The CIA World Factbook Edition 2018 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 2018 edition carries it in 247 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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1990
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Africa

56 entries

Algeria

agricultural land:
17.4% (2014 est.)
arable land:
18.02% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 2.34% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 79.63% (2014 est.)
forest:
0.82% (2014 est.)
other:
81.8% (2014 est.)

Angola

agricultural land:
47.5% (2014 est.)
arable land:
8.3% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 0.5% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 91.23% (2014 est.)
forest:
46.5% (2014 est.)
other:
6% (2014 est.)

Benin

agricultural land:
31.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
22.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 3.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 4.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
40% (2011 est.)
other:
28.7% (2011 est.)

Botswana

agricultural land:
45.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 45.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
19.8% (2011 est.)
other:
34.4% (2011 est.)

Burkina Faso

agricultural land:
43% (2011 est.)
arable land:
20.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 21.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
20.4% (2011 est.)
other:
36.6% (2011 est.)

Burundi

agricultural land:
73.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
38.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 15.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 18.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
6.6% (2011 est.)
other:
20.1% (2011 est.)

Cabo Verde

agricultural land:
18.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
11.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.7% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 6.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
21% (2011 est.)
other:
60.4% (2011 est.)

Cameroon

agricultural land:
20.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
13.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 3.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 4.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
41.7% (2011 est.)
other:
37.7% (2011 est.)

Central African Republic

agricultural land:
8.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 5.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
36.2% (2011 est.)
other:
55.7% (2011 est.)

Chad

agricultural land:
39.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
3.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 35.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
9.1% (2011 est.)
other:
51.3% (2011 est.)

Comoros

agricultural land:
84.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
46.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 29.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 8.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
1.4% (2011 est.)
other:
14.2% (2011 est.)

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

agricultural land:
11.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
3.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 8% (2011 est.)
forest:
67.9% (2011 est.)
other:
20.7% (2011 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

agricultural land:
31.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 29.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
65.6% (2011 est.)
other:
3.3% (2011 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

agricultural land:
64.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
9.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 14.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 41.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
32.7% (2011 est.)
other:
2.5% (2011 est.)

Djibouti

agricultural land:
73.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 73.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
0.2% (2011 est.)
other:
26.4% (2011 est.)

Egypt

agricultural land:
3.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0.1% (2011 est.)
other:
96.3% (2011 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

agricultural land:
10.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
4.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 3.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
57.5% (2011 est.)
other:
32.4% (2011 est.)

Eritrea

agricultural land:
75.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
6.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 68.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
15.1% (2011 est.)
other:
9.8% (2011 est.)

Eswatini

agricultural land:
68.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
9.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 57.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
31.7% (2011 est.)
other:
0% (2011 est.)

Ethiopia

agricultural land:
36.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
15.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 20% (2011 est.)
forest:
12.2% (2011 est.)
other:
51.5% (2011 est.)

Gabon

agricultural land:
19% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 17.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
81% (2011 est.)
other:
0% (2011 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

agricultural land:
56.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
41% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 14.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
43.9% (2011 est.)
other:
0% (2011 est.)

Ghana

agricultural land:
69.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
20.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 11.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 36.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
21.2% (2011 est.)
other:
9.7% (2011 est.)

Guinea

agricultural land:
58.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
11.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 43.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
26.5% (2011 est.)
other:
15.4% (2011 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

agricultural land:
44.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
8.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 6.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 29.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
55.2% (2011 est.)
other:
0% (2011 est.)

Kenya

agricultural land:
48.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
9.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 37.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
6.1% (2011 est.)
other:
45.8% (2011 est.)

Lesotho

agricultural land:
76.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 65.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
1.5% (2011 est.)
other:
22.4% (2011 est.)

Liberia

agricultural land:
28.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
5.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 20.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
44.6% (2011 est.)
other:
27.3% (2011 est.)

Libya

agricultural land:
8.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 7.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
0.1% (2011 est.)
other:
91.1% (2011 est.)

