The CIA World Factbook Edition 1992 Geography

Land use In 35 editions of 36.

Land use was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1992 edition carries it in 260 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1992 edition
260
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

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World

1 entry

World

  • arable land 10%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 24%;
  • forest and woodland 31%;
  • other 34%;
  • includes irrigated 1.6%

Africa

61 entries

Algeria

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 13%;
  • forest and woodland 2%;
  • other 82%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Angola

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 23%;
  • forest and woodland 43%;
  • other 32%

Bassas da India

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other (rock) 100%

Benin

  • arable land 12%;
  • permanent crops 4%;
  • meadows and pastures 4%;
  • forest and woodland 35%;
  • other 45%, includes irrigated NEGL%

Botswana

  • urable land 2%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 75%;
  • forest and woodland 2%;
  • other 21%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Burkina now Burkina Faso

  • arable land 10%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 37%;
  • forest and woodland 26%;
  • other 27%, includes irrigated NEGL%

Burundi

  • arable land 43%;
  • permanent crops 8%;
  • meadows and pastures 35%;
  • forest and woodland 2%;
  • other 12%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • arable land 9%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 6%;
  • forest and woodland NEGL%;
  • other 85%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Cameroon

  • arable land 13%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 18%;
  • forest and woodland 54%;
  • other 13%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Central African Republic

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 5%;
  • forest and woodland 64%;
  • other 28%

Chad

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 36%;
  • forest and woodland 11%;
  • other 51%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Comoros

  • arable land 35%;
  • permanent crops 8%;
  • meadows and pastures 7%;
  • forest and woodland 16%;
  • other 34%

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 4%;
  • forest and woodland 78%;
  • other 15%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Congo now Republic of the Congo

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 29%;
  • forest and woodland 62%;
  • other 7%

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

  • arable land 9%;
  • permanent crops 4%;
  • meadows and pastures 9%;
  • forest and woodland 26%;
  • other 52%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Djibouti

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 9%;
  • forest and woodland NEGL%;
  • other 91%

Egypt

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland NEGL%;
  • other 95%;
  • includes irrigated 5%

Equatorial Guinea

  • arable land 8%;
  • permanent crops 4%;
  • meadows and pastures 4%;
  • forest and woodland 51%;
  • other 33%

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • arable land 8%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 67%;
  • forest and woodland 6%;
  • other 19%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Ethiopia

  • arable land 12%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 41%;
  • forest and woodland 24%;
  • other 22%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Europa Island

  • arable land NA%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures NA%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%;
  • heavily wooded

Gabon

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 18%;
  • forest and woodland 78%;
  • other 2%

The Gambia

  • arable land 16%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 9%;
  • forest and woodland 20%;
  • other 55%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

Ghana

  • arable land 5%;
  • permanent crops 7%;
  • meadows and pastures 15%;
  • forest and woodland 37%;
  • other 36%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Glorioso Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other - lush vegetation and coconut palms 100%

Guinea

  • arable land 6%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 12%;
  • forest and woodland 42%;
  • other 40%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Guinea-Bissau

  • arable land 11%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 43%;
  • forest and woodland 38%;
  • other 7%

Juan de Nova Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 90%;
  • other 10%

Kenya

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 7%;
  • forest and woodland 4%;
  • other 85%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Lesotho

  • arable land 10%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 66%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 24%

Liberia

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops 3%;
  • meadows and pastures 2%;
  • forest and woodland 39%;
  • other 55%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Libya

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 8%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 91%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Madagascar

  • arable land 4%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 58%;
  • forest and woodland 26%;
  • other 11%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Malawi

  • arable land 25%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 20%;
  • forest and woodland 50%;
  • other 5%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Mali

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 25%;
  • forest and woodland 7%;
  • other 66%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Mauritania

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 38%;
  • forest and woodland 5%;
  • other 56%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Mauritius

