The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 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 1997 edition carries it in 262 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

1 entry

World

arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
26%
forests and woodland:
32%
other:
31% (1993 est.)

Africa

62 entries

Algeria

arable land:
3%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
13%
forests and woodland:
2%
other :
82% (1993 est.)

Angola

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
23%
forests and woodland:
43%
other :
32% (1993 est.)

Bassas da India

arable land :
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100% (all rock)

Benin

arable land:
13%
permanent crops:
4%
permanent pastures:
4%
forests and woodland:
31%
other:
48% (1993 est.)

Botswana

arable land :
1%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
46%
forests and woodland:
47%
other:
6% (1993 est.)

Burkina Faso

arable land:
13%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
22%
forests and woodland:
50%
other :
15% (1993 est.)

Burundi

arable land:
44%
permanent crops:
9%
permanent pastures :
36%
forests and woodland:
3%
other :
8% (1993 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

arable land:
11%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
6%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
83% (1993 est.)

Cameroon

arable land:
13%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures:
4%
forests and woodland:
78%
other :
3% (1993 est.)

Central African Republic

arable land:
3%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
5%
forests and woodland:
75%
other:
17% (1993 est.)

Chad

arable land:
3%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
36%
forests and woodland:
26%
other:
35% (1993 est.)

Comoros

arable land:
35%
permanent crops:
10%
permanent pastures:
7%
forests and woodland :
18%
other:
30% (1993 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

arable land :
3%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
7%
forests and woodland:
77%
other:
13% (1993 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
29%
forests and woodland:
62%
other:
9% (1993 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

arable land:
8%
permanent crops :
4%
permanent pastures:
41%
forests and woodland:
22%
other:
25% (1993 est.)

Djibouti

arable land :
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
9%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
91% (1993 est.)

Egypt

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other :
98% (1993 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

arable land :
5%
permanent crops:
4%
permanent pastures:
4%
forests and woodland:
46%
other:
41% (1993 est.)

Eritrea

arable land:
12%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
48%
forests and woodland:
20%
other :
19% (1993 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

arable land:
11%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
62%
forests and woodland :
7%
other:
20% (1993 est.)

Ethiopia

arable land:
12%
permanent crops :
1%
permanent pastures:
40%
forests and woodland:
25%
other:
22% (1993 est.)

Europa Island

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures :
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA%

Gabon

arable land:
1%
permanent crops :
1%
permanent pastures:
18%
forests and woodland:
77%
other:
3% (1993 est.)

The Gambia

arable land:
18%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
9%
forests and woodland:
28%
other:
45% (1993 est.)

Ghana

arable land:
12%
permanent crops :
7%
permanent pastures:
22%
forests and woodland:
35%
other:
24% (1993 est.)

Glorioso Islands

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland :
NA%
other:
100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms)

Guinea

arable land :
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
22%
forests and woodland:
59%
other:
17% (1993 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

arable land:
11%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures :
38%
forests and woodland:
38%
other:
12% (1993 est.)

Juan de Nova Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
0%
forests and woodland:
90%
other:
10%

Kenya

arable land:
7%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
37%
forests and woodland :
30%
other:
25% (1993 est.)

Lesotho

arable land:
11%
permanent crops :
NA%
permanent pastures:
66%
forests and woodland :
NA%
other:
23% (1993 est.)

Liberia

arable land:
1%
permanent crops:
3%
permanent pastures:
59%
forests and woodland:
18%
other:
19% (1993 est.)

Libya

arable land:
1%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
8%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
91% (1993 est.)

Madagascar

arable land:
4%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures :
41%
forests and woodland:
40%
other:
14% (1993 est.)

Malawi

arable land:
18%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
20%
forests and woodland:
39%
other:
23% (1993 est.)

Mali

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
25%
forests and woodland:
6%
other:
67% (1993 est.)

Mauritania

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
38%
forests and woodland :
4%
other:
58% (1993 est.)

Mauritius

arable land:
49%
permanent crops:
3%
permanent pastures:
3%
forests and woodland:
22%
other:
23% (1993 est.)

Mayotte

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other :
NA%

Morocco

arable land:
21%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
47%
forests and woodland:
20%
other :
11% (1993 est.)

Mozambique

arable land:
4%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
56%
forests and woodland:
18%
other:
22% (1993 est.)

