The CIA World Factbook Edition 2003 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 2003 edition carries it in 263 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

1 entry

World

arable land:
10.58%
permanent crops:
1%
other:
88.42% (1998 est.)

Africa

62 entries

Algeria

arable land:
3.21%
permanent crops:
0.21%
other:
96.58% (1998 est.)

Angola

arable land:
2.41%
permanent crops:
0.4%
other:
97.19% (1998 est.)

Bassas da India

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (all rock) (1998 est.)

Benin

arable land:
15.28%
permanent crops:
1.36%
other:
83.36% (1998 est.)

Botswana

arable land:
0.61%
permanent crops:
0.01%
other:
99.38% (1998 est.)

Burkina Faso

arable land:
12.43%
permanent crops:
0.18%
other:
87.39% (1998 est.)

Burundi

arable land:
29.98%
permanent crops:
12.85%
other:
57.17% (1998 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

arable land:
9.68%
permanent crops:
0.5%
other:
89.82% (1998 est.)

Cameroon

arable land:
12.81%
permanent crops:
2.58%
other:
84.61% (1998 est.)

Central African Republic

arable land:
3.1%
permanent crops:
0.14%
other:
96.76% (1998 est.)

Chad

arable land:
2.78%
permanent crops:
0.02%
other:
97.2% (1998 est.)

Comoros

arable land:
34.98%
permanent crops:
17.94%
other:
47.08% (1998 est.)

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

arable land:
2.96%
permanent crops:
0.52%
other:
96.52% (1998 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

arable land:
0.5%
permanent crops:
0.13%
other:
99.37% (1998 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

arable land:
9.28%
permanent crops:
13.84%
other:
76.88% (1998 est.)

Djibouti

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Egypt

arable land:
2.85%
permanent crops:
0.47%
other:
96.68% (1998 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

arable land:
4.63%
permanent crops:
3.57%
other:
91.8% (1998 est.)

Eritrea

arable land:
3.87%
permanent crops:
0.02%
other:
96.11% (1998 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

arable land:
9.77%
permanent crops:
0.7%
other:
89.53% (1998 est.)

Ethiopia

arable land:
9.9%
permanent crops:
0.65%
other:
89.45% (1998 est.)

Europa Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (1998 est.)

Gabon

arable land:
1.26%
permanent crops:
0.66%
other:
98.08% (1998 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

arable land:
19.5%
permanent crops:
0.5%
other:
80% (1998 est.)

Ghana

arable land:
15.82%
permanent crops:
7.47%
other:
76.71% (1998 est.)

Glorioso Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms) (1998 est.)

Guinea

arable land:
3.6%
permanent crops:
2.44%
other:
93.96% (1998 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

arable land:
10.67%
permanent crops:
1.78%
other:
87.55% (1998 est.)

Juan de Nova Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (90% forest) (1998 est.)

Kenya

arable land:
7.03%
permanent crops:
0.91%
other:
92.06% (1998 est.)

Lesotho

arable land:
10.71%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
89.29% (1998 est.)

Liberia

arable land:
1.97%
permanent crops:
2.08%
other:
95.95% (1998 est.)

Libya

arable land:
1.03%
permanent crops:
0.17%
other:
98.8% (1998 est.)

Madagascar

arable land:
4.41%
permanent crops:
0.93%
other:
94.66% (1998 est.)

Malawi

arable land:
19.93%
permanent crops:
1.33%
other:
78.74% (1998 est.)

Mali

arable land:
3.77%
permanent crops:
0.04%
other:
96.19% (1998 est.)

Mauritania

arable land:
0.48%
permanent crops:
0.01%
other:
99.51% (1998 est.)

Mauritius

arable land:
49.26%
permanent crops:
2.96%
other:
47.78% (1998 est.)

Mayotte

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
other:
NA% (1998 est.)

Morocco

arable land:
20.12%
permanent crops:
2.05%
other:
77.83% (1998 est.)