  • arable land 54%;
  • permanent crops 4%;
  • meadows and pastures 4%;
  • forest and woodland 31%;
  • other 7%;
  • includes irrigated 9%

Mayotte

  • arable land NA%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures NA%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%

Morocco

  • arable land 18%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 28%;
  • forest and woodland 12%;
  • other 41%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Mozambique

  • arable land 4%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 56%;
  • forest and woodland 20%;
  • other 20%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Namibia

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 64%;
  • forest and woodland 22%;
  • other 13%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Niger

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 7%;
  • forest and woodland 2%;
  • other 88%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Nigeria

  • arable land 31%;
  • permanent crops 3%;
  • meadows and pastures 23%;
  • forest and woodland 15%;
  • other 28%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Reunion

  • arable land 20%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 4%;
  • forest and woodland 35%;
  • other 39%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Rwanda

  • arable land 29%;
  • permanent crops 11%;
  • meadows and pastures 18%;
  • forest and woodland 10%;
  • other 32%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  • arable land 7%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 7%;
  • forest and woodland 3%;
  • other 83%

Sao Tome and Principe

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops 20%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 75%;
  • other 3%

Senegal

  • arable land 27%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 30%;
  • forest and woodland 31%;
  • other 12%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Seychelles

  • arable land 4%;
  • permanent crops 18%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 18%;
  • other 60%

Sierra Leone

  • arable land 25%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 31%;
  • forest and woodland 29%;
  • other 13%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Somalia

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 46%;
  • forest and woodland 14%;
  • other 38%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

South Africa

  • arable land 10%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 65%;
  • forest and woodland 3%;
  • other 21%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Sudan

  • arable land 5%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 24%;
  • forest and woodland 20%;
  • other 51%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Tanzania

  • arable land 5%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 40%;
  • forest and woodland 47%;
  • other 7%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Togo

  • arable land 25%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 4%;
  • forest and woodland 28%;
  • other 42%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Tromelin Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other - scattered bushes 100%

Tunisia

  • arable land 20%;
  • permanent crops 10%;
  • meadows and pastures 19%;
  • forest and woodland 4%;
  • other 47%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Uganda

  • arable land 23%;
  • permanent crops 9%;
  • meadows and pastures 25%;
  • forest and woodland 30%;
  • other 13%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Western Sahara

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 19%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 81%

Zambia

  • arable land 7%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 47%;
  • forest and woodland 27%;
  • other 19%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Zimbabwe

  • arable land 7%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 12%;
  • forest and woodland 62%;
  • other 19%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Antarctic Region

5 entries

Antarctica

no arable land and no plant growth; ice 98%, barren rock 2%

Bouvet Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100% (ice)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%;
  • largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland NEGL%;
  • other 99%

Iceland

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 23%;
  • forest and woodland 1%;
  • other 76%

Jan Mayen

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Svalbard

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%;
  • there are no trees and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

  • arable land 12%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 46%;
  • forest and woodland 3%;
  • other 39%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Armenia

  • 10% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • NA% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • NA% other;
  • NA% irrigated

Azerbaijan

  • NA% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • NA% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • NA% other;
  • includes 70% of cultivated land irrigated (1.2 million hectares)

Bangladesh

  • arable land 67%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 4%;
  • forest and woodland 16%;
  • other 11%;
  • includes irrigated 14%

Bhutan

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 5%;
  • forest and woodland 70%;
  • other 23%

British Indian Ocean Territory

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

China

  • arable land 10%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 31%;
  • forest and woodland 14%;
  • other 45%;
  • includes irrigated 5%

Georgia

  • NA% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • NA% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • NA% other;
  • includes 200,000 hectares irrigated

India

  • arable land 55%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 4%;
  • forest and woodland 23%;
  • other 17%;
  • includes irrigated 13%

Japan

  • arable land 13%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 67%;
  • other 18%;
  • includes irrigated 9%

Kazakhstan

  • NA% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • NA% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • NA% other;
  • includes NA% irrigated

