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Table 2. Agricultural land**

Unit: 1000 ha

Country

Total Land Area

Agricultural Land

Agricultural Land as % of Total Land

1991

2001

1991

2001

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES












SOUTHEAST ASIA











1.

Cambodia

17 652


3 800

F

3 807

F

21.5

%

21.6

%

2.

Indonesia

181 157


29 797


33 600

F

16.4

%

18.5

%

3.

Lao PDR

23 080


862

F

958

F

3.7

%

4.2

%

4.

Malaysia

32 855


7 197

F

7 585

F

21.9

%

23.1

%

5.

Myanmar

65 755


10 057

F

10 625


15.3

%

16.2

%

6.

Philippines

29 817


9 887

F

10 650

F

33.2

%

35.7

%

7.

Thailand

51 089


20 726

F

18 300

F

40.6

%

35.8

%

8.

Viet Nam

32 549


6 425


8 438

F

19.7

%

25.9

%


SOUTH ASIA











9.

Bangladesh

13 017


9 137

F

8 485

F

70.2

%

65.2

%

10.

Bhutan

4 700


132

F

165

F

2.8

%

3.5

%

11.

India

297 319


169 340


169 900

F

57.0

%

57.1

%

12.

Maldives

30


8

F

9

F

26.7

%

30.0

%

13.

Nepal

14 300


2 356

F

3 192

F

16.5

%

22.3

%

14.

Pakistan

77 088


20 960

F

22 160

F

27.2

%

28.7

%

15.

Sri Lanka

6 463


1 903

F

1 911

F

29.4

%

29.6

%


CENTRAL ASIA











16.

Kazakhstan

269 970




21 671

F



8.0

%

17.

Tajikistan

14 060




1 060

F



7.5

%

18.

Uzbekistan

41 424




4 830

F



11.7

%


OTHER ASIA











19.

China

932 742


131 391

F

155 275

F

14.1

%

16.6

%

20.

DPR Korea

12 041


2 600

F

2 800

F

21.6

%

23.3

%

21.

Iran (Islamic Rep. of)

163 620


17 997

F

16 548

F

11.0

%

10.1

%

22.

Mongolia

156 650


1 369


1 200


0.9

%

0.8

%

23.

Rep. of Korea

9 873


2 091

F

1 889


21.2

%

19.1

%


PACIFIC ISLANDS











24.

Cook Islands

23


6


7

F

26.1

%

30.4

%

25.

Fiji Islands

1 827


251


285


13.7

%

15.6

%

26.

Kiribati

73


39

F

39

F

53.4

%

53.4

%

27.

Marshall Islands

18




10

F

0.0

%

55.6

%

28.

Nauru

2


0

F

0

F

0.0

%

0.0

%

29.

Niue

26


7

F

7

F

26.9

%

26.9

%

30.

Palau

46




6

F

0.0

%

13.0

%

31.

Papua New Guinea

45 286


782

F

860

F

1.7

%

1.9

%

32.

Samoa

283


122

F

129

F

43.1

%

45.6

%

33.

Solomon Islands

2 799


70

F

74

F

2.5

%

2.6

%

34.

Tonga

72


48

F

48

F

66.7

%

66.7

%

35.

Vanuatu

1 219


120

F

120

F

9.8

%

9.8

%

SUB-TOTAL

2 498 925


449 480


506 643


18.0

%

20.3

%

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES











36.

Australia

768 230


45 874


50 600


6.0

%

6.6

%

37.

Japan

36 450

F

5 204

F

4 794

F

14.3

%

13.2

%

38.

New Zealand

26 799


3 909


3 372

F

14.6

%

12.6

%

SUB-TOTAL

831 479


54 987


58 766


6.6

%

7.1

%

ASIA & PACIFIC*

3 330 405


504 467


565 409


15.1

%

17.0

%

REST OF WORLD

9 737 261


999 650


966 681


10.3

%

9.9

%

WORLD

13 067 670


1 504 117


1 532 090


11.5

%

11.7

%

** "Agricultural Land" as used in this publication refers to "Arable and Permanent Cropped Land", which excludes permanent meadows and pastures, fallow and resulting from shifting cultivation, and land under trees grown for food or timber. Double cropped areas are counted only once.


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