The CIA World Factbook Edition 2005 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 2005 edition carries it in 264 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2005 edition
264
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Land use” (1990 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

arable land:
10.73%
permanent crops:
1%
other:
88.27% (2001)

Africa

62 entries

Algeria

arable land:
3.22%
permanent crops:
0.25%
other:
96.53% (2001)

Angola

arable land:
2.41%
permanent crops:
0.24%
other:
97.35% (2001)

Bassas da India

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (all rock) (2001)

Benin

arable land:
18.08%
permanent crops:
2.4%
other:
79.52% (2001)

Botswana

arable land:
0.65%
permanent crops:
0.01%
other:
99.34% (2001)

Burkina Faso

arable land:
14.43%
permanent crops:
0.19%
other:
85.38% (2001)

Burundi

arable land:
35.05%
permanent crops:
14.02%
other:
50.93% (2001)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

arable land:
9.68%
permanent crops:
0.5%
other:
89.82% (2001)

Cameroon

arable land:
12.81%
permanent crops:
2.58%
other:
84.61% (2001)

Central African Republic

arable land:
3.1%
permanent crops:
0.14%
other:
96.76% (2001)

Chad

arable land:
2.86%
permanent crops:
0.02%
other:
97.12% (2001)

Comoros

arable land:
35.87%
permanent crops:
23.32%
other:
40.81% (2001)

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

arable land:
2.96%
permanent crops:
0.52%
other:
96.52% (2001)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

arable land:
0.51%
permanent crops:
0.13%
other:
99.36% (2001)

Cote d'Ivoire

arable land:
9.75%
permanent crops:
13.84%
other:
76.41% (2001)

Djibouti

arable land:
0.04%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
99.96% (2001)

Egypt

arable land:
2.87%
permanent crops:
0.48%
other:
96.65% (2001)

Equatorial Guinea

arable land:
4.63%
permanent crops:
3.57%
other:
91.8% (2001)

Eritrea

arable land:
4.95%
permanent crops:
0.03%
other:
95.02% (2001)

Swaziland now Eswatini

arable land:
10.35%
permanent crops:
0.7%
other:
88.95% (2001)

Ethiopia

arable land:
10.71%
permanent crops:
0.75%
other:
88.54% (2001)

Europa Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2001)

Gabon

arable land:
1.26%
permanent crops:
0.66%
other:
98.08% (2001)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

arable land:
25%
permanent crops:
0.5%
other:
74.5% (2001)

Ghana

arable land:
16.26%
permanent crops:
9.67%
other:
74.07% (2001)

Glorioso Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms) (2001)

Guinea

arable land:
3.63%
permanent crops:
2.58%
other:
93.79% (2001)

Guinea-Bissau

arable land:
10.67%
permanent crops:
8.82%
other:
80.51% (2001)

Juan de Nova Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (90% forest) (2001)

Kenya

arable land:
8.08%
permanent crops:
0.98%
other:
90.94% (2001)

Lesotho

arable land:
10.87%
permanent crops:
0.13%
other:
89% (2001)

Liberia

arable land:
3.95%
permanent crops:
2.28%
other:
93.77% (2001)

Libya

arable land:
1.03%
permanent crops:
0.19%
other:
98.78% (2001)

Madagascar

arable land:
5.07%
permanent crops:
1.03%
other:
93.91% (2001)

Malawi

arable land:
23.38%
permanent crops:
1.49%
other:
75.13% (2001)

Mali

arable land:
3.82%
permanent crops:
0.03%
other:
96.15% (2001)

Mauritania

arable land:
0.48%
permanent crops:
0.01%
other:
99.51% (2001)

Mauritius

arable land:
49.26%
permanent crops:
2.96%
other:
47.78% (2001)

Mayotte

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

Morocco

arable land:
19.61%
permanent crops:
2.17%
other:
78.22% (2001)

Mozambique

arable land:
5.1%
permanent crops:
0.3%
other:
94.6% (2001)

Namibia

arable land:
0.99%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
99.01% (2001)

Niger

arable land:
3.54%
permanent crops:
0.01%
other:
96.45% (2001)

Nigeria

arable land:
31.29%
permanent crops:
2.96%
other:
65.75% (2001)

Reunion

arable land:
13.6%
permanent crops:
1.2%
other:
85.2% (2001)

Rwanda

arable land:
40.54%
permanent crops:
12.16%
other:
47.3% (2001)

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

arable land:
12.9%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
87.1% (2001)

Sao Tome and Principe

arable land:
6.25%
permanent crops:
48.96%
other:
44.79% (2001)

