SOME INDICATORS RELATED TO SIZE OF THE ECONOMY AND IMPORTANCE OF

AGRICULTURE, BY COUNTRY

Country

Total population

million

Land area

Km²

Arable and permanent crop land as percentage of land area

GDP

million US$

Share (%) of agriculture in GDP

Agricultural trade/GDP ratio

Share (%) of top single agricultural commodity in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of top 3 agricultural commodities in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of food imports in total imports

1999

1998

1998

1998

1997-99

1997-99

1997-99

Niue

0.002

260

27

na

na

na

71

75

7.7

Tuvalu

0.010

30

na

na

na

na

na

na

14.3

Nauru

0.012

20

na

na

na

na

na

na

9.4

Palau

0.019

460

22

133

5.8 ^c/

na

na

na

na

Cook Islands

0.020

230

30

na

na

na

4

6

12.9

Liechtenstein

0.032

160

25

na

na

na

na

St Kitts and Nevis

0.038

360

22

291

4.6

13.4

35

38

13.1

Faeroe Islands

0.046

1400

2

na

na

na

9.0

Marshall Islands

0.051

180

17

97

15.0 ^d

1.5

na

na

na

Antigua and Barbuda

0.065

440

18

617

4.0

5.7

1

1

9.2

Dominica

0.071

750

20

250

20.2

21.6

27

31

17.5

Seychelles

0.080

450

16

535

4.1

9.7

<1

<1

12.4

Kiribati

0.083

730

51

45

20.7

34.3

42

42

25.7

Grenada

0.094

340

32

343

8.4

15.3

38

49

16.2

Tonga

0.099

750

64

173

38.3

15.8

44

61

25.5

St Vincent & Grenadines

0.113

390

28

316

10.9

24.8

37

68

16.3

Micronesia

0.123

700

51

213

na

11.9

6

11

17.0

Sao Tome and Principe

0.138

960

43

41

21.3

41.4

69

70

24.6

Saint Lucia

0.148

620

27

610

8.1

19.7

54

62

18.4

Samoa

0.159

2840

43

175

42.0 ^f/

18.6

12

33

20.4

Vanuatu

0.197

12190

10

241

25.0 ^b/

18.3

43

66

11.9

Belize

0.226

22960

4

680

18.7

22.3

26

51

11.6

Barbados

0.267

430

40

2268

6.6 ^c/

7.5

12

22

11.0

Iceland

0.277

103000

0

8268

na

2.8

5.3

Total population

million

Land area

Km²

Arable and permanent crop land as percentage of land area

GDP

million US$

Share (%) of agriculture in GDP

Agricultural trade/GDP ratio

Share (%) of top single agricultural commodity in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of top 3 agricultural commodities in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of food imports in total imports

