ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

                  
                           

Land Use

                
last update: April 2007
 
                           
 Agricultural land
   
                           
latest
year available
Agricultural area
% change
since 1990
% of total
land area
Arable land
Land under permanent crops
Land under permanent pasture
             
 
km2
%
%
km2
km2
km2
Afghanistan
2003
380 480
0.0
58.3
79 100
1 380
300 000
Albania
2005
11 230
0.2
41.0
5 780
1 220
4 230
Algeria
2003
399 560
3.3
16.8
75 450
6 700
317 410
American Samoa
2003
50
25.0
25.0
20
30
...
Andorra
2005
260
0.0
55.3
10
...
250
Angola
2003
575 900
0.3
46.2
33 000
2 900
540 000
Antigua and Barbuda
2003
140
0.0
31.8
80
20
40
Argentina
2003
1 287 470
1.1
47.0
279 000
10 000
998 470
Armenia
2005
13 900
...
49.3
4 950
600
8 350
Aruba
2003
20
0.0
10.5
20
...
...
Australia
2005
4 451 490
-4.2
57.9
494 020
3 400
3 954 070
Austria
2005
32 630
-6.8
39.6
13 870
660
18 100
Azerbaijan
2005
47 586
...
57.6
18 432
2 215
26 939
Bahamas
2003
140
16.7
1.4
80
40
20
Bahrain
2005
100
25.0
14.1
20
40
40
Bangladesh
2005
90 150
-10.2
69.3
79 550
4 600
6 000
Barbados
2003
190
0.0
44.2
160
10
20
Belarus
2005
88 600
...
42.7
54 550
1 160
32 890
Belgium
2005
13 860
...
45.8
8 440
230
5 190
Belize
2003
1 520
20.6
6.7
700
320
500
Benin
2003
34 670
52.7
31.3
26 500
2 670
5 500
Bermuda
2003
10
0.0
20.0
10
...
...
Bhutan
2005
5 920
37.0
12.6
1 590
180
4 150
Bolivia
2003
370 870
4.6
34.2
30 500
2 060
338 310
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2005
21 470
...
41.9
10 000
970
10 500
Botswana
2003
259 800
-0.2
45.8
3 770
30
256 000
Brazil
2003
2 636 000
9.1
31.2
590 000
76 000
1 970 000
British Virgin Islands
2003
90
0.0
60.0
30
10
50
Brunei Darussalam
2005
250
92.3
4.7
140
50
60
Bulgaria
2005
52 650
-14.5
48.5
31 730
2 010
18 910
Burkina Faso
2003
109 000
13.8
39.8
48 400
600
60 000
Burundi
2003
23 450
10.4
91.3
9 900
3 650
9 900
Cambodia
2005
53 560
-0.1
30.3
37 000
1 560
15 000
Cameroon
2003
91 600
-0.1
19.7
59 600
12 000
20 000
Canada
2003
675 050
-0.4
7.4
456 600
64 550
153 900
Cape Verde
2003
740
8.8
18.4
460
30
250
Cayman Islands
2003
30
0.0
11.5
10
...
20
Central African Republic
2003
51 490
2.9
8.3
19 300
940
31 250
Chad
2003
486 300
0.7
38.6
36 000
300
450 000
Chile
2003
152 420
-4.1
20.4
19 820
3 250
129 350
China
2005
5 554 880
4.7
59.8
1 426 880
128 000
4 000 000
China, Hong Kong SAR
2005
70
-12.5
6.7
50
10
10
Colombia
2005
425 570
-5.6
38.4
20 040
16 090
389 440
Comoros
2003
1 470
14.8
65.9
800
520
150
Congo
2003
105 470
0.2
30.9
4 950
520
100 000
Cook Islands
2003
60
0.0
25.0
40
20
...
Costa Rica
2003
28 650
0.9
56.1
2 250
3 000
23 400
Cote d'Ivoire
2003
199 000
5.1
62.6
33 000
36 000
130 000
Croatia
2005
26 950
...
48.2
11 100
1 160
14 690
Cuba
2003
66 550
-1.3
60.6
30 630
7 250
28 670
Cyprus
2005
1 430
-11.7
15.5
1 000
390
40
Czech Republic
2005
42 590
...
55.1
30 470
2 380
9 740
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
2003
228 000
-0.3
10.1
67 000
11 000
150 000
Denmark
2005
25 890
-7.1
61.0
22 370
70
3 450
Djibouti
2003
17 010
30.9
73.4
10
...
17 000
Dominica
2003
230
27.8
30.7
50
160
20
Dominican Republic
2003
36 960
3.0
76.4
10 960
5 000
21 000
Ecuador
2005
75 520
-3.7
27.3
13 480
12 140