Madagascar

agricultural land:
71.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 64.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
21.5% (2011 est.)
other:
7.4% (2011 est.)

Malawi

agricultural land:
59.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
38.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 19.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
34% (2011 est.)
other:
6.8% (2011 est.)

Mali

agricultural land:
34.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
5.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 28.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
10.2% (2011 est.)
other:
55.7% (2011 est.)

Mauritania

agricultural land:
38.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 38.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
0.2% (2011 est.)
other:
61.3% (2011 est.)

Mauritius

agricultural land:
43.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
38.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 3.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
17.3% (2011 est.)
other:
38.9% (2011 est.)

Morocco

agricultural land:
67.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
17.5% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 47.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
11.5% (2011 est.)
other:
21% (2011 est.)

Mozambique

agricultural land:
56.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
6.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 49.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
43.7% (2011 est.)
other:
0% (2011 est.)

Namibia

agricultural land:
47.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 46.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
8.8% (2011 est.)
other:
44% (2011 est.)

Niger

agricultural land:
35.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
12.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 22.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
1% (2011 est.)
other:
63.9% (2011 est.)

Nigeria

agricultural land:
78% (2011 est.)
arable land:
37.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 7.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 33.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
9.5% (2011 est.)
other:
12.5% (2011 est.)

Rwanda

agricultural land:
74.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
47% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 10.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 17.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
18% (2011 est.)
other:
7.5% (2011 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

agricultural land:
30.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 20.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
5.1% (2011 est.)
other:
64.1% (2011 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

agricultural land:
50.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
9.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 40.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 1% (2011 est.)
forest:
28.1% (2011 est.)
other:
21.2% (2011 est.)

Senegal

agricultural land:
46.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
17.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 29.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
43.8% (2011 est.)
other:
9.4% (2011 est.)

Seychelles

agricultural land:
6.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 4.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
88.5% (2011 est.)
other:
5% (2011 est.)

Sierra Leone

agricultural land:
56.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
23.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 30.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
37.5% (2011 est.)
other:
6.3% (2011 est.)

Somalia

agricultural land:
70.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 68.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
10.6% (2011 est.)
other:
19.1% (2011 est.)

South Africa

agricultural land:
79.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
9.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 69.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
7.6% (2011 est.)
other:
13% (2011 est.)

South Sudan

agricultural land:
100%
arable land:
0% / permanent crops: 0% / permanent pasture: 100%
forest:
0%
other:
0%

Sudan

agricultural land:
100% (2011 est.)
arable land:
15.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 84.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
0% (2011 est.)

Tanzania

agricultural land:
43.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
14.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 27.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
37.3% (2011 est.)
other:
19% (2011 est.)

Togo

agricultural land:
67.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
45.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 3.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 18.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
4.9% (2011 est.)
other:
27.7% (2011 est.)

Tunisia

agricultural land:
64.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
18.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 15.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 31.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
6.6% (2011 est.)
other:
28.6% (2011 est.)

Uganda

agricultural land:
71.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
34.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 11.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 25.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
14.5% (2011 est.)
other:
14.3% (2011 est.)

Western Sahara

agricultural land:
18.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 18.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
2.7% (2011 est.)
other:
78.5% (2011 est.)

Zambia

agricultural land:
31.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
4.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 26.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
66.3% (2011 est.)
other:
2% (2011 est.)

Zimbabwe

agricultural land:
42.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 31.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
39.5% (2011 est.)
other:
18% (2011 est.)

Antarctic Region

4 entries

Antarctica

0% (2015 est.)

Bouvet Island

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

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

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

agricultural land:
0.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
99.4% (2011 est.)

Iceland

agricultural land:
18.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 17.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
0.3% (2011 est.)
other:
81% (2011 est.)

Jan Mayen

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Svalbard

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

agricultural land:
58.1% (2014 est.)
arable land:
20.5% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 0.37% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 79% (2014 est.)
forest:
2.07% (2014 est.)
other:
39.9% (2014 est.)