Korea, North now North Korea

  • arable land 18%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures NEGL%;
  • forest and woodland 74%;
  • other 7%;
  • includes irrigated 9%

Korea, South now South Korea

  • arable land 21%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 67%;
  • other 10%;
  • includes irrigated 12%

Kyrgyzstan

  • NA% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • NA% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • NA% other;
  • includes NA% irrigated

Maldives

  • arable land 10%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 3%;
  • forest and woodland 3%;
  • other 84%

Mongolia

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 79%;
  • forest and woodland 10%;
  • other 10%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Nepal

  • arable land 17%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 13%;
  • forest and woodland 33%;
  • other 37%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Pakistan

  • arable land 26%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 6%;
  • forest and woodland 4%;
  • other 64%;
  • includes irrigated 19%

Russia

  • NA% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • NA% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • NA% other;
  • includes NA% irrigated

Sri Lanka

  • arable land 16%;
  • permanent crops 17%;
  • meadows and pastures 7%;
  • forest and woodland 37%;
  • other 23%;
  • includes irrigated 8%

Tajikistan

  • 6% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • NA% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • NA% other;
  • includes NA% irrigated

Turkmenistan

  • NA% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • NA% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • NA% other;
  • includes NA% irrigated

Uzbekistan

  • NA% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • NA% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • NA% other;
  • includes NA% irrigated

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

  • arable land NA%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures NA%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%;
  • mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds

Antigua and Barbuda

  • arable land 18%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 7%;
  • forest and woodland 16%;
  • other 59%

Aruba

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

The Bahamas

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures NEGL%;
  • forest and woodland 32%;
  • other 67%

Barbados

  • arable land 77%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 9%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 14%

Belize

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 2%;
  • forest and woodland 44%;
  • other 52%, includes irrigated NEGL%

British Virgin Islands

  • arable land 20%;
  • permanent crops 7%;
  • meadows and pastures 33%;
  • forest and woodland 7%;
  • other 33%

Cayman Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 8%;
  • forest and woodland 23%;
  • other 69%

Costa Rica

  • arable land 6%;
  • permanent crops 7%;
  • meadows and pastures 45%;
  • forest and woodland 34%;
  • other 8%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Cuba

  • arable land 23%;
  • permanent crops 6%;
  • meadows and pastures 23%;
  • forest and woodland 17%;
  • other 31%;
  • includes irrigated 10%

Dominica

  • arable land 9%;
  • permanent crops 13%;
  • meadows and pastures 3%;
  • forest and woodland 41%;
  • other 34%

Dominican Republic

  • arable land 23%;
  • permanent crops 7%;
  • meadows and pastures 43%;
  • forest and woodland 13%;
  • other 14%;
  • includes irrigated 4%

El Salvador

  • arable land 27%;
  • permanent crops 8%;
  • meadows and pastures 29%;
  • forest and woodland 6%;
  • other 30%;
  • includes irrigated 5%

Grenada

  • arable land 15%;
  • permanent crops 26%;
  • meadows and pastures 3%;
  • forest and woodland 9%;
  • other 47%

Guadeloupe

  • arable land 18%;
  • permanent crops 5%;
  • meadows and pastures 13%;
  • forest and woodland 40%;
  • other 24%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Guatemala

  • arable land 12%;
  • permanent crops 4%;
  • meadows and pastures 12%;
  • forest and woodland 40%;
  • other 32%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Haiti

  • arable land 20%;
  • permanent crops 13%;
  • meadows and pastures 18%;
  • forest and woodland 4%;
  • other 45%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

Honduras

  • arable land 14%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 30%;
  • forest and woodland 34%;
  • other 20%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Jamaica

  • arable land 19%;
  • permanent crops 6%;
  • meadows and pastures 18%;
  • forest and woodland 28%;
  • other 29%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

