Agricultural landa
% of land area 1990–92 2007–09
Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Rep. Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea, Dem. Rep. Korea, Rep. Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Macedonia, FYR Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar
30 68 61 23 39 23 64 27 54 44 15 13 82 48 21 22 .. 8 53 7 41 59 77 26 9 54 51 63 45 23 26 38 56 54 78 80 69 61 16 47 29 59 61 34 28 80 3 3 34 29 2 44 17 37 62 42 46 6
29 64 61 30 30 20 61 24 47 41 13 12 77 48 24 19 52 8 55 10 29 67 77 27 9 43 40 70 59 24 34 38 48 53 75 75 67 63 19 47 30 57 44 43 35 82 3 6 34 30 3 53 17 40 53 40 21 6
Average annual precipitation
% irrigated 2007–09
millimeters 2007–09
.. 1.8 35.1 .. 19.0 .. .. 28.4 18.8 .. 35.2 9.2 .. 0.0 .. 51.6 .. .. 9.4 .. 0.0 19.9 .. .. .. .. 7.3 2.2 0.5 .. .. .. 21.4 5.5 9.2 .. 4.6 .. 24.8 .. 27.7 10.6 .. .. .. .. .. 4.0 73.9 .. .. .. .. .. 0.4 11.4 8.5 ..
1,976 589 1,083 2,702 228 216 1,118 435 832 2,051 1,668 111 250 630 1,054 1,274 .. 121 533 1,834 641 661 788 2,391 56 656 619 1,513 1,181 2,875 282 92 2,041 752 450 241 346 1,032 2,091 285 1,500 778 1,732 2,391 151 1,150 1,414 125 494 2,692 3,142 1,130 1,738 2,348 600 854 2,054 74
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ENVIRONMENT
Agricultural inputs Land under cereal production
Fertilizer consumption
Agricultural employment
Agricultural machinery
thousand hectares 1990–92 2008–10
kilograms per hectare % of of arable fertilizer land production 2007–09 2007–09
% of total employment 1990–92 2007–09
Tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land 1990 2009
516.8 2,746.0 99,499.5 14,732.7 9,787.4 3,919.5 295.3 104.9 4,225.4 2.9 2,430.9 121.1 22,152.4 1,804.8 1,517.6 1,293.2 .. 0.3 578.0 597.9 696.7 42.1 153.1 120.0 287.7 1,134.0 235.2 1,340.2 1,430.2 693.8 2,451.6 123.6 0.5 9,928.3 675.6 592.6 5,019.6 1,376.9 5,577.5 195.2 2,840.0 180.9 135.3 295.1 7,554.6 16,836.0 359.2 2.8 11,758.2 183.6 2.1 501.0 609.0 6,719.2 8,321.1 751.9 0.4 1.2
538.5 .. 2,585.7 154.0 92,610.0 166.3 17,387.5 110.9 9,440.3 125.4 2,555.5 118.6 276.4 .. 79.1 2.5 3,494.3 186.5 2.0 .. 1,941.8 114.3 44.5 32.3 15,068.4 34.1 2,542.4 .. 1,268.2 .. 970.4 87.8 .. .. 1.1 0.2 579.8 .. 1,090.6 .. 531.2 .. 64.9 3.1 190.5 .. 251.2 .. 329.0 28.2 1,037.6 8.5 161.8 .. 1,729.0 .. 1,831.2 53,107.2 680.1 126.3 3,975.1 .. 291.5 .. 0.1 .. 9,980.0 328.9 884.7 .. 259.1 .. 5,059.7 12.5 2,490.7 .. 8,732.4 185.8 309.9 .. 3,383.2 .. 210.4 16.3 135.5 238.3 464.9 .. 10,629.4 .. 13,808.9 .. 300.6 29.3 3.1 2.5 13,288.7 150.7 154.9 .. 3.4 .. 1,439.3 .. 1,248.7 98,094.6 6,853.3 1,408.8 8,423.6 101.4 324.7 91.8 0.2 .. 2.1 2.8
62.3 80.0 167.8 181.4 69.7 37.2 477.3 189.5 135.5 58.2 235.1 2,444.2 2.4 32.4 .. 388.8 .. 54.5 21.0 .. 64.9 19.9 .. .. 40.3 45.4 56.9 2.6 26.6 769.8 3.2 .. 209.4 51.7 9.4 7.9 20.8 2.9 5.4 1.6 1.4 240.9 1,231.7 22.2 0.1 2.1 191.3 236.4 217.2 46.8 119.8 66.4 104.5 140.5 144.6 159.1 .. 3,191.7
38.2 11.3 .. 54.9 .. .. 11.6 3.5 8.0 27.3 6.4 .. .. .. .. 15.8 .. .. 38.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21.8 .. .. 14.3 26.8 40.0 .. 3.6 .. 69.1 48.2 81.2 3.7 10.8 38.9 .. .. 5.5 .. 48.3 26.3 .. 1.9 0.8 45.4 25.0 11.5 3.4 ..
34.6 4.6 .. 39.7 21.2 23.4 5.0 1.7 3.7 20.2 3.9 3.0 29.4 .. .. 7.0 .. .. 34.0 .. 8.7 .. .. 47.6 .. 9.2 19.7 .. .. 13.5 .. .. 9.0 13.5 31.1 40.0 40.9 .. .. 16.3 .. 2.5 6.6 29.5 .. .. 2.7 .. 44.7 17.9 .. 26.5 0.8 35.2 13.3 11.2 1.5 2.3
30.9 97.7 60.7 2.2 141.5 65.8 1,623.4 798.8 1,586.5 .. 4,492.9 340.8 62.0 20.0 295.4 211.0 .. 220.0 189.4 8.5 363.7 174.9 57.7 .. 184.3 256.0 730.2 4.9 .. 152.9 10.2 8.4 .. 123.5 310.1 80.3 45.0 .. 13.6 .. 21.9 2,073.1 315.1 20.0 0.2 4.7 1,779.1 41.1 129.7 102.0 59.4 71.6 36.3 65.2 823.6 563.1 438.5 84.0
2012 World Development Indicators
48.7 261.8 128.5 2.0 152.8 92.2 1,476.4 695.3 2,117.1 .. 4,532.1 301.7 24.2 25.2 .. 1,115.4 .. 89.0 188.1 .. 501.4 .. .. .. 218.9 631.8 1,243.8 1.9 .. .. 2.2 9.8 .. 97.7 197.6 40.0 .. .. 10.7 .. 111.7 1,301.5 .. .. .. 6.6 1,539.1 58.1 153.4 147.2 .. 69.1 .. 116.8 1,257.9 1,397.7 525.0 63.1
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