Armenia

agricultural land:
59.7% (2014 est.)
arable land:
15.8% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 1.9% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 42% (2014 est.)
forest:
9.1% (2014 est.)
other:
31.2% (2014 est.)

Azerbaijan

agricultural land:
57.6% (2014 est.)
arable land:
22.8% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 2.7% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 32.1% (2014 est.)
forest:
11.3% (2014 est.)
other:
31.1% (2014 est.)

Bangladesh

agricultural land:
70.1% (2014 est.)
arable land:
59% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 6.5% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 4.6% (2014 est.)
forest:
11.1% (2014 est.)
other:
18.8% (2014 est.)

Bhutan

agricultural land:
13.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 10.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
85.5% (2011 est.)
other:
0.9% (2011 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

China

agricultural land:
54.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
11.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 41.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
22.3% (2011 est.)
other:
23% (2011 est.)

Georgia

agricultural land:
35.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
5.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 27.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
39.4% (2011 est.)
other:
25.1% (2011 est.)

India

agricultural land:
60.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
52.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 4.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 3.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
23.1% (2011 est.)
other:
16.4% (2011 est.)

Japan

agricultural land:
12.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
11.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
68.5% (2011 est.)
other:
19% (2011 est.)

Kazakhstan

agricultural land:
77.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
8.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 68.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
1.2% (2011 est.)
other:
21.4% (2011 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

agricultural land:
21.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
19.5% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
46% (2011 est.)
other:
32.2% (2011 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

agricultural land:
18.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
15.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
63.9% (2011 est.)
other:
18% (2011 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

agricultural land:
55.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
6.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 48.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
5.1% (2011 est.)
other:
39.5% (2011 est.)

Maldives

agricultural land:
23.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 10% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 3.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
3% (2011 est.)
other:
73.7% (2011 est.)

Mongolia

agricultural land:
73% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 72.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
7% (2011 est.)
other:
20% (2011 est.)

Nepal

agricultural land:
28.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
15.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 12.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
25.4% (2011 est.)
other:
45.8% (2011 est.)

Pakistan

agricultural land:
35.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
27.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 6.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
2.1% (2011 est.)
other:
62.7% (2011 est.)

Russia

agricultural land:
13.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
7.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 5.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
49.4% (2011 est.)
other:
37.5% (2011 est.)

Sri Lanka

agricultural land:
43.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
20.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 15.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 7% (2011 est.)
forest:
29.4% (2011 est.)
other:
27.1% (2011 est.)

Tajikistan

agricultural land:
34.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
6.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 27.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
2.9% (2011 est.)
other:
62.4% (2011 est.)

Turkmenistan

agricultural land:
72% (2011 est.)
arable land:
4.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 67.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
8.8% (2011 est.)
other:
19.2% (2011 est.)

Uzbekistan

agricultural land:
62.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 51.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
7.7% (2011 est.)
other:
29.7% (2011 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

Anguilla

agricultural land:
0% (2014 est.)
arable land:
0% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2014 est.)
forest:
61.1% (2014 est.)
other:
38.9% (2014 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

agricultural land:
20.5% (2014 est.)
arable land:
9.1% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 2.3% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 9.1% (2014 est.)
forest:
22.3% (2014 est.)
other:
57.2% (2014 est.)

Aruba

agricultural land:
11.1% (2014 est.)
arable land:
11.1% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2014 est.)
forest:
2.3% (2014 est.)
other:
86.6% (2014 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

agricultural land:
1.4% (2014 est.)
arable land:
0.8% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 0.4% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.2% (2014 est.)
forest:
51.4% (2014 est.)
other:
47.2% (2014 est.)

Barbados

agricultural land:
32.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
25.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 4.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
19.4% (2011 est.)
other:
48% (2011 est.)

Belize

agricultural land:
6.9% (2011 est.)
arable land:
3.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 2.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
60.6% (2011 est.)
other:
32.5% (2011 est.)

