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Table 1. Land use in 2001

Unit: 1000 ha

Country

Total Land Area

Arable and Permanent Crops Land

Permanent Pasture

Forests and Woodland*

Other Land

Land Use Distribution (in %)

Arable & Permanent Crops Land

Permanent Pasture

Forests & Woodland*

Other Land

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES


SOUTHEAST ASIA















1.

Cambodia

17 652


3 807

F

1 500

F

12 200

F

147

F

21.6

8.5

69.1

0.8

2.

Indonesia

181 157


33 600

F

11 177

F

111 774

F

27 412

F

18.5

6.2

61.7

15.1

3.

Lao PDR

23 080


958

F

878

F

12 550

F

8 840

F

4.2

3.8

54.4

38.3

4.

Malaysia

32 855


7 585

F

285

F

22 248

F

2 722

F

23.1

0.9

67.7

8.3

5.

Myanmar

65 755


10 625


314


32 400

F

22 934

F

16.2

0.5

49.3

34.9

6.

Philippines

29 817


10 650

F

1 280

F

13 600

F

5 037

F

35.7

4.3

45.6

16.9

7.

Thailand

51 089


18 300

F

800

F

14 500

F

15 329

F

35.8

1.6

28.4

30.0

8.

Viet Nam

32 549


8 438

F

642

F

9 650

F

15 759

F

25.9

2.0

29.6

48.4


SOUTH ASIA















9.

Bangladesh

13 017


8 485


600

F

1 892


2 401

F

65.2

4.6

14.5

18.4

10.

Bhutan

4 700


165

F

415

F

3 100

F

1 110

F

3.5

8.8

66.0

23.6

11.

India

297 319


169 900

F

10 910

F

68 500

F

47 789

F

57.1

3.7

23.0

16.1

12.

Maldives

30


9

F

1

F

1

F

20

F

30.0

3.3

3.3

66.7

13.

Nepal

14 300


3 192

F

1 757

F

5 750

F

4 020

F

22.3

12.3

40.2

28.1

14.

Pakistan

77 088


22 160


5 000

F

3 480

F

47 098

F

28.7

6.5

4.5

61.1

15.

Sri Lanka

6 463


1 911


440

F

2 100

F

2 040

F

29.6

6.8

32.5

31.6


CENTRAL ASIA















16.

Kazakhstan

269 970


21 671

F

185 098

F

9 600

F

38 719

F

8.0

68.6

3.6

14.3

17.

Tajikistan

14 060


1 060

F

3 500

F

537

F

9 023

F

7.5

24.9

3.8

64.2

18.

Uzbekistan

41 424


4 830

F

22 800

F

1 300

F

12 481

F

11.7

55.0

3.1

30.1


OTHER ASIA















19.

China

932 742


155 275

F

400 001

F

130 518


268 744

F

16.6

42.9

14.0

28.8

20.

DPR Korea

12 041


2 800

F

50

F

7 370

F

1 921

F

23.3

0.4

61.2

16.0

21.

Iran (Islamic Rep. of)

163 620


16 548

F

44 000

F

11 400

F

89 261

F

10.1

26.9

7.0

54.6

22.

Mongolia

156 650


1 200


129 300


13 750

F

24 431

F

0.8

82.5

8.8

15.6

23.

Rep. of Korea

9 873


1 889


54

F

6 456


1 321

F

19.1

0.5

65.4

13.4


PACIFIC ISLANDS















24.

Cook Islands

23


7

F

0

F

0

F

16

F

30.4

0.0

0.0

69.6

25.

Fiji Islands

1 827


285

F

175

F

1 185

F

209

F

15.6

9.6

64.9

11.4

26.

Kiribati

73


39

F

0

F

2

F

32

F

53.4

0.0

2.7

43.8

27.

Marshall Islands

18


10

F

4

F

0

F

0

F

55.6

22.2

0.0

0.0

28.

Nauru

2


0

F

0

F

0

F

2

F

0.0

0.0

0.0

100.0

29.

Niue

26


7

F

1

F

5

F

13

F

26.9

3.8

19.2

50.0

30.

Palau

46


6

F

3

F





13.0

6.5

0.0

0.0

31.

Papua New Guinea

45 286


860

F

175

F

42 000

F

2 348

F

1.9

0.4

92.7

5.2

32.

Samoa

283


129

F

2

F

134

F

26

F

45.6

0.7

47.3

9.2

33.

Solomon Islands

2 799


74

F

40

F

2 450

F

238

F

2.6

1.4

87.5

8.5

34.

Tonga

72


48

F

4

F

8

F

12

F

66.7

5.6

11.1

16.7

35.

Vanuatu

1 219


120

F

42

F

914

F

148

F

9.8

3.4

75.0

12.1


SUB-TOTAL

2 498 925


506 643


821 248


541 374


651 605


20.3

32.9

21.7

26.1

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

36.

Australia

768 230


50 600

F

404 900

F

145 000

F

154 130

F

6.6

52.7

18.9

20.1

37.

Japan

36 450

F

4 794


405

F

24 621

F

6 306

F

13.2

1.1

67.5

17.3

38.

New Zealand

26 799


3 372

F

13 863


7 667

F

2 525

F

12.6

51.7

28.6

9.4


SUB-TOTAL

831 479


58 766


419 168


177 288


162 961


7.1

50.4

21.3

19.6

ASIA & PACIFIC*

3 330 405


565 409


1 240 416


718 662


814 567


17.0

37.2

21.6

24.5

REST OF WORLD

9 737 261


966 681


2 249 418


3 453 773


3 079 720


9.9

23.1

35.5

31.6

WORLD

13 067 670


1 532 090


3 489 834


4 172 435


3 894 287


11.7

26.7

31.9

29.8

* latest data for forests and woodland is for 1994


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