Namibia

arable land:
1%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
46%
forests and woodland:
22%
other:
31% (1993 est.)

Niger

arable land:
3%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
7%
forests and woodland:
2%
other:
88% (1993 est.)

Nigeria

arable land:
33%
permanent crops:
3%
permanent pastures:
44%
forests and woodland:
12%
other :
8% (1993 est.)

Reunion

arable land:
17%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures:
5%
forests and woodland :
35%
other:
41% (1993 est.)

Rwanda

arable land:
35%
permanent crops:
13%
permanent pastures :
18%
forests and woodland:
22%
other:
12% (1993 est.)

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

arable land:
6%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures :
6%
forests and woodland:
6%
other:
82% (1993 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
36%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland :
NA%
other:
61% (1993 est.)

Senegal

arable land :
12%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
16%
forests and woodland:
54%
other:
18% (1993 est.)

Seychelles

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
13%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
11%
other:
74% (1993 est.)

Sierra Leone

arable land:
7%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
31%
forests and woodland:
28%
other :
33% (1993 est.)

Somalia

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
69%
forests and woodland:
26%
other:
3% (1993 est.)

South Africa

arable land:
10%
permanent crops :
1%
permanent pastures:
67%
forests and woodland:
7%
other:
15% (1993 est.)

Sudan

arable land :
5%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
46%
forests and woodland:
19%
other:
30% (1993 est.)

Tanzania

arable land:
3%
permanent crops :
1%
permanent pastures:
40%
forests and woodland:
38%
other:
18% (1993 est.)

Togo

arable land :
38%
permanent crops:
7%
permanent pastures:
4%
forests and woodland:
17%
other :
34% (1993 est.)

Tromelin Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other :
100% (scattered bushes)

Tunisia

arable land:
19%
permanent crops:
13%
permanent pastures:
20%
forests and woodland:
4%
other :
44% (1993 est.)

Uganda

arable land:
25%
permanent crops :
9%
permanent pastures:
9%
forests and woodland:
28%
other:
29% (1993 est.)

Western Sahara

arable land :
19%
permanent crops:
24%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
47%
other:
10% (1993 est.)

Zambia

arable land:
7%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
40%
forests and woodland:
39%
other:
14% (1993 est.)

Zimbabwe

arable land :
7%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
13%
forests and woodland:
23%
other:
57% (1993 est.)

Antarctic Region

5 entries

Antarctica

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other :
100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%)

Bouvet Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100% (all ice)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

arable land :
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

South Georgia and the now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests 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%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
99% (1993 est.)

Iceland

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
23%
forests and woodland:
1%
other:
76% (1993 est.)

Jan Mayen

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

Svalbard

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100% (no trees and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry)

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

arable land:
12%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
46%
forests and woodland:
3%
other:
39% (1993 est.)

Armenia

arable land :
17%
permanent crops:
3%
permanent pastures:
24%
forests and woodland:
15%
other:
41% (1993 est.)

Azerbaijan

arable land:
18%
permanent crops:
5%
permanent pastures:
25%
forests and woodland:
11%
other :
41% (1993 est.)

Bangladesh

arable land:
73%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures :
5%
forests and woodland:
15%
other:
5% (1993 est.)

Bhutan

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
6%
forests and woodland:
66%
other:
26% (1993 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures :
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
100% (1993 est.)

China

arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
43%
forests and woodland:
14%
other :
33% (1993 est.)

Georgia

arable land :
9%
permanent crops:
4%
permanent pastures:
25%
forests and woodland:
34%
other:
28% (1993 est.)

India

arable land:
56%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures :
4%
forests and woodland:
23%
other:
16% (1993 est.)

Japan

arable land :
11%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
2%
forests and woodland:
67%
other :
19% (1993 est.)

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

arable land:
12%
permanent crops:
11%
permanent pastures:
57%
forests and woodland :
4%
other:
16% (1996 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

arable land :
14%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
61%
other :
23% (1993 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

arable land:
19%
permanent crops :
2%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland:
65%
other:
13% (1993 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

arable land:
7%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
44%
forests and woodland :
4%
other:
45% (1993 est.)

note : Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural growth walnut forest

Maldives

arable land:
10%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
3%
forests and woodland :
3%
other:
84% (1993 est.)

Mongolia

arable land :
1%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
80%
forests and woodland:
9%
other:
10% (1993 est.)