British Virgin Islands

agricultural land:
46.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
6.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 6.7% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 33.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
24.3% (2011 est.)
other:
29% (2011 est.)

Cayman Islands

agricultural land:
11.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 8.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
52.9% (2011 est.)
other:
35.9% (2011 est.)

Costa Rica

agricultural land:
37.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
4.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 6.7% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 25.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
51.5% (2011 est.)
other:
11.4% (2011 est.)

Cuba

agricultural land:
60.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
33.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 3.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 22.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
27.3% (2011 est.)
other:
12.4% (2011 est.)

Curacao

agricultural land:
10% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10% / permanent crops: 0% / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
90% (2011 est.)

Dominica

agricultural land:
34.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 24% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 2.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
59.2% (2011 est.)
other:
6.1% (2011 est.)

Dominican Republic

agricultural land:
51.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
16.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 10.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 24.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
40.8% (2011 est.)
other:
7.7% (2011 est.)

El Salvador

agricultural land:
74.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
33.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 10.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 30.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
13.6% (2011 est.)
other:
11.7% (2011 est.)

Grenada

agricultural land:
32.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
8.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 20.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 2.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
50% (2011 est.)
other:
17.7% (2011 est.)

Guatemala

agricultural land:
41.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
14.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 8.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 18.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
33.6% (2011 est.)
other:
25.2% (2011 est.)

Haiti

agricultural land:
66.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
38.5% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 10.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 17.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
3.6% (2011 est.)
other:
30% (2011 est.)

Honduras

agricultural land:
28.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
9.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 15.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
45.3% (2011 est.)
other:
25.9% (2011 est.)

Jamaica

agricultural land:
41.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
11.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 9.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 21.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
31.1% (2011 est.)
other:
27.5% (2011 est.)

Montserrat

agricultural land:
30% (2011 est.)
arable land:
20% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 10% (2011 est.)
forest:
25% (2011 est.)
other:
45% (2011 est.)

Navassa Island

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Nicaragua

agricultural land:
42.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
12.5% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 27.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
25.3% (2011 est.)
other:
32.5% (2011 est.)

Panama

agricultural land:
30.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
7.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 20.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
43.6% (2011 est.)
other:
25.9% (2011 est.)

Puerto Rico

agricultural land:
22% (2011 est.)
arable land:
6.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 5.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 9.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
63.2% (2011 est.)
other:
14.8% (2011 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

agricultural land:
23.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
19.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 3.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
42.3% (2011 est.)
other:
34.6% (2011 est.)

Saint Lucia

agricultural land:
17.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
4.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 11.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 1% (2011 est.)
forest:
77% (2011 est.)
other:
5.6% (2011 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

agricultural land:
25.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
12.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 7.7% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 5.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
68.7% (2011 est.)
other:
5.7% (2011 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

agricultural land:
10.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
4.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 4.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 1.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
44% (2011 est.)
other:
45.4% (2011 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

agricultural land:
1.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
36.2% (2011 est.)
other:
62.7% (2011 est.)

Virgin Islands

agricultural land:
11.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 5.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
57.4% (2011 est.)
other:
31.1% (2011 est.)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

agricultural land:
42.86% (2014 est.)
arable land:
52.42% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 6.84% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 40.73% (2014 est.)
forest:
28.19% (2014 est.)
other:
28.95% (2014 est.)

Andorra

agricultural land:
44.47% (2014 est.)
arable land:
13.4% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 86.6% (2014 est.)
forest:
34% (2014 est.)
other:
21.5% (2014 est.)

Austria

agricultural land:
38.4% (2014 est.)
arable land:
16.5% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 0.8% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 21.1% (2014 est.)
forest:
47.2% (2014 est.)
other:
14.4% (2014 est.)

Belarus

agricultural land:
43.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
27.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 15.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
42.7% (2011 est.)
other:
13.6% (2011 est.)