Martinique

  • arable land 10%;
  • permanent crops 8%;
  • meadows and pastures 30%;
  • forest and woodland 26%;
  • other 26%;
  • includes irrigated 5%

Montserrat

  • arable land 20%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 10%;
  • forest and woodland 40%;
  • other 30%

Navassa Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 10%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 90%

Netherlands Antilles

  • arable land 8%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 92%

Nicaragua

  • arable land 9%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 43%;
  • forest and woodland 35%;
  • other 12%;
  • including irrigated 1%

Panama

  • arable land 6%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 15%;
  • forest and woodland 54%;
  • other 23%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Puerto Rico

  • arable land 8%;
  • permanent crops 9%;
  • meadows and pastures 41%;
  • forest and woodland 20%;
  • other 22%

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • arable land 22%;
  • permanent crops 17%;
  • meadows and pastures 3%;
  • forest and woodland 17%;
  • other 41%

Saint Lucia

  • arable land 8%;
  • permanent crops 20%;
  • meadows and pastures 5%;
  • forest and woodland 13%;
  • other 54%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • arable land 38%;
  • permanent crops 12%;
  • meadows and pastures 6%;
  • forest and woodland 41%;
  • other 3%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

Trinidad and Tobago

  • arable land 14%;
  • permanent crops 17%;
  • meadows and pastures 2%;
  • forest and woodland 44%;
  • other 23%;
  • includes irrigated 4%

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures;
  • 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 98%

Virgin Islands

  • arable land 15%;
  • permanent crops 6%;
  • meadows and pastures 26%;
  • forest and woodland 6%;
  • other 47%

Europe

45 entries

Albania

  • arable land 21%;
  • permanent crops 4%;
  • meadows and pastures 15%;
  • forest and woodland 38%;
  • other 22%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Andorra

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 56%;
  • forest and woodland 22%;
  • other 20%

Austria

  • arable land 17%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 24%;
  • forest and woodland 39%;
  • other 19%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Belarus

  • arable land NA%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures NA%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%;
  • includes irrigated NA%

Belgium

  • arable land 24%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 20%;
  • forest and woodland 21%;
  • other 34%, includes irrigated NEGL%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 20% arable land;
  • 2% permanent crops;
  • 25% meadows and pastures;
  • 36% forest and woodland;
  • 16% other;
  • includes 1% irrigated

Bulgaria

  • arable land 34%;
  • permanent crops 3%;
  • meadows and pastures 18%;
  • forest and woodland 35%;
  • other 10%;
  • includes irrigated 11%

Croatia

  • 32% arable land;
  • 20% permanent crops;
  • 18% meadows and pastures;
  • 15% forest and woodland;
  • 9% other;
  • includes 5% irrigated

Czechoslovakia

  • arable land 37%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 13%;
  • forest and woodland 36%;
  • other 13%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Denmark

  • arable land 61%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 6%;
  • forest and woodland 12%;
  • other 21%;
  • includes irrigated 9%

Estonia

  • 22% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • 11% meadows and pastures;
  • 31% forest and woodland;
  • 21% other;
  • includes NA% irrigated;
  • 15% swamps and lakes

Faroe Islands

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 98%

Finland

  • arable land 8%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures NEGL%;
  • forest and woodland 76%;
  • other 16%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

France

  • arable land 32%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 23%;
  • forest and woodland 27%;
  • other 16%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Germany

  • arable land 34%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 16%;
  • forest and woodland 30%;
  • other 19%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Gibraltar

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Greece

  • arable land 23%;
  • permanent crops 8%;
  • meadows and pastures 40%;
  • forest and woodland 20%;
  • other 9%;
  • includes irrigated 7%

Guernsey

  • arable land NA%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures NA%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%;
  • cultivated about 50%

Holy See (Vatican City)

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Hungary

  • arable land 54%;
  • permanent crops 3%;
  • meadows and pastures 14%;
  • forest and woodland 18%;
  • other 11%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Ireland