Nepal

arable land:
17%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
15%
forests and woodland:
42%
other :
26% (1993 est.)

Pakistan

arable land:
27%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
6%
forests and woodland:
5%
other :
61% (1993 est.)

Russia

arable land :
8%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
4%
forests and woodland:
46%
other:
42% (1993 est.)

Sri Lanka

arable land:
14%
permanent crops:
15%
permanent pastures :
7%
forests and woodland:
32%
other:
32% (1993 est.)

Tajikistan

arable land :
6%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
25%
forests and woodland:
4%
other:
65% (1993 est.)

Turkmenistan

arable land:
3%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
63%
forests and woodland:
8%
other:
26% (1993 est.)

Uzbekistan

arable land:
9%
permanent crops :
1%
permanent pastures:
46%
forests and woodland:
3%
other:
41% (1993 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other :
100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds)

Antigua and Barbuda

arable land :
18%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
9%
forests and woodland:
11%
other:
62% (1993 est.)

Aruba

arable land:
11%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
89% (1993 est.)

The Bahamas

arable land :
1%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
32%
other :
67% (1993 est.)

Barbados

arable land:
37%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
5%
forests and woodland :
12%
other:
46% (1993 est.)

Belize

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
2%
forests and woodland:
92%
other:
3% (1993 est.)

British Virgin Islands

arable land:
20%
permanent crops:
7%
permanent pastures:
33%
forests and woodland:
7%
other :
33% (1993 est.)

Cayman Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
8%
forests and woodland:
23%
other:
69% (1993 est.)

Costa Rica

arable land:
6%
permanent crops :
5%
permanent pastures:
46%
forests and woodland:
31%
other:
12% (1993 est.)

Cuba

arable land:
24%
permanent crops:
7%
permanent pastures :
27%
forests and woodland:
24%
other:
18% (1993 est.)

Dominica

arable land :
9%
permanent crops:
13%
permanent pastures:
3%
forests and woodland:
67%
other :
8% (1993 est.)

Dominican Republic

arable land:
21%
permanent crops:
9%
permanent pastures :
43%
forests and woodland:
12%
other:
15% (1993 est.)

El Salvador

arable land:
27%
permanent crops:
8%
permanent pastures:
29%
forests and woodland :
5%
other:
31% (1993 est.)

Grenada

arable land :
15%
permanent crops:
18%
permanent pastures:
3%
forests and woodland:
9%
other:
55% (1993 est.)

Guadeloupe

arable land:
14%
permanent crops:
4%
permanent pastures:
14%
forests and woodland:
39%
other:
29% (1993 est.)

Guatemala

arable land :
12%
permanent crops:
5%
permanent pastures:
24%
forests and woodland:
54%
other :
5% (1993 est.)

Haiti

arable land:
20%
permanent crops:
13%
permanent pastures :
18%
forests and woodland:
5%
other:
44% (1993 est.)

Honduras

arable land :
15%
permanent crops:
3%
permanent pastures:
14%
forests and woodland:
54%
other:
14% (1993 est.)

Jamaica

arable land :
14%
permanent crops:
6%
permanent pastures:
24%
forests and woodland:
17%
other:
39% (1993 est.)

Martinique

arable land:
8%
permanent crops:
8%
permanent pastures:
17%
forests and woodland:
44%
other :
23% (1993 est.)

Montserrat

arable land :
20%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
10%
forests and woodland:
40%
other:
30% (1993 est.)

Navassa Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
10%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
90%

Netherlands Antilles

arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other :
90% (1993 est.)

Nicaragua

arable land :
9%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
46%
forests and woodland:
27%
other :
17% (1993 est.)

Panama

arable land:
7%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures:
20%
forests and woodland :
44%
other:
27% (1993 est.)

Puerto Rico

arable land:
4%
permanent crops :
5%
permanent pastures:
26%
forests and woodland:
16%
other:
49% (1993 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

arable land:
22%
permanent crops :
17%
permanent pastures:
3%
forests and woodland:
17%
other:
41% (1993 est.)

Saint Lucia

arable land:
8%
permanent crops :
21%
permanent pastures:
5%
forests and woodland:
13%
other:
53% (1993 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
18%
permanent pastures:
5%
forests and woodland:
36%
other:
31% (1993 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

arable land:
15%
permanent crops:
9%
permanent pastures:
2%
forests and woodland :
46%
other:
28% (1993 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

arable land :
2%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
98% (1993 est.)