Belgium

agricultural land:
44.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
27.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 16.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
22.4% (2011 est.)
other:
33.5% (2011 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

agricultural land:
42.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
19.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 20.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
42.8% (2011 est.)
other:
15% (2011 est.)

Bulgaria

agricultural land:
46.9% (2011 est.)
arable land:
29.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 15.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
36.7% (2011 est.)
other:
16.4% (2011 est.)

Croatia

agricultural land:
23.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
16% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 6.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
34.4% (2011 est.)
other:
41.9% (2011 est.)

Czechia

agricultural land:
54.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
41% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 12.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
34.4% (2011 est.)
other:
10.8% (2011 est.)

Denmark

agricultural land:
63.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
58.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 4.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
12.9% (2011 est.)
other:
23.7% (2011 est.)

note: highest percentage of arable land for any country in the world

Estonia

agricultural land:
22.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
14.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 7.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
52.1% (2011 est.)
other:
25.7% (2011 est.)

Faroe Islands

agricultural land:
2.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0.1% (2011 est.)
other:
97.8% (2011 est.)

Finland

agricultural land:
7.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
7.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
72.9% (2011 est.)
other:
19.6% (2011 est.)

France

agricultural land:
52.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
33.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 17.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
29.2% (2011 est.)
other:
18.1% (2011 est.)

Germany

agricultural land:
48% (2011 est.)
arable land:
34.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 13.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
31.8% (2011 est.)
other:
20.2% (2011 est.)

Gibraltar

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Greece

agricultural land:
63.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
19.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 8.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 34.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
30.5% (2011 est.)
other:
6.1% (2011 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Hungary

agricultural land:
58.9% (2011 est.)
arable land:
48.5% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 8.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
22.5% (2011 est.)
other:
18.6% (2011 est.)

Ireland

agricultural land:
66.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
15.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 50.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
10.9% (2011 est.)
other:
23% (2011 est.)

Isle of Man

agricultural land:
74.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
43.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 30.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
6.1% (2011 est.)
other:
19.2% (2011 est.)

Italy

agricultural land:
47.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
22.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 8.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 15.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
31.4% (2011 est.)
other:
21.5% (2011 est.)

Jersey

agricultural land:
66% (2011 est.)
arable land:
66% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
34% (2011 est.)

Kosovo

agricultural land:
52.8% (2001 est.)
arable land:
27.4% (2001 est.) / permanent crops: 1.9% (2001 est.) / permanent pasture: 23.5% (2001 est.)
forest:
41.7% (2001 est.)
other:
5.5% (2001 est.)

Latvia

agricultural land:
29.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
18.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 10.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
54.1% (2011 est.)
other:
16.7% (2011 est.)

Liechtenstein

agricultural land:
37.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
18.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 18.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
43.1% (2011 est.)
other:
19.3% (2011 est.)

Lithuania

agricultural land:
44.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
34.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 9.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
34.6% (2011 est.)
other:
20.6% (2011 est.)

Luxembourg

agricultural land:
50.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
24% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 26.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
33.5% (2011 est.)
other:
15.8% (2011 est.)

Malta

agricultural land:
32.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
28.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 3.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0.9% (2011 est.)
other:
66.8% (2011 est.)

Moldova

agricultural land:
74.9% (2011 est.)
arable land:
55.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 9.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 10.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
11.9% (2011 est.)
other:
13.2% (2011 est.)

Monaco

agricultural land:
1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
99% (2011 est.)

Montenegro

agricultural land:
38.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
12.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 24.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
40.4% (2011 est.)
other:
21.4% (2011 est.)

Netherlands

agricultural land:
55.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
29.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 24.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
10.8% (2011 est.)
other:
34.1% (2011 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

agricultural land:
44.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
16.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 26.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
39.8% (2011 est.)
other:
15.9% (2011 est.)

Norway

agricultural land:
2.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
27.8% (2011 est.)
other:
69.5% (2011 est.)