Mozambique

arable land:
3.98%
permanent crops:
0.29%
other:
95.73% (1998 est.)

Namibia

arable land:
0.99%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
99.01% (1998 est.)

Niger

arable land:
3.94%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
96.06% (1998 est.)

Nigeria

arable land:
30.96%
permanent crops:
2.79%
other:
66.25% (1998 est.)

Reunion

arable land:
13.2%
permanent crops:
2%
other:
84.8% (1998 est.)

Rwanda

arable land:
32.43%
permanent crops:
10.13%
other:
57.44% (1998 est.)

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

arable land:
12.9%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
87.1% (1998 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
41%
other:
57% (1998 est.)

Senegal

arable land:
11.58%
permanent crops:
0.19%
other:
88.23% (1998 est.)

Seychelles

arable land:
2.22%
permanent crops:
13.33%
other:
84.45% (1998 est.)

Sierra Leone

arable land:
6.76%
permanent crops:
0.78%
other:
92.46% (1998 est.)

Somalia

arable land:
1.66%
permanent crops:
0.04%
other:
98.3% (1998 est.)

South Africa

arable land:
12.13%
permanent crops:
0.77%
other:
87.1% (1998 est.)

Sudan

arable land:
7.03%
permanent crops:
0.08%
other:
92.89% (1998 est.)

Tanzania

arable land:
4.24%
permanent crops:
1.02%
other:
94.74% (1998 est.)

Togo

arable land:
41.37%
permanent crops:
1.84%
other:
56.79% (1998 est.)

Tromelin Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (grasses; scattered bushes) (1998 est.)

Tunisia

arable land:
18.67%
permanent crops:
12.87%
other:
68.46% (1998 est.)

Uganda

arable land:
25.34%
permanent crops:
8.77%
other:
65.89% (1998 est.)

Western Sahara

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Zambia

arable land:
7.08%
permanent crops:
0.03%
other:
92.89% (1998 est.)

Zimbabwe

arable land:
8.4%
permanent crops:
0.34%
other:
91.26% (1998 est.)

Antarctic Region

5 entries

Antarctica

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%) (1998 est.)

Bouvet Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (93% ice) (1998 est.)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen) (1998 est.)

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Iceland

arable land:
1%
other:
70% (2001 est.)
forest and woodlands:
1%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
28%

Jan Mayen

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Svalbard

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (no trees, and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry) (1998 est.)

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

arable land:
12.13%
permanent crops:
0.22%
other:
87.65% (1998 est.)

Armenia

arable land:
17.52%
permanent crops:
2.3%
other:
80.18% (1998 est.)

Azerbaijan

arable land:
19.31%
permanent crops:
3.04%
other:
77.65% (1998 est.)

Bangladesh

arable land:
60.7%
permanent crops:
2.61%
other:
36.69% (1998 est.)

Bhutan

arable land:
2.98%
permanent crops:
0.43%
other:
96.59% (1998 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory

arable land:
NEGL
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

China

arable land:
13.31%
permanent crops:
1.2%
other:
85.49% (1998 est.)

Georgia

arable land:
11.21%
permanent crops:
4.09%
other:
84.7% (1998 est.)

India

arable land:
54.35%
permanent crops:
2.66%
other:
42.99% (1998 est.)

Japan

arable land:
12.13%
permanent crops:
1.01%
other:
86.86% (1998 est.)

Kazakhstan

arable land:
11.23%
permanent crops:
0.05%
other:
88.72% (1998 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

arable land:
14.12%
permanent crops:
2.49%
other:
83.39% (1998 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

arable land:
17.44%
permanent crops:
2.05%
other:
80.51% (1998 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

arable land:
7.04%
permanent crops:
0.39%

note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural growth walnut forest (1998 est.)

other:
92.57%

Maldives

arable land:
3.33%
permanent crops:
6.67%
other:
90% (1998 est.)