Senegal

arable land:
12.78%
permanent crops:
0.21%
other:
87.01% (2001)

Seychelles

arable land:
2.22%
permanent crops:
13.33%
other:
84.45% (2001)

Sierra Leone

arable land:
6.98%
permanent crops:
0.89%
other:
92.13% (2001)

Somalia

arable land:
1.67%
permanent crops:
0.04%
other:
98.29% (2001)

South Africa

arable land:
12.08%
permanent crops:
0.79%
other:
87.13% (2001)

Sudan

arable land:
6.83%
permanent crops:
0.18%
other:
92.99% (2001)

Tanzania

arable land:
4.52%
permanent crops:
1.08%
other:
94.4% (2001)

Togo

arable land:
46.15%
permanent crops:
2.21%
other:
51.64% (2001)

Tromelin Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (grasses; scattered bushes) (2001)

Tunisia

arable land:
17.86%
permanent crops:
13.74%
other:
68.4% (2001)

Uganda

arable land:
25.88%
permanent crops:
10.65%
other:
63.47% (2001)

Western Sahara

arable land:
0.02%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
99.98% (2001)

Zambia

arable land:
7.08%
permanent crops:
0.03%
other:
92.9% (2001)

Zimbabwe

arable land:
8.32%
permanent crops:
0.34%
other:
91.34% (2001)

Antarctic Region

5 entries

Antarctica

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%) (2001)

Bouvet Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (93% ice) (2001)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

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) (2001)

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Iceland

arable land:
0.07%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
99.93% (2001)

Jan Mayen

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Svalbard

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (no trees, and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry) (2001)

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

arable land:
12.13%
permanent crops:
0.22%
other:
87.65% (2001)

Armenia

arable land:
17.55%
permanent crops:
2.3%
other:
80.15% (2001)

Azerbaijan

arable land:
19.63%
permanent crops:
2.71%
other:
77.66% (2001)

Bangladesh

arable land:
62.11%
permanent crops:
3.07%
other:
34.82% (2001)

Bhutan

arable land:
3.09%
permanent crops:
0.43%
other:
96.48% (2001)

British Indian Ocean Territory

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

China

arable land:
15.4%
permanent crops:
1.25%
other:
83.35% (2001)

Georgia

arable land:
11.44%
permanent crops:
3.86%
other:
84.7% (2001)

India

arable land:
54.4%
permanent crops:
2.74%
other:
42.86% (2001)

Japan

arable land:
12.19%
permanent crops:
0.96%
other:
86.85% (2001)

Kazakhstan

arable land:
7.98%
permanent crops:
0.05%
other:
91.97% (2001)

Korea, North now North Korea

arable land:
20.76%
permanent crops:
2.49%
other:
76.75% (2001)

Korea, South now South Korea

arable land:
17.18%
permanent crops:
1.95%
other:
80.87% (2001)

Kyrgyzstan

arable land:
7.3%
permanent crops:
0.35%
other:
92.35%

note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural growth walnut forest (2001)

Maldives

arable land:
13.33%
permanent crops:
16.67%
other:
70% (2001)

Mongolia

arable land:
0.77%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
99.23% (2001)

Nepal

arable land:
21.68%
permanent crops:
0.64%
other:
77.68% (2001)

Pakistan

arable land:
27.87%
permanent crops:
0.87%
other:
71.26% (2001)

Russia

arable land:
7.33%
permanent crops:
0.11%
other:
92.56% (2001)

Sri Lanka

arable land:
13.86%
permanent crops:
15.7%
other:
70.44% (2001)

Tajikistan

arable land:
6.61%
permanent crops:
0.92%
other:
92.47% (2001)

Turkmenistan

arable land:
3.72%
permanent crops:
0.14%
other:
96.14% (2001)

Uzbekistan

arable land:
10.83%
permanent crops:
0.83%
other:
88.34% (2001)

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) (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda

arable land:
18.18%
permanent crops:
4.55%
other:
77.27% (2001)

Aruba

arable land:
10.53% (including aloe 0.01%)
permanent crops:
0%
other:
89.47% (2001)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

arable land:
0.8%
permanent crops:
0.4%
other:
98.8% (2001)

Barbados

arable land:
37.21%
permanent crops:
2.33%
other:
60.46% (2001)

Belize

arable land:
2.85%
permanent crops:
1.71%
other:
95.44% (2001)

British Virgin Islands

arable land:
20%
permanent crops:
6.67%
other:
73.33% (2001)

