Soybean Turnip
Other	Cacao Cassava Coffee Cotton Fish Meat Milk Palm oil Sugar beet Sugar cane Sunflower seed Tea Tobacco Wine
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