Mongolia

arable land:
0.84%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
99.16% (1998 est.)

Nepal

arable land:
20.27%
permanent crops:
0.49%
other:
79.24% (1998 est.)

Pakistan

arable land:
27.81%
permanent crops:
0.79%
other:
71.4% (1998 est.)

Russia

arable land:
7.46%
permanent crops:
0.11%
other:
92.43% (1998 est.)

Sri Lanka

arable land:
13.43%
permanent crops:
15.78%
other:
70.79% (1998 est.)

Tajikistan

arable land:
5.41%
permanent crops:
0.92%
other:
93.67% (1998 est.)

Turkmenistan

arable land:
3.47%
permanent crops:
0.14%
other:
96.39% (1998 est.)

Uzbekistan

arable land:
10.8%
permanent crops:
0.91%
other:
88.29% (1998 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) (1998 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

arable land:
18.18%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
81.82% (1998 est.)

Aruba

arable land:
10.53% (including aloe 0.01%)
permanent crops:
0%
other:
89.47% (1998 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

arable land:
0.6%
permanent crops:
0.4%
other:
99% (1998 est.)

Barbados

arable land:
37.21%
permanent crops:
2.33%
other:
60.46% (1998 est.)

Belize

arable land:
2.81%
permanent crops:
1.1%
other:
96.09% (1998 est.)

British Virgin Islands

arable land:
20%
permanent crops:
6.67%
other:
73.33% (1998 est.)

Cayman Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Costa Rica

arable land:
4.41%
permanent crops:
5.48%
other:
90.11% (1998 est.)

Cuba

arable land:
33.04%
other:
59.35% (1998 est.)
permanent crops:
7.61%

Dominica

arable land:
4%
permanent crops:
16%
other:
80% (1998 est.)

Dominican Republic

arable land:
21.08%
permanent crops:
9.92%
other:
69% (1998 est.)

El Salvador

arable land:
27.27%
permanent crops:
12.11%
other:
60.62% (1998 est.)

Grenada

arable land:
5.88%
permanent crops:
26.47%
other:
67.65% (1998 est.)

Guadeloupe

arable land:
10.65%
permanent crops:
4.14%
other:
85.21% (1998 est.)

Guatemala

arable land:
12.54%
permanent crops:
5.03%
other:
82.43% (1998 est.)

Haiti

arable land:
20.32%
permanent crops:
12.7%
other:
66.98% (1998 est.)

Honduras

arable land:
15.15%
permanent crops:
3.13%
other:
81.72% (1998 est.)

Jamaica

arable land:
16.07%
permanent crops:
9.23%
other:
74.7% (1998 est.)

Martinique

arable land:
9.43%
permanent crops:
11.32%
other:
79.25% (1998 est.)

Montserrat

arable land:
20%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
80% (1998 est.)

Navassa Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
90% (1998 est.)

Nicaragua

arable land:
20.24%
permanent crops:
2.38%
other:
77.38% (1998 est.)

Panama

arable land:
6.72%
permanent crops:
2.08%
other:
91.2% (1998 est.)

Puerto Rico

arable land:
3.72%
permanent crops:
5.07%
other:
91.21% (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

arable land:
16.67%
permanent crops:
2.78%
other:
80.55% (1998 est.)

Saint Lucia

arable land:
4.92%
permanent crops:
22.95%
other:
72.13% (1998 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

arable land:
10.26%
permanent crops:
17.95%
other:
71.79% (1998 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

arable land:
14.62%
permanent crops:
9.16%
other:
76.22% (1998 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

arable land:
2.33%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
97.67% (1998 est.)

Virgin Islands

arable land:
15%
permanent crops:
6%
other:
79% (1998 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

arable land:
21.09%
permanent crops:
4.45%
other:
74.46% (1998 est.)

Andorra

arable land:
2.22%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
97.78% (1998 est.)