  • arable land 14%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 71%;
  • forest and woodland 5%;
  • other 10%

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

  • arable land NA%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures NA%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%;
  • extensive arable land and forests

Italy

  • arable land 32%;
  • permanent crops 10%;
  • meadows and pastures 17%;
  • forest and woodland 22%;
  • other 19%;
  • includes irrigated 10%

Jersey

  • arable land NA%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures NA%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%;
  • about 58% of land under cultivation

Latvia

  • 27% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • 13% meadows and pastures;
  • 39% forest and woodland;
  • 21% other;
  • includes NA% irrigated

Liechtenstein

  • arable land 25%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 38%;
  • forest and woodland 19%;
  • other 18%

Lithuania

  • 49.1% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • 22.2% meadows and pastures;
  • 16.3% forest and woodland;
  • 12.4% other;
  • includes NA% irrigated

Luxembourg

  • arable land 24%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 20%;
  • forest and woodland 21%;
  • other 34%

Malta

  • arable land 38%;
  • permanent crops 3%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 59%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

Moldova

  • NA% arable land;
  • NA% permanent crops;
  • NA% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • NA% other;
  • includes NA% irrigated

Monaco

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Netherlands

  • arable land 26%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 32%;
  • forest and woodland 9%;
  • other 32%;
  • includes irrigated 16%

Macedonia now North Macedonia

  • arable land 5%;
  • permanent crops 5%;
  • meadows and pastures 20%;
  • forest and woodland 30%;
  • other 40%;
  • includes irrigated NA%

Norway

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures NEGL%;
  • forest and woodland 27%;
  • other 70%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Poland

  • arable land 46%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 13%;
  • forest and woodland 28%;
  • other 12%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Portugal

  • arable land 32%;
  • permanent crops 6%;
  • meadows and pastures 6%;
  • forest and woodland 40%;
  • other 16%;
  • includes irrigated 7%

Romania

  • arable land 43%;
  • permanent crops 3%;
  • meadows and pastures 19%;
  • forest and woodland 28%;
  • other 7%;
  • includes irrigated 11%

San Marino

  • arable land 17%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 83%

Serbia and Montenegro

  • arable land 30%;
  • permanent crops 5%;
  • meadows and pastures 20%;
  • forest and woodland 25%;
  • other 20%;
  • includes irrigated 5%

Slovenia

  • arable land 10%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 20%;
  • forest and woodland 45%;
  • other 23%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Spain

  • arable land 31%;
  • permanent crops 10%;
  • meadows and pastures 21%;
  • forest and woodland 31%;
  • other 7%;
  • includes irrigated 6%

Sweden

  • arable land 7%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 2%;
  • forest and woodland 64%;
  • other 27%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Switzerland

  • arable land 10%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 40%;
  • forest and woodland 26%;
  • other 23%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Ukraine

  • 56% arable land;
  • 2% permanent crops;
  • 12% meadows and pastures;
  • NA% forest and woodland;
  • 30% other;
  • includes 3% irrigated

United Kingdom

  • arable land 29%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 48%;
  • forest and woodland 9%;
  • other 14%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 6%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 90%, includes irrigated NEGL%

Cyprus

  • arable land 40%;
  • permanent crops 7%;
  • meadows and pastures 10%;
  • forest and woodland 18%;
  • other 25%;
  • includes irrigated 10% (most irrigated lands are in the Turkish-Cypriot area of the island)

Gaza Strip

  • arable land 13%,
  • permanent crops 32%,
  • meadows and pastures 0%,
  • forest and woodland 0%,
  • other 55%

Iran

  • arable land 8%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 27%;
  • forest and woodland 11%;
  • other 54%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Iraq

  • arable land 12%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 9%;
  • forest and woodland 3%;
  • other 75%;
  • includes irrigated 4%