Poland

agricultural land:
48.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
36.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 10.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
30.6% (2011 est.)
other:
21.2% (2011 est.)

Portugal

agricultural land:
39.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
11.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 7.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 20% (2011 est.)
forest:
37.8% (2011 est.)
other:
22.5% (2011 est.)

Romania

agricultural land:
60.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
39.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 19.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
28.7% (2011 est.)
other:
10.6% (2011 est.)

San Marino

agricultural land:
16.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
16.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
83.3% (2011 est.)

Serbia

agricultural land:
57.9% (2011 est.)
arable land:
37.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 3.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 16.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
31.6% (2011 est.)
other:
10.5% (2011 est.)

Slovakia

agricultural land:
40.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
28.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 10.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
40.2% (2011 est.)
other:
19.7% (2011 est.)

Slovenia

agricultural land:
22.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
8.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 13.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
62.3% (2011 est.)
other:
14.9% (2011 est.)

Spain

agricultural land:
54.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
24.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 9.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 20.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
36.8% (2011 est.)
other:
9.1% (2011 est.)

Sweden

agricultural land:
7.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
6.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 1.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
68.7% (2011 est.)
other:
23.8% (2011 est.)

Switzerland

agricultural land:
38.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 27.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
31.5% (2011 est.)
other:
29.8% (2011 est.)

Ukraine

agricultural land:
71.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
56.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 13.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
16.8% (2011 est.)
other:
12% (2011 est.)

United Kingdom

agricultural land:
71% (2011 est.)
arable land:
25.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 45.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
11.9% (2011 est.)
other:
17.1% (2011 est.)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

agricultural land:
11.3% (2014 est.)
arable land:
2.1% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 3.9% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 5.3% (2014 est.)
forest:
0.7% (2014 est.)
other:
88% (2014 est.)

Cyprus

agricultural land:
13.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
9.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 3.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
18.8% (2011 est.)
other:
67.8% (2011 est.)

Iran

agricultural land:
30.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 18.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
6.8% (2011 est.)
other:
63.1% (2011 est.)

Iraq

agricultural land:
18.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
8.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 9.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
1.9% (2011 est.)
other:
80% (2011 est.)

Israel

agricultural land:
23.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
13.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 3.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 6.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
7.1% (2011 est.)
other:
69.1% (2011 est.)

Jordan

agricultural land:
11.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 8.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
1.1% (2011 est.)
other:
87.5% (2011 est.)

Kuwait

agricultural land:
8.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 7.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
0.4% (2011 est.)
other:
91.1% (2011 est.)

Lebanon

agricultural land:
63.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
11.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 12.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 39.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
13.4% (2011 est.)
other:
23.3% (2011 est.)

Oman

agricultural land:
4.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 4.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
95.3% (2011 est.)

Qatar

agricultural land:
5.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 4.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
94.4% (2011 est.)

Saudi Arabia

agricultural land:
80.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.5% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 79.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
0.5% (2011 est.)
other:
18.8% (2011 est.)

Syria

agricultural land:
75.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
25.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 5.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 44.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
2.7% (2011 est.)
other:
21.5% (2011 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

agricultural land:
49.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
26.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 19% (2011 est.)
forest:
14.9% (2011 est.)
other:
35.4% (2011 est.)

United Arab Emirates

agricultural land:
4.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.5% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 3.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
3.8% (2011 est.)
other:
91.6% (2011 est.)

West Bank

agricultural land:
43.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
7.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 11% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 24.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
1.5% (2011 est.)
other:
55.2% (2011 est.)

note: includes Gaza Strip

Yemen

agricultural land:
44.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 41.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
1% (2011 est.)
other:
54.5% (2011 est.)

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

agricultural land:
14.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
14.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
20% (2011 est.)
other:
65.2% (2011 est.)

Canada

agricultural land:
6.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
4.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 1.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
34.1% (2011 est.)
other:
59.1% (2011 est.)

