Table A6.19: Asia-Pacific land use 1994 and its change rates 1970-1994 (%p.a)

Agricultural Area ('000 Ha)				Permanent Crops Area ('000 Ha)				Forests & Woodland ('000 Ha)
Country	1994	* GR %**		Country	1994	* GR%		Country		1994		* GR%
Fiji	433	2.96		Pakistan	550	5.05		Pakistan		3,480		0.95
Cambodia	5,338	2.47		Viet Nam	1,247	3.87		Bhutan		3,100		0.93
Malaysia	7,885	2.34		Thailand	3,360	3.68		Sri Lanka		2,100		0.72
Thailand	21,245	1.70		Laos	25	2.88		Hong Kong SAR, China		22		0.62
Vanuatu	169	1.44		Solomon Is	17	2.45		Niue		5		0.34
Philippines	10,650	1.27		Indonesia	13,045	2.22		Malaysia		22,248		0.25
China Main	494,910	1.23		Malaysia	5,782	2.19		India		68,500		0.14
Papua N Guin	530	0.72		Philippines	3,850	1.96		New Zealand		7,667		0.13
Nepal	4,500	0.70		Vanuatu	124	1.84		Brunei Darsm		450		0.12
Laos	1,700	0.66		New Zealand	1,537	1.81		Myanmar		32,400		0.04
Indonesia	41,971	0.58		China Main	3,700	1.73		Fiji		1,185		0
Bhutan	413	0.54		Nepal	43	1.48		Kiribati		2		0
Korea D P Rp	2,050	0.47		Bhutan	19	0.98		Guam		10		0
Solomon Is	96	0.35		Korea Rep	185	0.94		Japan		25,000		0
Pakistan	26,510	0.34		Australia	205	0.71		Korea D P Rp		7,370		0
Viet Nam	7,086	0.32		Myanmar	542	0.69		Maldives		1		0
Tonga	52	0.27		Papua N Guin	390	0.63		Newcaledonia		708		0
Samoa	123	0.26		Tonga	31	0.57		Vanuatu		914		0
Kiribati	37	0.13		Bangladesh	242	0.5		Papua N Guin		42,000		0
New Zealand	16,607	0.12		Samoa	67	0.37		Singapore		3		0
India	181,000	0.07		Korea D P Rp	300	0.3		Tonga		8		0
Bangladesh	9,300	0		Kiribati	37	0.13		Australia		145,000		-0.01
Sri Lanka	2,323	0		Fiji	80	0.05		Korea Rep		6,456		-0.11
Guam	20	0		Guam	6	0		Solomon Is		2,450		-0.21
Niue	8	0		Hong Kong SAR, China	1	0		Samoa		134		-0.25
Maldives	4	0		Niue	2	0		Nepal		5,750		-0.28
Norfolk Is	1	0		Newcaledonia	6	-0.29		Cambodia		12,200		-0.39
Myanmar	10,421	-0.13		Sri Lanka	975	-0.44		Indonesia		111,774		-0.42
Australia	469,054	-0.15		India	3,600	-0.81		Mongolia		13,750		-0.44
Taiwan Province of China	872	-0.15		Japan	423	-1.46		Philippines		13,600		-0.51
Korea Rep	2,123	-0.34		Cook Is	3	-1.94		China Main		128,630		-0.54
Japan	5,083	-0.52		Taiwan Province of China	66	-2		Taiwan Province of China		1,866		-0.68
Cook Is	5	-0.55		Brunei Darsm	4	-4.4		Laos		12,550		-0.7
Mongolia	118,470	-0.64		Cambodia	19	-8.75		Bangladesh		1,889		-0.77
Newcaledonia	229	-0.68		Mongolia	1			Viet Nam		9,650		-1.64
Hong Kong SAR, China	8	-1.87		Singapore	0			Thailand		14,800		-1.67
Brunei Darsm	13	-2.43		Asia Total	40,484			Asia Total		699,666
SINGAPORE	1	-11.10		ASIA Average		0.484		ASIA Average				-0.1217
ASIA TOTAL	1441240	n.a.		World average = 1.1				World average = -0.11
ASIA Average		0.0106
** World = 0.26

Source : FAOSTAT; Note that GR% is for the period 1970-1994.