Austria

arable land:
16.89%
permanent crops:
0.99%
other:
82.12% (1998 est.)

Belarus

arable land:
29.76%
permanent crops:
0.69%
other:
69.55% (1998 est.)

Belgium

arable land:
25%
permanent crops:
0%

note: includes Luxembourg (1998 est.)

other:
75%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

arable land:
9.8%
permanent crops:
2.94%
other:
87.26% (1998 est.)

Bulgaria

arable land:
39%
permanent crops:
1.8%
other:
59.2% (1998 est.)

Croatia

arable land:
23.55%
permanent crops:
2.24%
other:
74.21% (1998 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

arable land:
40%
permanent crops:
3.04%
other:
56.96% (1998 est.)

Denmark

arable land:
55.74%
permanent crops:
0.19%
other:
44.07% (1998 est.)

Estonia

arable land:
26.5%
permanent crops:
0.35%
other:
73.15% (1998 est.)

Faroe Islands

arable land:
2.14%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
97.86% (1998 est.)

Finland

arable land:
6.98%
permanent crops:
0.01%
other:
93.01% (1998 est.)

France

arable land:
33.3%
permanent crops:
2.11%
other:
64.59% (1998 est.)

Germany

arable land:
33.88%
permanent crops:
0.65%
other:
65.47% (1998 est.)

Gibraltar

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Greece

arable land:
22.12%
permanent crops:
8.47%
other:
69.41% (1998 est.)

Guernsey

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
other:
NA%

Holy See (Vatican City)

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (urban area) (1998 est.)

Hungary

arable land:
52.2%
other:
45.34% (1998 est.)
permanent crops:
2.46%

Ireland

arable land:
19.49%
permanent crops:
0.04%
other:
80.47% (1998 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (1998 est.)

Italy

arable land:
28.07%
permanent crops:
9.25%
other:
62.68% (1998 est.)

Jersey

arable land:
NEGL%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Latvia

arable land:
29.01%
permanent crops:
0.48%
other:
70.51% (1998 est.)

Liechtenstein

arable land:
25%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
75% (1998 est.)

Lithuania

arable land:
45.46%
permanent crops:
0.93%
other:
53.61% (1998 est.)

Luxembourg

arable land:
25%
other:
75% (includes Belgium) (1998 est.)
permanent crops:
0%

Malta

arable land:
31.25%
permanent crops:
3.13%
other:
65.62% (1998 est.)

Moldova

arable land:
54.08%
permanent crops:
12.1%
other:
33.82% (1998 est.)

Monaco

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (urban area) (1998 est.)

Netherlands

arable land:
26.53%
other:
72.44% (1998 est.)
permanent crops:
1.03%

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

arable land:
23.59%
permanent crops:
1.85%
other:
74.56% (1998 est.)

Norway

arable land:
2.94%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
97.06% (1998 est.)

Poland

arable land:
45.81%
permanent crops:
1.23%
other:
52.96% (1998 est.)

Portugal

arable land:
20.57%
permanent crops:
7.74%
other:
71.69% (1999 est.)

Romania

arable land:
40.57%
permanent crops:
2.4%
other:
57.03% (1998 est.)

San Marino

arable land:
16.67%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
83.33% (1998 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

arable land:
36.34%
permanent crops:
3.44%
other:
60.22% (1998 est.)

Slovakia

arable land:
30.74%
permanent crops:
2.64%
other:
66.62% (1998 est.)

Slovenia

arable land:
11.48%
permanent crops:
2.68%
other:
85.84% (1998 est.)

Spain

arable land:
28.6%
permanent crops:
9.56%
other:
61.84% (1998 est.)

Sweden

arable land:
6.8%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
93.2% (1998 est.)

Switzerland

arable land:
10.57%
permanent crops:
0.61%
other:
88.82% (1998 est.)

Ukraine

arable land:
57.1%
permanent crops:
1.73%
other:
41.17% (1998 est.)

