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Annex 2
Statistical annex
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TABLE 5 Land
Variable Agricultural land Arable land Arable land per head of Irrigated land
(thousands (thousands agricultural population (percentage
of hectares) of hectares) (hectare/cap) of arable)
Source FAOSTAT FAOSTAT Calculation from FAOSTAT WDI
Period Closest Closest Closest Closest Closest Closest 1988 2008
1988 2007 1988 2007 1988 2007
Afghanistan 38 040 38 048 7 910 8 531 1.0 0.5 33.8 33.8
Algeria 38 817 41 150 7 101 7 469 1.0 1.0 4.4 6.9
Angola 57 400 57 590 2 900 3 300 0.4 0.3 2.4 2.2
Antigua and Barbuda 14 14 8 8 0.4 0.4 . .
Argentina 127 380 129 355 26 367 32 500 6.5 10.1 . .
Bangladesh 10 063 9 011 9 179 7 970 0.1 0.1 24.8 56.1
Barbados 19 19 16 16 0.8 2.0 17.6 29.4
Belize 115 152 50 70 0.8 1.0 3.0 2.9
Benin 2 210 3 567 1 610 2 700 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4
Bhutan 430 592 140 128 0.3 0.2 26.2 23.5
Bolivia (Plurinational
State of) 35 250 37 768 2 080 3 609 0.7 0.9 5.3 4.1
Botswana 26 010 25 980 409 250 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.3
Brazil 237 687 263 600 49 800 59 500 1.3 2.6 4.4 4.4
Burkina Faso 9 564 10 900 3 504 5 200 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
Burundi 2 145 2 326 930 995 0.2 0.1 1.2 1.5
Cambodia 415 546 3 450 3 800 0.5 0.4 . .
Cameroon 9 210 9 160 5 940 5 960 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.4
Cape Verde 67 74 40 50 0.4 0.5 7.1 6.1
Central African
Republic 5 006 5 220 1 920 1 925 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.1
Chad 48 230 49 230 3 203 4 300 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.8
Chile 16 154 15 245 3 059 1 294 1.3 0.6 45.4 81.0
China 522 704 556 328 122 242 140 630 0.2 0.2 34.5 35.6
Colombia 45 283 42 557 3 639 1 998 0.4 0.3 10.6 24.0
Comoros 127 148 77 80 0.2 0.1 . .
Congo 10 542 10 545 500 495 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4
Costa Rica 2 833 2 895 280 200 0.3 0.3 14.3 20.2
Côte d’Ivoire 18 720 20 300 2 420 2 800 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.1
Cuba 6 788 6 597 3 380 3 573 1.4 2.3 23.0 19.5
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea 2 515 3 050 2 285 2 800 0.3 0.5 55.2 50.3
Democratic Republic
of the Congo 22 850 22 800 6 700 6 700 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Djibouti 18 23 1 1 0.0 . . .
Dominica 3 529 3 420 5 5 0.3 0.4 . .
Dominican Republic 264 16 991 820 0.4 0.7 15.7 20.8
Ecuador 7 726 7 552 1 625 1 195 0.5 0.4 . 29.4
Egypt 2 581 3 520 2 310 3 018 0.1 0.1 100.0 100.0
El Salvador 1 417 1 704 540 682 0.3 0.4 5.0 4.9
Equatorial Guinea 334 324 130 130 0.5 0.3 . .
Eritrea . 754 640 . 0.2 . .
Ethiopia . 33 922 . 14 038 . 0.2 . 2.5
Fiji 380 460 140 170 0.4 0.5 0.5 1.1
Gabon 5 152 5 160 290 325 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.4
Gambia (The) 649 814 194 348 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6
Ghana 12 500 14 735 2 600 4 100 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.5
Grenada 13 13 2 2 0.1 0.1 . .
Guatemala 4 285 4 652 1 300 1 576 0.3 0.3 6.2 6.3
Guinea 11 896 12 570 773 2 200 0.2 0.3 7.5 5.4