Country

1999

1998

1998

1998

1997-99

1997-99

1997-99

Maldives

0.291

300

10

368 ^b/

16.4

16

na

na

10.4

Bahamas

0.304

13880

1

na

na

na

3

3

9.0

Brunei Darussalam

0.328

5770

1

na

2.8

na

1

1

7.4

Malta

0.388

320

28

na

na

na

7.9

Suriname

0.417

163270

0

808 ^b/

6.7

30.0

10

19

19.9

Cape Verde

0.427

4030

10

496

12.2

14.8

1

1

24.2

Solomon Is

0.447

28900

2

301

na

18.7

10

18

11.4

Equatorial Guinea

0.457

28050

8

456

21.8

6.4

2

2

22.8

Qatar

0.565

11000

2

na

na

na

<1

<1

7.9

Djibouti

0.632

23200

na

519 ^b/

3.7 ^b/

22.0

18

24

29.8

Bahrain

0.640

690

9

5350

1.0 ^d

7.5

<1

<1

7.8

Comoros

0.706

2230

53

196

38.7

11.3

34

49

39.9

Guyana

0.761

214970

2

721

34.7

40.0

24

40

7.9

Cyprus

0.784

9250

15

na

na

na

39

42

7.1

Fiji

0.814

18270

16

1577

19.5

17.5

23

25

10.8

Swaziland

0.925

17360

10

1221

16.0

51.7

20

32

14.4

Mauritius

1.161

2040

52

4199

8.6

17.1

20

21

10.7

Guinea-Bissau

1.199

36120

10

206

62.4

22.8

48

51

22.3

Gabon

1.230

267670

2

5518

7.3

2.8

1

na

8.8

Trinidad and Tobago

1.294

5130

24

6382

1.8

8.7

2

4

8.9

Gambia

1.303

11300

18

416

27.4

26.0

20

34

37.0

Estonia

1.411

45100

25

5200

6.4

23.6

11.1

Botswana

1.541

581730

1

4876

3.6

9.3

3

4

12.3

Namibia

1.757

824290

1

3092

10.0

9.1

5

11

6.7

Kuwait

1.914

17820

0

na

0

na

<1

<1

13.4

Slovenia

1.991

20250

10

19586

4.2

5.8

5.2

FYR of Macedonia

2.022

25710

25

3449

12.2

19.9

15.5

Country

Total population

million

Land area

Km²

Arable and permanent crop land as percentage of land area

GDP

million US$

Share (%) of agriculture in GDP

Agricultural trade/GDP ratio

Share (%) of top single agricultural commodity in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of top 3 agricultural commodities in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of food imports in total imports

1999

1998

1998

1998

1997-99

1997-99

1997-99

Lesotho

2.035

30350

11

792

11.5

21.2

2

3

13.3

Bhutan

2.085

47000

3

398

38.2

9.1

4

7

8.5

Latvia

2.435

64600

29

6084

4.3

15.8

11.4

Mongolia

2.533

1566500

1

916

32.8

21

7

15

11.0

Oman

2.538

212460

0

14962

3.3 ^e/

7.5

2

3

10.7

Jamaica

2.576

10990

25

6418

8.0

11.4

7

13

11.3

Untd Arab Emirates

2.606

83600

2

na

2.2 ^f/

na

1

1

5.1

Mauritania

2.665

1025520

0

989

24.8

28.9

4

7

78.2

Panama

2.856

75520

9

9144

7.9

7.4

23

29

8.7

Liberia

2.913

111370

3

na

na

na

9

10

14.3

Congo

3.018

342000

1

1961

11.5

7.9

3

4

17.9

Albania

3.131

28750

24

3058

54.4

8.1

20.8

Uruguay

3.337

176220

7

20578

8.5

9.5

10

20

7.3

Lebanon

3.496

10400

30

17229

12.4

7.5

3

7

11.8

Eritrea

3.659

117600

4

650

17.1

10.0

4

8

10.8

Lithuania

3.701

65200

46

10747

10.4

10.3

6.2

Central African Rep

3.717

622980

3

1057

52.6

7.3

11

21

14.6

New Zealand

3.747

270530

12

52944

na

12.6

6.0

Ireland

3.763

70270

15

86265

na

10.9

5.1

Armenia

3.788

29800

19

1894

34.0

14.3

23.6

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3.846

51130

13

4058

15.8

13.8

na

Singapore

4.018

620

2

na

0.1

na

1

1

2.4

Costa Rica

4.024

51100

10

10479

15.2

24.7

21

40

8.1

Republic of Moldova

4.305

33850

64

1699

30.5

32.1

5.2

Sierra Leone

4.405

71740

8

669

44.2

23

na

na

86.3

Norway

4.449

323880

3

147029

2.1

1.7

3.6

Togo

4.527

56790

41

1510

42.1

15.4

23

36

14.2

Turkmenistan

4.636

488100

3

2642

26.0

11.6

15.8

Croatia

4.653

56540

28

20931

8.9

4.6

5.7

Papua N Guinea

4.809

462840

1

3746

24.4

19.6

10

19

16.8

Country

Total population

million

Land area

Km²

Arable and permanent crop land as percentage of land area

GDP

million US$

Share (%) of agriculture in GDP

Agricultural trade/GDP ratio

Share (%) of top single agricultural commodity in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of top 3 agricultural commodities in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of food imports in total imports