Israel

  • arable land 17%;
  • permanent crops 5%;
  • meadows and pastures 40%;
  • forest and woodland 6%;
  • other 32%;
  • includes irrigated 11%

Jordan

  • arable land 4%;
  • permanent crops 0.5%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 0.5%;
  • other 94%;
  • includes irrigated 0.5%

Kuwait

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 8%;
  • forest and woodland NEGL%;
  • other 92%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Lebanon

  • arable land 21%;
  • permanent crops 9%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 8%;
  • other 61%;
  • includes irrigated 7%

Oman

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 5%;
  • forest and woodland NEGL%;
  • other 95%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Qatar

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 5%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 95%

Saudi Arabia

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 39%;
  • forest and woodland 1%;
  • other 59%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Syria

  • arable land 28%;
  • permanent crops 3%;
  • meadows and pastures 46%;
  • forest and woodland 3%;
  • other 20%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

Turkey now Turkiye

  • arable land 30%;
  • permanent crops 4%;
  • meadows and pastures 12%;
  • forest and woodland 26%;
  • other 28%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

United Arab Emirates

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 2%;
  • forest and woodland NEGL%;
  • other 98%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

West Bank

  • arable land 27%,
  • permanent crops 0%,
  • meadows and pastures 32%,
  • forest and woodland 1%,
  • other 40%

Yemen

  • arable land 6%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 30%;
  • forest and woodland 7%;
  • other 57%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 20%;
  • other 80%

Canada

  • arable land 5%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 3%;
  • forest and woodland 35%;
  • other 57%;
  • includes NEGL% irrigated

Clipperton Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other (coral) 100%

Mexico

  • arable land 12%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 39%;
  • forest and woodland 24%;
  • other 24%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • arable land 13%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 4%;
  • other 83%

United States

  • arable land 20%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 26%;
  • forest and woodland 29%;
  • other 25%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Oceania

34 entries

American Samoa

  • arable land 10%;
  • permanent crops 5%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 75%;
  • other 10%

Australia

  • arable land 6%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 58%;
  • forest and woodland 14%;
  • other 22%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Baker Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Cook Islands

  • arable land 4%;
  • permanent crops 22%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 74%

Coral Sea Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other, mostly grass or scrub cover 100%;
  • Lihou Reef Reserve and Coringa-Herald Reserve were declared National Nature Reserves on 3 August 1982

Fiji

  • arable land 8%;
  • permanent crops 5%;
  • meadows and pastures 3%;
  • forest and woodland 65%;
  • other 19%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

French Polynesia

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops 19%;
  • meadows and pastures 5%;
  • forest and woodland 31%;
  • other 44%

Guam

  • arable land 11%;
  • permanent crops 11%;
  • meadows and pastures 15%;
  • forest and woodland 18%;
  • other 45%

Howland Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 5%;
  • other 95%

Jarvis Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Johnston Atoll

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Kingman Reef

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Kiribati

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops 51%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 3%;
  • other 46%

Marshall Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 60%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 40%

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • arable land NA%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures NA%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%

Midway Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Nauru

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

New Caledonia

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 14%;
  • forest and woodland 51%;
  • other 35%

New Zealand

  • arable land 2%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 53%;
  • forest and woodland 38%;
  • other 7%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Niue

  • arable land 61%;
  • permanent crops 4%;
  • meadows and pastures 4%;
  • forest and woodland 19%;
  • other 12%

Norfolk Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 25%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 75%

Northern Mariana Islands

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures 19%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the now Palau

  • arable land NA%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures NA%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%

Palmyra Atoll

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 100%;
  • other 0%

Papua New Guinea

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures NEGL%;
  • forest and woodland 71%;
  • other 28%

Pitcairn Islands

  • arable land NA%;
  • permanent crops NA%;
  • meadows and pastures NA%;
  • forest and woodland NA%;
  • other NA%

Western Samoa now Samoa

  • arable land 19%;
  • permanent crops 24%;
  • meadows and pastures NEGL%;
  • forest and woodland 47%;
  • other 10%

