Subregion

Total land area

Cold Land

Dryland

Steeply Sloping Land

Land with Shallow Soils

Poorly Drained Land

Coarse Textured Soils

HeavyCracking Clay Soils

Severe Fertility Limitations

Saline/Sodic Soils

Acid Sulphate Soil Limitations

Peat Land

Constraint-free Land

('000 ha)

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Area ('000ha)

%

Bangladesh

13,017

0

0.0

0

0.0

1,393

10.7

78

0.6

6,261

48.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

273

2.1

638

4.9

78

0.6

521

4.0

3,775

29.0

Bhutan

4,700

2,312

49.2

0

0.0

982

20.9

19

0.4

0

0.0

216

4.6

0

0.0

771

16.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

400

8.5

India

297,319

16,650

5.6

28,840

9.7

29,732

10.0

16,947

5.7

7,433

2.5

3,568

1.2

60,653

20.4

7,136

2.4

12,190

4.1

297

0.1

297

0.1

113,576

38.2

Iran

163,600

2,127

1.3

113,866

69.6

22,086

13.5

1,636

1.0

1,145

0.7

2,618

1.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

6,871

4.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

13,252

8.1

Maldives

30

0

na

0

na

0

na

0

na

0

na

0

na

0

na

0

na

0

na

0

na

0

Na

0

na

Nepal

13,680

4,542

33.2

0

0.0

2,531

18.5

506

3.7

780

5.7

1,094

8.0

0

0.0

629

4.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

178

1.3

3,420

25.0

Pakistan

77,088

17,268

22.4

54,655

70.9

2,081

2.7

231

0.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

77

0.1

0

0.0

617

0.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

2,158

2.8

Sri Lanka

6,463

0

0.0

0

0.0

827

12.8

336

5.2

375

5.8

271

4.2

45

0.7

814

12.6

439

6.8

19

0.3

58

0.9

3,277

50.7

S Asia Total

575,897

42,899

7.4

197,361

34.3

59,632

10.4

19,754

3.4

15,994

2.8

7,767

1.3

60,775

10.6

9,623

1.7

20,755

3.6

395

0.1

1,054

0.2

139,857

24.3

Cambodia

17,652

0

0.0

0

0.0

3,936

22.3

706

4.0

3,336

18.9

265

1.5

229

1.3

5,825

33.0

477

2.7

212

1.2

0

0.0

2,665

15.1

Indonesia

181,157

1,812

1.0

0

0.0

64,311

35.5

13,043

7.2

10,507

5.8

8,877

4.9

3,261

1.8

26,449

14.6

1,630

0.9

906

0.5

17,391

9.6

32,971

18.2

Lao PDR

23,080

0

0.0

0

0.0

17,010

73.7

1,177

5.1

462

2.0

577

2.5

138

0.6

2,008

8.7

115

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

1,593

6.9

Malaysia

32,855

0

0.0

0

0.0

15,705

47.8

263

0.8

1,741

5.3

164

0.5

361

1.1

8,542

26.0

789

2.4

657

2.0

2,136

6.5

2,497

7.6

Myanmar

65,754

526

0.8

0

0.0

29,721

45.2

5,655

8.6

8,351

12.7

395

0.6

1,578

2.4

9,863

15.0

723

1.1

1,184

1.8

395

0.6

7,364

11.2

Philippines

29,817

0

0.0

0

0.0

8,557

28.7

954

3.2

954

3.2

149

0.5

775

2.6

2,624

8.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

15,803

53.0

Thailand

51,089

0

0.0

0

0.0

17,575

34.4

1,482

2.9

3,832

7.5

1,584

3.1

562

1.1

14,305

28.0

1,379

2.7

1,022

2.0

51

0.1

9,298

18.2

Vietnam

32,549

0

0.0

0

0.0

14,582

44.8

1,269

3.9

4,101

12.6

586

1.8

293

0.9

6,640

20.4

716

2.2

1,497

4.6

130

0.4

2,734

8.4

SE Asia Total

433,953

2,338

0.5

0

0.0

171,397

39.5

24,549

5.7

33,284

7.7

12,596

2.9

7,198

1.7

76,256

17.6

5,830

1.3

5,477

1.3

20,102

4.6

74,925

17.3

China

932,641

13,990

1.5

118,445

12.7

428,082

45.9

15,855

1.7

69,948

7.5

0

0.0

12,124

1.3

97,927

10.5

62,487

6.7

0

0.0

7,461

0.8

106,321

11.4

DPR Korea

12,041

0

0.0

0

0.0

8,657

71.9

0

0.0

60

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

217

1.8

36

0.3

0

0.0

132

1.1

2,938

24.4

Mongolia

156,650

940

0.6

51,538

32.9

54,358

34.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

4,073

2.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

45,742

29.2

Rep. of Korea

9,873

0

0.0

0

0.0

4,917

49.8

0

0.0

385

3.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

3,159

32.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1,412

14.3

Japan

37,652

0

0.0

0

0.0

15,324

40.7

414

1.1

941

2.5

75

0.2

0

0.0

6,326

16.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

14,571

38.7

E Asia Total

1,148,857

14,930

1.3

169,983

14.8

511,338

44.5

16,269

1.4

71,335

6.2

75

0.0

12,124

1.1

107,629

9.4

66,596

5.8

0

0.0

7,594

0.7

170,984

14.9

Cook Islands

23

0

0.0

0

0.0

7

28.3

10

45.2

0

0.0

3

13.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

3

13.5

Fiji

1,827

0

0.0

0

0.0

1,337

73.2

24

1.3

0

0.0

385

21.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

80

4.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

PNG

45,286

0

0.0

0

0.0

28,032

61.9

589

1.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

6,159

13.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

679

1.5

9,827

21.7

Samoa

283

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

283

100.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Solomon Is.

2,799

0

0.0

0

0.0

1,881

67.2

81

2.9

0

0.0

490

17.5

0

0.0

263

9.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

84

3.0

Vanuatu

1,219

0

0.0

0

0.0

158

13.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

48

3.9

93

7.6

106

8.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

814

66.8

Tonga

72

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

14

19.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

58

80.9

Australia

764,444

0

0.0

214,809

28.1

41,280

5.4

61,920

8.1

38,987

5.1

187,289

24.5

86,382

11.3

27,520

3.6

81,031

10.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

25,227

3.3

New Zealand

26,799

0

0.0

0

0.0

15,677

58.5

80

0.3

161

0.6

3,832

14.3

0

0.0

2,251

8.4

107

0.4

0

0.0

107

0.4

4,583

17.1

Pacific Total

842,752

0

0.0

214,809

25.5

58,997

7.0

62,082

7.4

39,147

4.6

191,672

22.7

86,475

10.3

30,140

3.6

81,138

9.6

0

0.0

107

0.0

30,766

3.7

A/ P Total

3,001,459

60,166

2.0

582,153

19.4

801,364

26.7

122,653

4.1

159,760

5.3

212,111

7.1

166,573

5.5

223,649

7.5

174,319

5.8

5,872

0.2

28,857

1.0

416,532

13.9

Source: Total land area taken from FAO RAPA 1996 Selected Indicators of Food and Agriculture Development in Asia Pacific Region 1985-95 RAP Publication 1996/32