1999

1998

1998

1998

1997-99

1997-99

1997-99

Kyrgyzstan

4.848

199900

7

1646

39.5

18.4

11.9

Jordan

4.913

89210

4

7393

3.0

17.3

5

10

19.1

Nicaragua

5.071

130000

21

2007

34.1

26.4

19

29

13.5

Finland

5.164

338150

6

129335

3.3

2.7

4.2

Lao People’s Dem Rep

5.279

236800

4

1261

52.6

4.3

4

6

2.6

Georgia

5.282

69700

15

3451

35.6

8.2

18.4

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

5.290

1759540

1

na

na

na

<1

<1

12.6

Denmark

5.305

43090

53

173683

2.5

8.3

5.6

Slovakia

5.394

49010

33

21308

4.2

6.5

4.2

Paraguay

5.496

406750

6

8608

24.9

16.9

39

53

6.1

Israel

5.910

21060

21

100733

na

3.0

5.2

Tajikistan

6.030

143100

6

1779

22.1

19.9

26.7

Benin

6.272

112620

16

2306

38.6

14.0

33

38

16.3

El Salvador

6.278

21040

38

11870

12.1

9.2

15

18

11.2

Burundi

6.356

27830

40

885

54.2

10.4

75

89

14.5

Honduras

6.417

112090

16

5371

20.3

19.4

22

30

11.9

Switzerland

7.170

41290

11

262110

na

2.8

3.8

Rwanda

7.609

26340

42

2024

47.4

6.8

43

68

30.2

Chad

7.885

1284000

3

1694

39.8

10.4

37

48

9.1

Azerbaijan

7.982

86600

23

4181

21.4

9.3

22.7

Bulgaria

8.039

110910

41

12258

18.7

8.9

4.9

Austria

8.085

83860

a

210913

2.2

3.4

4.5

Haiti

8.142

27750

33

3871

30.4

8.7

8

14

34.9

Guinea

8.154

245860

6

3598

22.4

6.9

3

5

14.8

Bolivia

8.329

1098580

2

8586

15.4

6.6

10

19

8.4

Dominican Rep

8.373

48730

32

15853

11.6

6.8

13

24

9.5

Somalia

8.778

637660

2

na

65.0

na

23

44

50.4

Sweden

8.850

449960

6

237765

na

2.6

4.1

Senegal

9.421

196720

12

4682

17.4

13.1

3

6

30.1

Country

Total population

million

Land area

Km²

Arable and permanent crop land as percentage of land area

GDP

million US$

Share (%) of agriculture in GDP

Agricultural trade/GDP ratio

Share (%) of top single agricultural commodity in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of top 3 agricultural commodities in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of food imports in total imports

1999

1998

1998

1998

1997-99

1997-99

1997-99

Tunisia

9.459

163610

31

19956

12.4

6.8

4

6

7.4

Portugal

9.996

91980

29

110872

3.5

5.1

7.5

Hungary

10.020

93030

54

47049

5.7

8.3

2.1

Belarus

10.225

207600

30

24798

12.5

6.2

7.6

Czech Republic

10.285

78870

42

55708

4.8

6.0

3.9

Zambia

10.421

752610

7

3352

17.3

8.5

2

5

17.3

Yugoslavia

10.567

102170

37

na

na

na

7.2

Greece

10.591

131960

29

121513

7.4

5.6

9.8

Niger

10.832

1267000

4

2048

41.4

13.1

9

20

23.7

Cuba

11.199

110860

40

na

na

na

35

43

11.6

Malawi

11.308

118480

17

1688

35.9

36.2

59

70

13.3

Mali

11.351

1240190

4

2695

46.9

15.6

30

44

9.9

Guatemala

11.385

108890

17

18942

23.3

12.0

24

40

na

Burkina Faso

11.535

274000

13

2581

33.3

12.2

39

45

13.5

Zimbabwe

12.627

390760

9

6338

19.5

18.7

22

29

4.2

Ecuador

12.646

283560

11

18360

12.9

12.4

24

29

8.5

Cambodia

13.104

181040

21

2871

50.6

5.2

9

10

27.2

Angola

13.134

1246700

3

7472

12.3

6.4

<1

<1

14.9

Cameroon

14.876

475440

15

8701

42.4

7.7

5

12

9.2

Chile

15.211

756630

3

78738

7.4

5.2

3

7

5.1

Netherlands

15.793

41530

23

391263

2.8

12.3

6.8

Madagascar

15.970

587040

5

3749

30.6

4.6

12

21

14.6

Côte d’Ivoire

16.013

322460

23

11005

26.0

31.3

36

46

9.8

Syrian Arab Republic

16.189

185180

30

17412

29.0 ^f/

9.6

7

12

15.8

Kazakhstan

16.258

2724900

11

21979

9.2

4.4

8.5

Mozambique

18.292

801590

4

3893

34.3

6.8

6

14

18.2

Yemen

18.349

527970

3

4318

17.6

19.1

<1

<1

30.0

Sri Lanka

18.924

65610

29

15707

21.1

12.1

15

17

11.3

Australia

18.933

7741220

6

372723

3.1

4.6

3.1

Country

Total population

million

Land area

Km²

Arable and permanent crop land as percentage of land area

GDP

million US$

Share (%) of agriculture in GDP

Agricultural trade/GDP ratio

Share (%) of top single agricultural commodity in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of top 3 agricultural commodities in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of food imports in total imports