Cayman Islands

arable land:
3.85%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
96.15% (2001)

Costa Rica

arable land:
4.41%
permanent crops:
5.88%
other:
89.71% (2001)

Cuba

arable land:
33.05%
permanent crops:
7.6%
other:
59.35% (2001)

Dominica

arable land:
6.67%
permanent crops:
20%
other:
73.33% (2001)

Dominican Republic

arable land:
22.65%
permanent crops:
10.33%
other:
67.02% (2001)

El Salvador

arable land:
31.85%
permanent crops:
12.07%
other:
56.08% (2001)

Grenada

arable land:
5.88%
permanent crops:
29.41%
other:
64.71% (2001)

Guadeloupe

arable land:
11.24%
permanent crops:
3.55%
other:
85.21% (2001)

Guatemala

arable land:
12.54%
permanent crops:
5.03%
other:
82.43% (2001)

Haiti

arable land:
28.3%
permanent crops:
11.61%
other:
60.09% (2001)

Honduras

arable land:
9.55%
permanent crops:
3.22%
other:
87.23% (2001)

Jamaica

arable land:
16.07%
permanent crops:
10.16%
other:
73.77% (2001)

Martinique

arable land:
10.38%
permanent crops:
9.43%
other:
80.19% (2001)

Montserrat

arable land:
20%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
80% (2001)

Navassa Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Netherlands Antilles

arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
90% (2001)

Nicaragua

arable land:
15.94%
permanent crops:
1.94%
other:
82.12% (2001)

Panama

arable land:
7.36%
permanent crops:
1.98%
other:
90.66% (2001)

Puerto Rico

arable land:
3.95%
permanent crops:
5.52%
other:
90.53% (2001)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

arable land:
19.44%
permanent crops:
2.78%
other:
77.78% (2001)

Saint Lucia

arable land:
6.56%
permanent crops:
22.95%
other:
70.49% (2001)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

arable land:
17.95%
permanent crops:
17.95%
other:
64.1% (2001)

Trinidad and Tobago

arable land:
14.62%
permanent crops:
9.16%
other:
76.22% (2001)

Turks and Caicos Islands

arable land:
2.33%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
97.67% (2001)

Virgin Islands

arable land:
11.76%
permanent crops:
2.94%
other:
85.3% (2001)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

arable land:
21.09%
permanent crops:
4.42%
other:
74.49% (2001)

Andorra

arable land:
2.22%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
97.78% (2001)

Austria

arable land:
16.91%
permanent crops:
0.86%
other:
82.23% (2001)

Belarus

arable land:
29.55%
permanent crops:
0.6%
other:
69.85% (2001)

Belgium

arable land:
23.28%
permanent crops:
0.4%
other:
76.32%

note: includes Luxembourg (2001)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

arable land:
13.6%
permanent crops:
2.96%
other:
83.44% (2001)

Bulgaria

arable land:
40.02%
permanent crops:
1.92%
other:
58.06% (2001)

Croatia

arable land:
26.09%
permanent crops:
2.27%
other:
71.65% (2001)

Czech Republic now Czechia

arable land:
39.8%
permanent crops:
3.05%
other:
57.15% (2001)

Denmark

arable land:
54.02%
permanent crops:
0.19%
other:
45.79% (2001)

Estonia

arable land:
16.04%
permanent crops:
0.45%
other:
83.51% (2001)

European Union

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

Faroe Islands

arable land:
2.14%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
97.86% (2001)

Finland

arable land:
7.19%
permanent crops:
0.03%
other:
92.78% (2001)

France

arable land:
33.53%
permanent crops:
2.07%
other:
64.4% (2001)

Germany

arable land:
33.85%
permanent crops:
0.59%
other:
65.56% (2001)

Gibraltar

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Greece

arable land:
21.1%
permanent crops:
8.78%
other:
70.12% (2001)

Guernsey

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

Holy See (Vatican City)

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (urban area) (2001)

Hungary

arable land:
50.09%
permanent crops:
2.06%
other:
47.85% (2001)

Ireland

arable land:
15.2%
permanent crops:
0.03%
other:
84.77% (2001)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

arable land:
9%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (2002)

Italy

arable land:
27.79%
permanent crops:
9.53%
other:
62.68% (2001)

Jersey

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Latvia

arable land:
29.67%
permanent crops:
0.47%
other:
69.86% (2001)

Liechtenstein

arable land:
25%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
75% (2001)

Lithuania

arable land:
45.22%
permanent crops:
0.91%
other:
53.87% (2001)