United Kingdom

arable land:
26.41%
permanent crops:
0.18%
other:
73.41% (1998 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

arable land:
4.35%
permanent crops:
4.35%
other:
91.3% (1998 est.)

Cyprus

arable land:
10.61%
permanent crops:
4.65%
other:
84.74% (1998 est.)

Gaza Strip

arable land:
26.32%
permanent crops:
39.47%
other:
34.21% (1998 est.)

Iran

arable land:
10.17%
permanent crops:
1.16%
other:
88.67% (1998 est.)

Iraq

arable land:
11.89%
permanent crops:
0.78%
other:
87.33% (1998 est.)

Israel

arable land:
17.02%
permanent crops:
4.17%
other:
78.81% (1998 est.)

Jordan

arable land:
2.87%
permanent crops:
1.52%
other:
95.61% (1998 est.)

Kuwait

arable land:
0.34%
permanent crops:
0.06%
other:
99.6% (1998 est.)

Lebanon

arable land:
17.6%
permanent crops:
12.51%
other:
69.89% (1998 est.)

Oman

arable land:
0.08%
permanent crops:
0.22%
other:
99.7% (1998 est.)

Qatar

arable land:
1.27%
permanent crops:
0.27%
other:
98.46% (1998 est.)

Saudi Arabia

arable land:
1.72%
permanent crops:
0.06%
other:
98.22% (1998 est.)

Syria

arable land:
25.96%
permanent crops:
4.08%
other:
69.96% (1998 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

arable land:
34.53%
permanent crops:
3.36%
other:
62.11% (1998 est.)

United Arab Emirates

arable land:
0.48%
permanent crops:
0.49%
other:
99.03% (1998 est.)

West Bank

arable land:
NEGL%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Yemen

arable land:
2.75%
permanent crops:
0.21%
other:
97.04% (1998 est.)

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

arable land:
6%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
94% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (1998 est.)

Canada

arable land:
4.94%
permanent crops:
0.02%
other:
95.04% (1998 est.)

Clipperton Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (all coral) (1998 est.)

Mexico

arable land:
13.2%
permanent crops:
1.1%
other:
85.7% (1998 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

arable land:
13.04%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
86.96% (1998 est.)

United States

arable land:
19.32%
other:
80.46% (1998 est.)
permanent crops:
0.22%

Oceania

34 entries

American Samoa

arable land:
5%
permanent crops:
10%
other:
85% (1998 est.)

Australia

arable land:
6.88%
permanent crops:
0.03%
other:
93.09% (1998 est.)

Baker Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Cook Islands

arable land:
17.39%
permanent crops:
13.04%
other:
69.57% (1998 est.)

Coral Sea Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (1998 est.)

Fiji

arable land:
10.95%
permanent crops:
4.65%
other:
84.4% (1998 est.)

French Polynesia

arable land:
1.64%
permanent crops:
6.01%
other:
92.35% (1998 est.)

Guam

arable land:
10.91%
permanent crops:
10.91%
other:
78.18% (1998 est.)

Howland Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Jarvis Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Johnston Atoll

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Kingman Reef

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Kiribati

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
50.68%
other:
49.32% (1998 est.)

Marshall Islands

arable land:
16.67%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
83.33% (1998 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

arable land:
5.71%
permanent crops:
45.71%
other:
48.58% (1998 est.)

Midway Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Nauru

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

New Caledonia

arable land:
0.38%
permanent crops:
0.33%
other:
99.29% (1998 est.)

New Zealand

arable land:
5.8%
permanent crops:
6.44%
other:
87.76% (1998 est.)

Niue

arable land:
19.23%
permanent crops:
7.69%
other:
73.08% (1998 est.)

Norfolk Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

arable land:
15.22%
permanent crops:
6.52%
other:
78.26% (1998 est.)

Palau

arable land:
21.74%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
78.26% (1998 est.)

Palmyra Atoll

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (forests and woodlands) (1998 est.)