1999

1998

1998

1998

1997-99

1997-99

1997-99

Ghana

19.306

238540

22

7501

10.4

10.3

24

28

7.4

Saudi Arabia

20.346

2149690

2

128892

7.0

3.9

<1

<1

13.1

Afghanistan

21.765

652090

12

na

na

na

14

38

17.8

Malaysia

22.218

329750

23

72489

13.2

15.6

5

6

4.2

Korea DPR

22.268

120540

17

na

na

na

3

7

25.9

Romania

22.479

238390

41

41490

15.0

3.6

4.8

Iraq

22.946

438320

13

na

na

na

<1

<1

31.5

Nepal

23.043

147180

20

4783

40.5

4.0

5

12

6.8

Uganda

23.300

241040

28

6775

44.6

8.7

54

63

11.3

Venezuela

24.170

912050

4

95023

5.0

2.4

1

1

8.0

Uzbekistan

24.487

447400

11

17555

31.3

12.3

19.8

Peru

25.662

1285220

3

62745

7.1

3.3

5

7

13.7

Morocco

29.878

446550

21

35546

16.6

6.8

2

6

10.8

Algeria

30.291

2381740

3

47347

12.1

5.7

<1

<1

24.5

Canada

30.492

9970610

5

598249

na

4.4

3.7

Kenya

30.669

580370

8

11579

26.1

16.8

26

44

13.6

Sudan

31.095

2505810

7

10366

39.3

7.9

13

38

12.1

Tanzania

35.119

945090

5

8016

45.7

9.0

16

42

16.0

Argentina

37.032

2780400

10

298131

5.7

4.7

7

17

3.8

Poland

38.627

323250

45

158160

4.2

4.2

4.3

Spain

39.892

505990

37

582137

4.0

4.6

5.9

Colombia

42.105

1138910

4

102896

13.5

5.4

16

26

9.0

South Africa

42.754

1221040

13

na

na

na

3.8

Republic of Korea

46.740

99260

19

320748

4.9

2.6

<1

1

3.8

Myanmar

47.749

676580

15

na

53.2

na

13

17

7.3

Ukraine

50.022

603700

56

43079

14.2

5.5

3.4

Congo Dem Rep

50.948

2344860

3

6964

58.0 ^b/

4.2

10

13

38.1

Italy

57.531

301340

38

1190929

2.8

3.3

7.1

France

59.026

551500

35

1446951

2.8

4.5

5.7

Country

Total population

million

Land area

Km²

Arable and permanent crop land as percentage of land area

GDP

million US$

Share (%) of agriculture in GDP

Agricultural trade/GDP ratio

Share (%) of top single agricultural commodity in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of top 3 agricultural commodities in total merchandise export earnings ^a/

Share (%) of food imports in total imports

1999

1998

1998

1998

1997-99

1997-99

1997-99

United Kingdom

59.495

242910

25

1410433

1.1

3.2

6.0

Thailand

62.806

513120

35

111327

11.2

8.4

3

6

2.1

Ethiopia

62.908

1104300

10

6544

49.8

10.7

62

75

10.4

Turkey

66.668

774820

34

198844

na

4.2

2

5

3.6

Egypt

67.884

1001450

3

82710

17.5

4.9

3

6

16.8

Islamic Republic of Iran

70.330

1633190

12

113140

25 ^c/

3.2

2

3

18.0

Philippines

75.653

300000

34

65107

16.9

6.9

2

3

6.5

Viet Nam

78.137

331690

22

27184

25.7

11.9

10

17

3.4

Germany

82.026

357030

34

2150519

1.2

3.1

5.9

Mexico

98.872

1958200

14

393508

4.9

3.9

1

3

7.8

Nigeria

113.862

923770

33

41353

31.7

5.0

2

3

11.2

Japan

126.821

377800

13

3808089

1.7

1.0

7.9

Bangladesh

137.439

144000

59

42702

22.2

3.4

2

3

17.5

Pakistan

141.256

796100

27

63369

26.4

5.1

7

9

14.5

Russian Federation

146.211

17075400

7

277829

5.4

4.2

17.2

Brazil

170.406

8547400

8

778209

8.4

2.7

5

13

7.1

Indonesia

212.092

1904570

16

94156

19.5

9.2

2

5

8.8

USA

280.434

9629090

19

8699200

na

1.1

2.5

India

1008.937

3287260

52

430024

29.3

2.1

3

6

7.6

China ^g/

1252.952

9561000

14

959030

18.4

2.0

1

1

3.0