Luxembourg

arable land:
23.28%
permanent crops:
0.4%
other:
76.32% (includes Belgium) (2001)

Malta

arable land:
28.13%
permanent crops:
3.13%
other:
68.74% (2001)

Moldova

arable land:
55.3%
permanent crops:
10.79%
other:
33.91% (2001)

Monaco

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (urban area) (2001)

Netherlands

arable land:
26.71%
permanent crops:
0.97%
other:
72.32% (2001)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

arable land:
22.26%
permanent crops:
1.81%
other:
75.93% (2001)

Norway

arable land:
2.87%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
97.13% (2001)

Poland

arable land:
45.91%
permanent crops:
1.12%
other:
52.97% (2001)

Portugal

arable land:
21.75%
permanent crops:
7.81%
other:
70.44% (2001)

Romania

arable land:
40.82%
permanent crops:
2.25%
other:
56.93% (2001)

San Marino

arable land:
16.67%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
83.33% (2001)

Serbia and Montenegro

arable land:
33.35%
permanent crops:
3.2%
other:
63.45% (2001)

Slovakia

arable land:
30.16%
permanent crops:
2.62%
other:
67.22% (2001)

Slovenia

arable land:
8.6%
permanent crops:
1.49%
other:
89.91% (2001)

Spain

arable land:
26.07%
permanent crops:
9.87%
other:
64.06% (2001)

Sweden

arable land:
6.54%
permanent crops:
0.01%
other:
93.45% (2001)

Switzerland

arable land:
10.42%
permanent crops:
0.61%
other:
88.97% (2001)

Ukraine

arable land:
56.21%
permanent crops:
1.61%
other:
42.18% (2001)

United Kingdom

arable land:
23.46%
permanent crops:
0.21%
other:
76.33% (2001)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

arable land:
2.82%
permanent crops:
5.63%
other:
91.55% (2001)

Cyprus

arable land:
7.79%
permanent crops:
4.44%
other:
87.77% (2001)

Gaza Strip

arable land:
28.95%
permanent crops:
21.05%
other:
50% (2001)

Iran

arable land:
8.72%
permanent crops:
1.39%
other:
89.89% (2001)

Iraq

arable land:
13.15%
permanent crops:
0.78%
other:
86.07% (2001)

Israel

arable land:
16.39%
permanent crops:
4.17%
other:
79.44% (2001)

Jordan

arable land:
2.67%
permanent crops:
1.83%
other:
95.5% (2001)

Kuwait

arable land:
0.73%
permanent crops:
0.11%
other:
99.16% (2001)

Lebanon

arable land:
16.62%
permanent crops:
13.98%
other:
69.4% (2001)

Oman

arable land:
0.12%
permanent crops:
0.14%
other:
99.74% (2001)

Qatar

arable land:
1.64%
permanent crops:
0.27%
other:
98.09% (2001)

Saudi Arabia

arable land:
1.67%
permanent crops:
0.09%
other:
98.24% (2001)

Syria

arable land:
25.22%
permanent crops:
4.43%
other:
70.35% (2001)

Turkey now Turkiye

arable land:
30.93%
permanent crops:
3.31%
other:
65.76% (2001)

United Arab Emirates

arable land:
0.6%
permanent crops:
2.25%
other:
97.15% (2001)

West Bank

arable land:
16.9%
permanent crops:
18.97%
other:
64.13% (2001)

Yemen

arable land:
2.78%
permanent crops:
0.24%
other:
96.98% (2001)

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

arable land:
20%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
80% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (2001)

Canada

arable land:
4.96%
permanent crops:
0.02%
other:
95.02% (2001)

Clipperton Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (all coral) (2001)

Mexico

arable land:
12.99%
permanent crops:
1.31%
other:
85.7% (2001)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

arable land:
13.04%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
86.96% (2001)

United States

arable land:
19.13%
permanent crops:
0.22%
other:
80.65% (2001)

Oceania

34 entries

American Samoa

arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
15%
other:
75% (2001)

Australia

arable land:
6.55% (includes about 27 million hectares of cultivated grassland)
permanent crops:
0.04%
other:
93.41% (2001)

Baker Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Cook Islands

arable land:
17.39%
permanent crops:
13.04%
other:
69.57% (2001)

Coral Sea Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2001)

Fiji

arable land:
10.95%
permanent crops:
4.65%
other:
84.4% (2001)

French Polynesia

arable land:
0.82%
permanent crops:
5.46%
other:
93.72% (2001)

Guam

arable land:
9.09%
permanent crops:
16.36%
other:
74.55% (2001)