Virgin Islands

arable land:
15%
permanent crops:
6%
permanent pastures :
26%
forests and woodland:
6%
other:
47% (1993 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

arable land:
21%
permanent crops:
5%
permanent pastures:
15%
forests and woodland:
38%
other:
21% (1993 est.)

Andorra

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
56%
forests and woodland:
22%
other:
20% (1993 est.)

Austria

arable land:
17%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
24%
forests and woodland:
39%
other :
19% (1993 est.)

Belarus

arable land :
29%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
15%
forests and woodland:
34%
other:
21% (1993 est.)

Belgium

arable land :
24%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
20%
forests and woodland:
21%
other:
34%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

arable land:
14%
permanent crops :
5%
permanent pastures:
20%
forests and woodland:
39%
other:
22% (1993 est.)

Bulgaria

arable land:
37%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures:
16%
forests and woodland:
35%
other:
10% (1993 est.)

Croatia

arable land:
21%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures :
20%
forests and woodland:
38%
other:
19% (1993 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

arable land:
41%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures:
11%
forests and woodland:
34%
other:
12% (1993 est.)

Denmark

arable land:
60%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
5%
forests and woodland:
10%
other:
25% (1993 est.)

Estonia

arable land :
27%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
7%
forests and woodland:
48%
other :
18% (1993 est.)

Faroe Islands

arable land:
6%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
94% (1996)

Finland

arable land:
8%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures :
0%
forests and woodland:
76%
other :
16% (1993 est.)

France

arable land:
33%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures :
20%
forests and woodland:
27%
other :
18% (1993 est.)

Germany

arable land :
33%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
15%
forests and woodland:
31%
other :
20% (1993 est.)

Gibraltar

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland :
NA%
other:
100% (1993 est.)

Greece

arable land :
19%
permanent crops:
8%
permanent pastures:
41%
forests and woodland:
20%
other:
12% (1993 est.)

Guernsey

arable land :
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures :
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA%

Holy See (Vatican City)

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100% (urban area)

Hungary

arable land:
51%
permanent crops :
2%
permanent pastures:
13%
forests and woodland:
19%
other:
15% (1993 est.)

Ireland

arable land:
13%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
68%
forests and woodland :
5%
other:
14% (1993 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures :
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA% (extensive arable land and forests)

Italy

arable land:
31%
permanent crops:
10%
permanent pastures:
15%
forests and woodland:
23%
other :
21% (1993 est.)

Jersey

arable land :
57%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
43%

Latvia

arable land:
27%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
13%
forests and woodland:
46%
other:
14% (1993 est.)

Liechtenstein

arable land :
25%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
38%
forests and woodland:
19%
other:
18% (1993 est.)

Lithuania

arable land:
35%
permanent crops :
12%
permanent pastures:
7%
forests and woodland:
31%
other:
15% (1993 est.)

Luxembourg

arable land:
24%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
20%
forests and woodland :
21%
other:
34%

Malta

arable land:
38%
permanent crops:
3%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland :
NA%
other:
59% (1993 est.)

Moldova

arable land:
53%
permanent crops:
14%
permanent pastures:
13%
forests and woodland:
13%
other :
7% (1993 est.)

Monaco

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100% (urban area)

Netherlands

arable land :
27%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
31%
forests and woodland:
10%
other:
31% (1993 est.)

Macedonia, now North Macedonia

arable land:
24%
permanent crops :
2%
permanent pastures:
25%
forests and woodland:
39%
other:
10% (1993 est.)

Norway

arable land:
3%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures :
0%
forests and woodland:
27%
other:
70% (1993 est.)

Poland

arable land:
47%
permanent crops :
1%
permanent pastures:
13%
forests and woodland:
29%
other:
10% (1993 est.)

Portugal

arable land :
26%
permanent crops:
9%
permanent pastures:
9%
forests and woodland:
36%
other :
20% (1993 est.)

Romania

arable land:
41%
permanent crops:
3%
permanent pastures :
21%
forests and woodland:
29%
other:
6% (1993 est.)

San Marino

arable land:
17%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures :
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
83% (1993 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures :
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA%

Slovakia

arable land:
31%
permanent crops :
3%
permanent pastures:
17%
forests and woodland:
41%
other:
8% (1993 est.)