Solomon Islands

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 93%;
  • other 4%

Tokelau

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Tonga

  • arable land 25%;
  • permanent crops 55%;
  • meadows and pastures 6%;
  • forest and woodland 12%;
  • other 2%

Tuvalu

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Vanuatu

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops 5%;
  • meadows and pastures 2%;
  • forest and woodland 1%;
  • other 91%

Wake Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Wallis and Futuna

  • arable land 5%;
  • permanent crops 20%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 75%

South America

14 entries

Argentina

  • arable land 9%;
  • permanent crops 4%;
  • meadows and pastures 52%;
  • forest and woodland 22%;
  • other 13%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Bolivia

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 25%;
  • forest and woodland 52%;
  • other 20%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Brazil

  • arable land 7%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 19%;
  • forest and woodland 67%;
  • other 6%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Chile

  • arable land 7%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 16%;
  • forest and woodland 21%;
  • other 56%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Colombia

  • arable land 4%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 29%;
  • forest and woodland 49%;
  • other 16%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Ecuador

  • arable land 6%;
  • permanent crops 3%;
  • meadows and pastures 17%;
  • forest and woodland 51%;
  • other 23%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 99%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 1%

French Guiana

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures NEGL%;
  • forest and woodland 82%;
  • other 18%

Guyana

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 6%;
  • forest and woodland 83%;
  • other 8%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Paraguay

  • arable land 20%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 39%;
  • forest and woodland 35%;
  • other 5%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Peru

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 21%;
  • forest and woodland 55%;
  • other 21%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Suriname

  • arable land NEGL%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures NEGL%;
  • forest and woodland 97%;
  • other 3%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Uruguay

  • arable land 8%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 78%;
  • forest and woodland 4%;
  • other 10%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Venezuela

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 20%;
  • forest and woodland 39%;
  • other 37%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Southeast Asia

18 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other - grass and sand 100%

Brunei

  • arable land 1%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 79%;
  • other 18%;
  • includes irrigated NEGL%

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • arable land 15%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 49%;
  • other 34%;
  • includes irrigated 2%

Cambodia

  • arable land 16%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 3%;
  • forest and woodland 76%;
  • other 4%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Christmas Island

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Cocos Islands now Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Hong Kong

  • arable land 7%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 12%;
  • other 79%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

Indonesia

  • arable land 8%;
  • permanent crops 3%;
  • meadows and pastures 7%;
  • forest and woodland 67%;
  • other 15%;
  • includes irrigated 3%

Laos

  • arable land 4%;
  • permanent crops NEGL%;
  • meadows and pastures 3%;
  • forest and woodland 58%;
  • other 35%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Macau

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Malaysia

  • arable land 3%;
  • permanent crops 10%;
  • meadows and pastures NEGL%;
  • forest and woodland 63%;
  • other 24%;
  • includes irrigated 1%

Paracel Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Philippines

  • arable land 26%;
  • permanent crops 11%;
  • meadows and pastures 4%;
  • forest and woodland 40%;
  • other 19%;
  • includes irrigated 5%

Singapore

  • arable land 4%;
  • permanent crops 7%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 5%;
  • other 84%

Spratly Islands

  • arable land 0%;
  • permanent crops 0%;
  • meadows and pastures 0%;
  • forest and woodland 0%;
  • other 100%

Taiwan

  • arable land 24%;
  • permanent crops 1%;
  • meadows and pastures 5%;
  • forest and woodland 55%;
  • other 15%;
  • irrigated 14%

Thailand

  • arable land 34%;
  • permanent crops 4%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 30%;
  • other 31%;
  • includes irrigated 7%

Vietnam

  • arable land 22%;
  • permanent crops 2%;
  • meadows and pastures 1%;
  • forest and woodland 40%;
  • other 35%;
  • includes irrigated 5%

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1992, “Land use”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/land-use/1992.

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