49 900
Egypt
2005
35 200
32.9
3.5
30 000
5 200
...
El Salvador
2003
17 040
17.5
82.2
6 600
2 500
7 940
Equatorial Guinea
2003
3 340
0.0
11.9
1 300
1 000
1 040
Eritrea
2003
75 320
...
74.6
5 620
30
69 670
Estonia
2005
8 340
...
19.7
5 910
120
2 310
Ethiopia
2003
317 690
...
31.8
110 560
7 130
200 000
Faeroe Islands
2003
30
0.0
2.1
30
...
...
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2003
11 300
-5.0
92.9
...
...
11 300
Fiji
2003
4 600
12.2
25.2
2 000
850
1 750
Finland
2005
22 660
-5.5
7.4
22 340
60
260
France
2005
295 690
-3.3
53.8
185 070
11 280
99 340
French Guiana
2003
230
9.5
0.3
120
40
70
French Polynesia
2003
450
4.7
12.3
30
220
200
Gabon
2003
51 600
0.1
20.0
3 250
1 700
46 650
Gambia
2003
7 790
22.3
77.9
3 150
50
4 590
Georgia
2005
30 060
...
43.3
8 020
2 640
19 400
Germany
2005
170 300
-5.6
48.8
119 030
1 980
49 290
Ghana
2003
147 350
16.9
64.8
41 850
22 000
83 500
Greece
2005
83 590
-9.4
64.8
26 270
11 320
46 000
Greenland
2003
2 350
0.0
0.6
...
...
2 350
Grenada
2003
130
0.0
38.2
20
100
10
Guadeloupe
2003
460
-13.2
27.2
200
50
210
Guam
2003
200
0.0
36.4
20
100
80
Guatemala
2003
46 520
8.6
42.9
14 400
6 100
26 020
Guinea
2003
124 500
3.6
50.7
11 000
6 500
107 000
Guinea-Bissau
2003
16 300
8.9
58.0
3 000
2 500
10 800
Guyana
2003
17 400
0.5
8.8
4 800
300
12 300
Haiti
2003
15 900
-0.4
57.7
7 800
3 200
4 900
Honduras
2003
29 360
-11.6
26.2
10 680
3 600
15 080
Hungary
2005
58 640
-9.4
65.4
46 000
2 070
10 570
Iceland
2005
22 810
0.0
22.8
70
...
22 740
India
2005
1 801 800
-0.5
60.6
1 596 500
100 000
105 300
Indonesia
2005
478 000
6.0
26.4
230 000
136 000
112 000
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2005
616 000
1.8
37.6
161 000
15 000
440 000
Iraq
2003
100 190
4.5
22.9
57 500
2 690
40 000
Ireland
2005
42 270
-25.2
61.4
12 150
20
30 100
Israel
2005
5 170
-10.7
23.9
3 170
750
1 250
Italy
2005
146 940
-12.7
50.0
77 440
25 390
44 110
Jamaica
2003
5 130
7.8
47.4
1 740
1 100
2 290
Japan
2005
46 920
-17.6
12.9
43 600
3 320
...
Jordan
2005
10 120
-2.7
11.5
1 840
860
7 420
Kazakhstan
2005
2 075 980
...
76.9
223 640
1 360
1 850 980
Kenya
2003
265 120
2.0
46.6
46 500
5 620
213 000
Kiribati
2003
370
-5.1
50.7
20
350
...
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
2005
30 500
21.1
25.3
28 000
2 000
500
Korea, Republic of
2005
18 930
-13.1
19.2
16 350
2 000
580
Kuwait
2005
1 540
9.2
8.6
150
30
1 360
Kyrgyzstan
2005
107 450
...
56.0
12 840
720
93 890
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
2005
19 590
18.0
8.5
10 000
810
8 780
Latvia
2005
17 340
...
27.8
10 920
130
6 290
Lebanon
2003
3 290
3.8
32.2
1 700
1 430
160
Lesotho
2003
23 340
0.6
76.9
3 300
40
20 000
Liberia
2003
26 020
-0.2
27.0
3 820
2 200
20 000
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2003
154 500
0.0
8.8
18 150
3 350
133 000
Liechtenstein
2005
90
-10.0
56.3
40
...
50
Lithuania
2005
28 370
...
45.3
19 060
400
8 910
Luxembourg
2005
1 290
...
49.8
600
20
670
Madagascar
2003
275 500
0.8
47.4
29 500
6 000
240 000
Malawi
2003
44 400
17.8
47.2
24 500
1 400
18 500
Malaysia
2003
78 700
8.9
24.0
18 000
57 850
2 850
Maldives
2003
140
55.6
46.7
40
90
10
Mali
2005
394 790
23.0
32.4
48 000
400
346 390
Malta
2005
100
-23.1
31.3
90
10
...
Marshall Islands
2005
140
...
77.8
20
80
40
Martinique
2003
320
-17.9
30.2
100
110
110