The CIA World Factbook Edition 2001 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 2001 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 entryWorld
- arable land:
- 10% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 26% forests and woodland: 32% other: 31% (1993 est.)
Africa
62 entriesAlgeria
- 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:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% 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: 49% forests and woodland: 6% other: 32% (1998 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:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 100% other: 0%
Gabon
- arable land:
- 1% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 18% forests and woodland: 77% other: 3% (1993 est.)
Gambia, The now 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:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% 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: 0% permanent pastures: 66% forests and woodland: 0% 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:
- 34% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 20% forests and woodland: 39% other: 7% (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: 0% 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: 0% 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: 0% 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:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 19% forests and woodland: 0% other: 81%
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 entriesAntarctica
- 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% (93% 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 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 entriesGreenland
- arable land:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 1% forests and woodland: 0% other: 99% (1998 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 entriesAfghanistan
- 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:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: NA% other: NA%
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.)
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:
- 5.7% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 81% forests and woodland: 11.4% other: 1.9% (2000 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 entriesAnguilla
- arable land:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% 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:
- 7% (including aloe 0.01%) permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 93% (1993 est.)
Bahamas, The now 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:
- 10% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 2% forests and woodland: 84% other: 3% (2000 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.)
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: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% 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 entriesAlbania
- arable land:
- 21% permanent crops: 5% permanent pastures: 15% forests and woodland: 38% other: 21% (1993 est.)
Andorra
- arable land:
- 4% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 45% forests and woodland: 35% other: 16% (1998 est.)
Austria
- arable land:
- 17% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 23% forests and woodland: 39% other: 20% (1996 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:
- 43% permanent crops: 2% permanent pastures: 14% forests and woodland: 38% other: 3% (1999 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:
- 25% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 11% forests and woodland: 44% other: 20% (1996 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: 0% 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:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% 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: 3.6% permanent pastures: 12.4% forests and woodland: 19% other: 14% (1999)
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:
- 9% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 46% forests and woodland: 6% other: 39% (includes 25% mountain and heathland)
Italy
- arable land:
- 31% permanent crops: 10% permanent pastures: 15% forests and woodland: 23% other: 21% (1993 est.)
Jersey
- arable land:
- 66% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 34%
Latvia
- arable land:
- 27% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 13% forests and woodland: 46% other: 14% (1993 est.)
Liechtenstein
- arable land:
- 24% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 16% forests and woodland: 35% other: 25% (1993 est.)
Lithuania
- arable land:
- 39% permanent crops: 9% permanent pastures: 6% forests and woodland: 31% other: 15% (2001 est.)
Luxembourg
- arable land:
- 24% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 20% forests and woodland: 35% other: 20%
Malta
- arable land:
- 32% permanent crops: 3% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 4% other: 61% (2000 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:
- 25% permanent crops: 3% permanent pastures: 25% forests and woodland: 8% other: 39% (1996 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 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: 0% 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: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 83% (1993 est.)
Yugoslavia now Serbia and Montenegro
- arable land:
- 40% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 20.7% forests and woodland: 17.3% other: 22% (1998 est.)
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: 24% forests and woodland: 54% other: 7% (1996 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 entriesBahrain
- 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:
- 18% permanent crops: 9% permanent pastures: 1% forests and woodland: 8% other: 64% (1996 est.)
Oman
- arable land:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 5% forests and woodland: 0% other: 95% (1993 est.)
Qatar
- arable land:
- 1% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 5% forests and woodland: 0% 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: 13% permanent pastures: 33.5% forests and woodland: 4% other: 46.5% (1999)
North America
6 entriesBermuda
- arable land:
- 6% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 94% (55% developed, 39% rural/open space) (1997 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: 0% permanent pastures: 0% 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 entriesAmerican 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: 0% forests and woodland: 0% 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:
- 0% permanent crops: 51% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 3% other: 46% (1993 est.)
Marshall Islands
- arable land:
- 0% permanent crops: 60% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% 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:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% 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:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 25% forests and woodland: 0% other: 75% (1993 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
- arable land:
- 21% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 19% forests and woodland: 0% other: 60%
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%
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% (soil is thin and infertile) 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.)
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: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 75% (1993 est.)
South America
14 entriesArgentina
- 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: 90% other: 10% (1996 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.) note: there are 94,927 hectares of arable land, 7,195 hectares of permanent crops, and 15,000 hectares of permanent pastures
Uruguay
- arable land:
- 7% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 77% forests and woodland: 6% other: 10% (1997 est.)
Venezuela
- arable land:
- 4% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 20% forests and woodland: 34% other: 41% (1993 est.)
Southeast Asia
18 entriesAshmore 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: NA% note: mainly tropical rainforest of which 60%-70% is in a national park
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- arable land:
- 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% (1993 est.)
Hong Kong
- arable land:
- 6% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 1% forests and woodland: 20% other: 72% (1997 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: 2% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 98% (1998 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: 0% 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.)
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2001, “Land use”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/land-use/2001.