Slovenia

arable land:
12%
permanent crops :
3%
permanent pastures:
28%
forests and woodland:
51%
other:
6% (1993 est.)

Spain

arable land:
30%
permanent crops :
9%
permanent pastures:
21%
forests and woodland:
32%
other:
8% (1993 est.)

Sweden

arable land :
7%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland:
68%
other:
24% (1993 est.)

Switzerland

arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures:
28%
forests and woodland:
32%
other :
28% (1993 est.)

Ukraine

arable land:
58%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures :
13%
forests and woodland:
18%
other:
9% (1993 est.)

United Kingdom

arable land:
25%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
46%
forests and woodland :
10%
other:
19% (1993 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

arable land:
1%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
6%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
92% (1993 est.)

Cyprus

arable land:
12%
permanent crops:
5%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
13%
other :
70% (1993 est.)

Gaza Strip

arable land:
24%
permanent crops:
39%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
11%
other:
26% (1993 est.)

Iran

arable land :
10%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures :
27%
forests and woodland:
7%
other:
55% (1993 est.)

Iraq

arable land:
12%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
9%
forests and woodland :
0%
other:
79% (1993 est.)

Israel

arable land:
17%
permanent crops:
4%
permanent pastures:
7%
forests and woodland :
6%
other:
66% (1993 est.)

Jordan

arable land:
4%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures :
9%
forests and woodland:
1%
other:
85% (1993 est.)

Kuwait

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
8%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
92% (1993 est.)

Lebanon

arable land :
21%
permanent crops:
9%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland:
8%
other:
61% (1993 est.)

Oman

arable land :
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
5%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
95% (1993 est.)

Qatar

arable land:
1%
permanent crops :
NA%
permanent pastures:
5%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
94% (1993 est.)

Saudi Arabia

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
56%
forests and woodland:
1%
other:
41% (1993 est.)

Syria

arable land:
28%
permanent crops :
4%
permanent pastures:
43%
forests and woodland:
3%
other:
22% (1993 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

arable land:
32%
permanent crops:
4%
permanent pastures:
16%
forests and woodland :
26%
other:
22% (1993 est.)

United Arab Emirates

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
2%
forests and woodland :
0%
other:
98% (1993 est.)

West Bank

arable land:
27%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
32%
forests and woodland:
1%
other:
40%

Yemen

arable land :
3%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
30%
forests and woodland:
4%
other :
63% (1993 est.)

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops :
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
20%
other:
80% (1993 est.)

Canada

arable land:
5%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
3%
forests and woodland:
54%
other:
38% (1993 est.)

Clipperton Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100% (all coral)

Mexico

arable land:
12%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
39%
forests and woodland:
26%
other:
22% (1993 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

arable land:
13%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
4%
other:
83% (1993 est.)

United States

arable land:
19%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
25%
forests and woodland:
30%
other:
26% (1993 est.)

Oceania

34 entries

American Samoa

arable land:
5%
permanent crops:
10%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland :
70%
other:
15% (1993 est.)

Australia

arable land:
6%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
54%
forests and woodland:
19%
other :
21% (1993 est.)

Baker Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

Cook Islands

arable land :
9%
permanent crops:
13%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other :
78% (1993 est.)

Coral Sea Islands

arable land :
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100% (mostly grass or scrub cover)

Fiji

arable land :
10%
permanent crops:
4%
permanent pastures:
10%
forests and woodland:
65%
other :
11% (1993 est.)

French Polynesia

arable land:
1%
permanent crops:
6%
permanent pastures :
5%
forests and woodland:
31%
other:
57% (1993 est.)

Guam

arable land:
11%
permanent crops:
11%
permanent pastures :
15%
forests and woodland:
18%
other:
45% (1993 est.)

Howland Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
5%
other:
95%

Jarvis Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

Johnston Atoll

arable land :
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

Kingman Reef

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

Kiribati

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops :
51%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
3%
other:
46% (1993 est.)

Marshall Islands

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
60%
permanent pastures :
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
40%

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

arable land :
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA%

Midway Islands

arable land :
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

Nauru

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other :
100% (1993 est.)

New Caledonia

arable land :
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
12%
forests and woodland:
39%
other:
49% (1993 est.)

New Zealand

arable land:
9%
permanent crops :
5%
permanent pastures:
50%
forests and woodland:
28%
other:
8% (1993 est.)