Clipperton Island

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Mexico

agricultural land:
54.9% (2011 est.)
arable land:
11.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 41.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
33.3% (2011 est.)
other:
11.8% (2011 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

agricultural land:
8.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
8.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
12.5% (2011 est.)
other:
78.8% (2011 est.)

United States

agricultural land:
44.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
16.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 27.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
33.3% (2011 est.)
other:
22.2% (2011 est.)

Oceania

29 entries

American Samoa

agricultural land:
21.8% (2014 est.)
arable land:
61.22% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 38.78% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2014 est.)
forest:
78.2% (2014 est.)
other:
0% (2014 est.)

Australia

agricultural land:
52.9% (2014 est.)
arable land:
11.6% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 0.09% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 88.4% (2014 est.)
forest:
16.2% (2014 est.)
other:
30.9% (2014 est.)

Cook Islands

agricultural land:
8.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
4.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 4.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
64.6% (2011 est.)
other:
27% (2011 est.)

Coral Sea Islands

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Fiji

agricultural land:
23.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 4.7% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 9.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
55.7% (2011 est.)
other:
21% (2011 est.)

French Polynesia

agricultural land:
12.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 6.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 5.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
43.7% (2011 est.)
other:
43.8% (2011 est.)

Guam

agricultural land:
33.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 16.7% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 14.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
47.9% (2011 est.)
other:
18.7% (2011 est.)

Kiribati

agricultural land:
42% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.5% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 39.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
15% (2011 est.)
other:
43% (2011 est.)

Marshall Islands

agricultural land:
50.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
7.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 31.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 11.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
49.3% (2011 est.)
other:
0% (2011 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

agricultural land:
25.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.3% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 19.7% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 3.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
74.5% (2011 est.)
other:
0% (2011 est.)

Midway Islands

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Nauru

agricultural land:
20% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 20% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
80% (2011 est.)

New Caledonia

agricultural land:
10.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 9.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
45.9% (2011 est.)
other:
43.7% (2011 est.)

New Zealand

agricultural land:
43.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 41.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
31.4% (2011 est.)
other:
25.4% (2011 est.)

Niue

agricultural land:
19.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
3.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 11.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 3.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
71.2% (2011 est.)
other:
9.7% (2011 est.)

Norfolk Island

agricultural land:
25% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 25% (2011 est.)
forest:
11.5% (2011 est.)
other:
63.5% (2011 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

agricultural land:
6.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 2.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
65.5% (2011 est.)
other:
27.9% (2011 est.)

Palau

agricultural land:
10.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 4.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 4.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
87.6% (2011 est.)
other:
1.6% (2011 est.)

Papua New Guinea

agricultural land:
2.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.5% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
63.1% (2011 est.)
other:
34.3% (2011 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
74.5% (2011 est.)
other:
25.5% (2011 est.)

Samoa

agricultural land:
12.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 7.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 1.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
60.4% (2011 est.)
other:
27.2% (2011 est.)

Solomon Islands

agricultural land:
3.9% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.3% (2011 est.)
forest:
78.9% (2011 est.)
other:
17.2% (2011 est.)

Tokelau

agricultural land:
60% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 60% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
40% (2011 est.)

Tonga

agricultural land:
43.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
22.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 15.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 5.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
12.5% (2011 est.)
other:
44.4% (2011 est.)

Tuvalu

agricultural land:
60% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 60% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
33.3% (2011 est.)
other:
6.7% (2011 est.)

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Vanuatu

agricultural land:
15.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 10.3% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 3.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
36.1% (2011 est.)
other:
48.6% (2011 est.)

Wake Island

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

agricultural land:
42.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
7.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 35.7% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
41.9% (2011 est.)
other:
15.3% (2011 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

agricultural land:
53.9% (2014 est.)
arable land:
13.9% (2014 est.) / permanent crops: 0.4% (2014 est.) / permanent pasture: 39.6% (2014 est.)
forest:
10.7% (2014 est.)
other:
35.4% (2014 est.)