Papua New Guinea

arable land:
0.13%
permanent crops:
1.35%
other:
98.52% (1998 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

arable land:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%
other:
NA% (1998 est.)

Samoa

arable land:
19.43%
permanent crops:
23.67%
other:
56.9% (1998 est.)

Solomon Islands

arable land:
1.5%
permanent crops:
0.64%
other:
97.86% (1998 est.)

Tokelau

arable land:
0% (soil is thin and infertile)
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Tonga

arable land:
23.61%
permanent crops:
43.06%
other:
33.33% (1998 est.)

Tuvalu

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Vanuatu

arable land:
2.46%
permanent crops:
7.38%
other:
90.16% (1998 est.)

Wake Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

arable land:
5%
permanent crops:
20%
other:
75% (1998 est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

arable land:
9.14%
permanent crops:
0.8%
other:
90.06% (1998 est.)

Bolivia

arable land:
1.73%
permanent crops:
0.21%
other:
98.06% (1998 est.)

Brazil

arable land:
6.3%
permanent crops:
1.42%
other:
92.28% (1998 est.)

Chile

arable land:
2.65%
permanent crops:
0.42%
other:
96.93% (1998 est.)

Colombia

arable land:
1.9%
other:
96.14% (1998 est.)
permanent crops:
1.96%

Ecuador

arable land:
5.69%
permanent crops:
5.15%
other:
89.16% (1998 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (1998 est.)

French Guiana

arable land:
0.11% NEGL
permanent crops:
0.03%
other:
99.86% (90% forest, 10% other) (1998 est.)

Guyana

arable land:
2.44%
permanent crops:
0.08%
other:
97.48% (1998 est.)

Paraguay

arable land:
5.54%
permanent crops:
0.21%
other:
94.25% (1998 est.)

Peru

arable land:
2.85%
permanent crops:
0.38%
other:
96.77% (1998 est.)

Suriname

arable land:
0.37%
permanent crops:
0.06%

note: there are 95,000 hectares of arable land, 7,000 hectares of permanent crops, and 15,000 hectares of permanent pastures (1998 est.)

other:
99.57%

Uruguay

arable land:
7.21%
permanent crops:
0.27%
other:
92.52% (1998 est.)

Venezuela

arable land:
2.99%
permanent crops:
0.96%
other:
96.05% (1998 est.)

Southeast Asia

19 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (all grass and sand) (1998 est.)

Brunei

arable land:
0.57%
permanent crops:
0.76%
other:
98.67% (1998 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

arable land:
14.53%
permanent crops:
0.9%
other:
84.57% (1998 est.)

Cambodia

arable land:
20.96%
permanent crops:
0.61%
other:
78.43% (1998 est.)

Christmas Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100%

note: mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national park (1998 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Hong Kong

arable land:
5.05%
other:
93.94% (1998 est.)
permanent crops:
1.01%

Indonesia

arable land:
9.9%
permanent crops:
7.2%
other:
82.9% (1998 est.)

Laos

arable land:
3.47%
permanent crops:
0.23%
other:
96.3% (1998 est.)

Macau

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100%

note: "green areas" represent 22.4% (1998 est.)

Malaysia

arable land:
5.54%
permanent crops:
17.61%
other:
76.85% (1998 est.)

Paracel Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Philippines

arable land:
18.45%
permanent crops:
14.76%
other:
66.79% (1998 est.)

Singapore

arable land:
1.64%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
98.36% (1998 est.)

Spratly Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (1998 est.)

Taiwan

arable land:
24%
permanent crops:
1%
other:
75%

Thailand

arable land:
32.88%
permanent crops:
7%
other:
60.12% (1998 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

arable land:
NA%
other:
NA%
permanent crops:
NA%

Vietnam

arable land:
17.41%
permanent crops:
4.71%
other:
77.88% (1998 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2003, “Land use”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/land-use/2003.

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