Howland Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Jarvis Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Johnston Atoll

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Kingman Reef

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Kiribati

arable land:
2.74%
permanent crops:
50.68%
other:
46.58% (2001)

Marshall Islands

arable land:
16.67%
permanent crops:
38.89%
other:
44.44% (2001)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

arable land:
5.71%
permanent crops:
45.71%
other:
48.58% (2001)

Midway Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Nauru

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

New Caledonia

arable land:
0.38%
permanent crops:
0.33%
other:
99.29% (2001)

New Zealand

arable land:
5.6%
permanent crops:
6.99%
other:
87.41% (2001)

Niue

arable land:
15.38%
permanent crops:
11.54%
other:
73.08% (2001)

Norfolk Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Northern Mariana Islands

arable land:
13.04%
permanent crops:
4.35%
other:
82.61% (2001)

Palau

arable land:
8.7%
permanent crops:
4.35%
other:
86.95% (2001)

Palmyra Atoll

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (forests and woodlands) (2005)

Papua New Guinea

arable land:
0.46%
permanent crops:
1.44%
other:
98.1% (2001)

Pitcairn Islands

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

Samoa

arable land:
21.2%
permanent crops:
24.38%
other:
54.42% (2001)

Solomon Islands

arable land:
0.64%
permanent crops:
2%
other:
97.36% (2001)

Tokelau

arable land:
0% (soil is thin and infertile)
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Tonga

arable land:
23.61%
permanent crops:
43.06%
other:
33.33% (2001)

Tuvalu

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Vanuatu

arable land:
2.46%
permanent crops:
7.38%
other:
90.16% (2001)

Wake Island

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Wallis and Futuna

arable land:
5%
permanent crops:
25%
other:
70% (2001)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

arable land:
12.31%
permanent crops:
0.48%
other:
87.21% (2001)

Bolivia

arable land:
2.67%
permanent crops:
0.19%
other:
97.14% (2001)

Brazil

arable land:
6.96%
permanent crops:
0.9%
other:
92.15% (2001)

Chile

arable land:
2.65%
permanent crops:
0.42%
other:
96.93% (2001)

Colombia

arable land:
2.42%
permanent crops:
1.67%
other:
95.91% (2001)

Ecuador

arable land:
5.85%
permanent crops:
4.93%
other:
89.22% (2001)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (2001)

French Guiana

arable land:
0.14%
permanent crops:
0.05%
other:
99.81% (90% forest, 10% other) (2001)

Guyana

arable land:
2.44%
permanent crops:
0.15%
other:
97.41% (2001)

Paraguay

arable land:
7.6%
permanent crops:
0.23%
other:
92.17% (2001)

Peru

arable land:
2.89%
permanent crops:
0.4%
other:
96.71% (2001)

Suriname

arable land:
0.37%
permanent crops:
0.06%
other:
99.57% (2001)

Uruguay

arable land:
7.43%
permanent crops:
0.23%
other:
92.34% (2001)

Venezuela

arable land:
2.95%
permanent crops:
0.92%
other:
96.13% (2001)

Southeast Asia

19 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (all grass and sand) (2001)

Brunei

arable land:
0.57%
permanent crops:
0.76%
other:
98.67% (2001)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

arable land:
15.19%
permanent crops:
0.97%
other:
83.84% (2001)

Cambodia

arable land:
20.96%
permanent crops:
0.61%
other:
78.43% (2001)

Christmas Island

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

note: mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national park (2001)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Hong Kong

arable land:
5.05%
permanent crops:
1.01%
other:
93.94% (2001)

Indonesia

arable land:
11.32%
permanent crops:
7.23%
other:
81.45% (2001)

Laos

arable land:
3.8%
permanent crops:
0.35%
other:
95.85% (2001)

Macau

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

note: "green areas" represent 22.4% (2001)

Malaysia

arable land:
5.48%
permanent crops:
17.61%
other:
76.91% (2001)

Paracel Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Philippines

arable land:
18.95%
permanent crops:
16.77%
other:
64.28% (2001)

Singapore

arable land:
1.64%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
98.36% (2001)

Spratly Islands

arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
100% (2001)

Taiwan

arable land:
24%
permanent crops:
1%
other:
75% (2001)

Thailand

arable land:
29.36%
permanent crops:
6.46%
other:
64.18% (2001)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

arable land:
4.71%
permanent crops:
0.67%
other:
94.62% (2001)

Vietnam

arable land:
19.97%
permanent crops:
5.95%
other:
74.08% (2001)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2005, “Land use”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/land-use/2005.

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