Bolivia

agricultural land:
34.3% (2011 est.)
arable land:
3.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 30.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
52.5% (2011 est.)
other:
13.2% (2011 est.)

Brazil

agricultural land:
32.9% (2011 est.)
arable land:
8.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 23.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
61.9% (2011 est.)
other:
5.2% (2011 est.)

Chile

agricultural land:
21.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 18.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
21.9% (2011 est.)
other:
57% (2011 est.)

Colombia

agricultural land:
37.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
1.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 34.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
54.4% (2011 est.)
other:
8.1% (2011 est.)

Ecuador

agricultural land:
29.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
4.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 5.6% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 19.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
38.9% (2011 est.)
other:
31.4% (2011 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

agricultural land:
92.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 92.4% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
7.6% (2011 est.)

Guyana

agricultural land:
8.4% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 6.2% (2011 est.)
forest:
77.4% (2011 est.)
other:
14.2% (2011 est.)

Paraguay

agricultural land:
53.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 42.8% (2011 est.)
forest:
43.8% (2011 est.)
other:
2.4% (2011 est.)

Peru

agricultural land:
18.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
3.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 14.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
53% (2011 est.)
other:
28.2% (2011 est.)

Suriname

agricultural land:
0.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.4% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
94.6% (2011 est.)
other:
4.9% (2011 est.)

Uruguay

agricultural land:
87.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 76.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
10.2% (2011 est.)
other:
2.6% (2011 est.)

Venezuela

agricultural land:
24.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
3.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 20.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
52.1% (2011 est.)
other:
23.4% (2011 est.)

Southeast Asia

19 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

0% (2014 est.)

Brunei

agricultural land:
2.5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 1.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
71.8% (2011 est.)
other:
25.7% (2011 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

agricultural land:
19.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
16.5% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
48.2% (2011 est.)
other:
32.6% (2011 est.)

Cambodia

agricultural land:
32.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
22.7% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 8.5% (2011 est.)
forest:
56.5% (2011 est.)
other:
11.4% (2011 est.)

Christmas Island

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Hong Kong

agricultural land:
5% (2011 est.)
arable land:
3.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
95% (2011 est.)

Indonesia

agricultural land:
31.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
13% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 12.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 6.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
51.7% (2011 est.)
other:
17.1% (2011 est.)

Laos

agricultural land:
10.6% (2011 est.)
arable land:
6.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.7% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 3.7% (2011 est.)
forest:
67.9% (2011 est.)
other:
21.5% (2011 est.)

Macau

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Malaysia

agricultural land:
23.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
2.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 19.4% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.9% (2011 est.)
forest:
62% (2011 est.)
other:
14.8% (2011 est.)

Paracel Islands

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Philippines

agricultural land:
41% (2011 est.)
arable land:
18.2% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 17.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 5% (2011 est.)
forest:
25.9% (2011 est.)
other:
33.1% (2011 est.)

Singapore

agricultural land:
1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
3.3% (2011 est.)
other:
95.7% (2011 est.)

Spratly Islands

agricultural land:
0% (2011 est.)
arable land:
0% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 0% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0% (2011 est.)
forest:
0% (2011 est.)
other:
100% (2011 est.)

Taiwan

agricultural land:
22.7% (2011 est.)
arable land:
16.9% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 5.8% (2011 est.)
other:
77.3% (2011 est.)

Thailand

agricultural land:
41.2% (2011 est.)
arable land:
30.8% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 8.8% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 1.6% (2011 est.)
forest:
37.2% (2011 est.)
other:
21.6% (2011 est.)

Timor-Leste

agricultural land:
25.1% (2011 est.)
arable land:
10.1% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 4.9% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 10.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
49.1% (2011 est.)
other:
25.8% (2011 est.)

Vietnam

agricultural land:
34.8% (2011 est.)
arable land:
20.6% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 12.1% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 2.1% (2011 est.)
forest:
45% (2011 est.)
other:
20.2% (2011 est.)

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