Niue

arable land:
19%
permanent crops :
8%
permanent pastures:
4%
forests and woodland:
19%
other:
50% (1993 est.)

Norfolk Island

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops :
NA%
permanent pastures:
25%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
75% (1993 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

arable land :
21%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
19%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA%

Palau

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures :
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA%

Palmyra Atoll

arable land :
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
100%
other:
0%

Papua New Guinea

arable land :
0.1%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
92.9%
other :
6% (1993 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

arable land :
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
NA%

Western Samoa now Samoa

arable land :
19%
permanent crops:
24%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
47%
other:
10%

Solomon Islands

arable land:
1%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland:
88%
other :
9% (1993 est.)

Tokelau

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100% (1993 est.)

Tonga

arable land:
24%
permanent crops:
43%
permanent pastures:
6%
forests and woodland:
11%
other :
16% (1993 est.)

Tuvalu

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other :
100% (1993 est.)

note: Tuvalu's nine coral atolls have enough soil to grow coconuts and support subsistence agriculture

Vanuatu

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
10%
permanent pastures :
2%
forests and woodland:
75%
other:
11% (1993 est.)

Wake Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

Wallis and Futuna

arable land :
5%
permanent crops:
20%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other:
75% (1993 est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

arable land:
9%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
52%
forests and woodland:
19%
other:
19% (1993 est.)

Bolivia

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
24%
forests and woodland :
53%
other:
21% (1993 est.)

Brazil

arable land :
5%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
22%
forests and woodland:
58%
other :
14% (1993 est.)

Chile

arable land:
5%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
18%
forests and woodland:
22%
other :
55% (1993 est.)

Colombia

arable land:
4%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures :
39%
forests and woodland:
48%
other:
8% (1993 est.)

Ecuador

arable land:
6%
permanent crops:
5%
permanent pastures:
18%
forests and woodland:
56%
other:
15% (1993 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

arable land :
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
99%
forests and woodland:
0%
other :
1% (1993 est.)

French Guiana

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
83%
other :
17% (1993 est.)

Guyana

arable land :
2%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
6%
forests and woodland:
84%
other:
8% (1993 est.)

Paraguay

arable land:
6%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
55%
forests and woodland :
32%
other:
7% (1993 est.)

Peru

arable land :
3%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
21%
forests and woodland:
66%
other:
10% (1993 est.)

Suriname

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
96%
other :
4% (1993 est.)

Uruguay

arable land:
7%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
77%
forests and woodland:
5%
other :
11% (1993 est.)

Venezuela

arable land :
4%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures :
20%
forests and woodland:
34%
other:
41% (1993 est.)

Southeast Asia

18 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100% (all grass and sand)

Brunei

arable land :
1%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland:
85%
other:
12% (1993 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

arable land :
15%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland:
49%
other:
34% (1993 est.)

Cambodia

arable land:
13%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures :
11%
forests and woodland:
66%
other :
10% (1993 est.)

Christmas Island

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland :
NA%
other:
100% (1993 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

arable land :
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
NA%
other :
100% (1993 est.)

Hong Kong

arable land:
6%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
1%
forests and woodland :
22%
other:
70% (1993 est.)

Indonesia

arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
7%
permanent pastures:
7%
forests and woodland :
62%
other:
14% (1993 est.)

Laos

arable land :
3%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
3%
forests and woodland:
54%
other :
40% (1993 est.)

Macau

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other :
100% (1993 est.)

Malaysia

arable land:
3%
permanent crops:
12%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
68%
other :
17% (1993 est.)

Paracel Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops :
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

Philippines

arable land :
19%
permanent crops:
12%
permanent pastures:
4%
forests and woodland:
46%
other:
19% (1993 est.)

Singapore

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
6%
permanent pastures:
NA%
forests and woodland:
5%
other :
87% (1993 est.)

Spratly Islands

arable land :
0%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
0%
forests and woodland:
0%
other:
100%

Taiwan

arable land :
24%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
5%
forests and woodland:
55%
other :
15%

Thailand

arable land:
34%
permanent crops :
6%
permanent pastures:
2%
forests and woodland:
26%
other:
32% (1993 est.)

Vietnam

arable land:
17%
permanent crops:
4%
permanent pastures :
1%
forests and woodland:
30%
other:
48% (1993 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Land use”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/land-use/1997.

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