Chapter M: Major infectious diseases (115)

Syria
Supreme Judicial Council (appoints and dismisses judges;
headed by the president); national level - Supreme Constitutional
Court (adjudicates electoral disputes and rules on constitutionality
of laws and decrees; justices appointed for four-year terms by the
president); Court of Cassation; Appeals Courts (Appeals Courts
represent an intermediate level between the Court of Cassation and
local level courts); local level - Magistrate Courts; Courts of
First Instance; Juvenile Courts; Customs Courts; specialized courts
- Economic Security Courts (hear cases related to economic crimes);
Supreme State Security Court (hear cases related to national
security); Personal Status Courts (religious; hear cases related to
marriage and divorce)

Taiwan
Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with
consent of the Legislative Yuan)

Tajikistan
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Tanzania
Permanent Commission of Enquiry (official ombudsman); Court
of Appeal (consists of a chief justice and four judges); High Court
(consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by the
president; holds regular sessions in all regions); District Courts;
Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can be made to the
higher courts)

Thailand
Supreme Court or Sandika (judges appointed by the monarch)

Timor-Leste
Supreme Court of Justice - constitution calls for one
judge to be appointed by National Parliament and rest appointed by
Superior Council for Judiciary; note - until Supreme Court is
established, Court of Appeals is highest court

Togo
Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme

Tokelau
Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal
jurisdiction in Tokelau

Tonga
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch); Court of
Appeal (Chief Justice and high court justices from overseas chosen
and approved by Privy Council)

Trinidad and Tobago
Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the
High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice is
appointed by the president after consultation with the prime
minister and the leader of the opposition; other justices are
appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and Legal
Service Commission); the highest court of appeal is the Privy
Council in London; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Tunisia
Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation

Turkey
Constitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay);
Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); Military
High Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court

Turkmenistan
Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)

Turks and Caicos Islands
Supreme Court; Court of Appeal

Tuvalu
High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to preside
over its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court of
Appeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)

Uganda
Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and
approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by
the president)

Ukraine
Supreme Court; Constitutional Court

United Arab Emirates
Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by
the president)

United Kingdom
House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life);
Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising
the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown
Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary

United States
Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the
president and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate;
appointed to serve for life); United States Courts of Appeal; United
States District Courts; State and County Courts

Uruguay
Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and
elected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly)

Uzbekistan
Supreme Court (judges are nominated by the president and
confirmed by the Supreme Assembly)

Vanuatu
Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president
after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the
opposition, three other justices are appointed by the president on
the advice of the Judicial Service Commission)

Venezuela
Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema de Justicia
(magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single
12-year term)

Vietnam
Supreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for a
five-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of the
president)

Virgin Islands
US District Court of the Virgin Islands (under Third
Circuit jurisdiction); Superior Court of the Virgin Islands (judges
appointed by the governor for 10-year terms)

Wallis and Futuna
justice generally administered under French law by
the high administrator, but the three traditional kings administer
customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu; a court of
appeal is located in Noumea, New Caledonia

Yemen
Supreme Court

Zambia
Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are
appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction
to hear civil and criminal cases)

Zimbabwe
Supreme Court; High Court

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Field Listing :: Labor force

This entry contains the total labor force figure.
Country Comparison to the World
Country

Labor force

Afghanistan
15 million (2004 est.)

Albania
1.103 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2007
est.)

Algeria
9.464 million (2008 est.)

American Samoa
17,630 (2005)

Andorra
42,230 (2007)

Angola
7.569 million (2008 est.)

Anguilla
6,049 (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda
30,000 (1991)

Argentina
16.27 million
note: urban areas only (2008 est.)

Armenia
1.481 million (2007 est.)

Aruba
41,500 (2004 est.)

Australia
11.25 million (2008 est.)

Austria
3.633 million (2008 est.)

Azerbaijan
5.782 million (2008 est.)

Bahamas, The
175,500 (2007)

Bahrain
557,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national
(2008 est.)

Bangladesh
70.86 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman,
Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion
in 2005-06. (2008 est.)

Barbados
175,000 (2007 est.)

Belarus
4.869 million (2007)

Belgium
4.99 million (2008)

Belize
122,300
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel
(2008 est.)

Benin
3.662 million (2007 est.)

Bermuda
38,360 (2004)

Bhutan
NA
note: major shortage of skilled labor

Bolivia
4.454 million (2008 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.863 million (2007)

Botswana
685,300 formal sector employees (2007)

Brazil
93.65 million (2008 est.)

British Virgin Islands
12,770 (2004)

Brunei
188,800 (2008 est.)

Bulgaria
2.67 million (2008 est.)

Burkina Faso
6.668 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to
neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007)

Burma
30.04 million (2008 est.)

Burundi
4.245 million (2007)

Cambodia
8.6 million (2008 est.)

Cameroon
6.759 million (2008 est.)

Canada
18.22 million (2008 est.)

Cape Verde
196,100 (2007)

Cayman Islands
23,450 (2004)

Central African Republic
1.926 million (2007)

Chad
4.293 million (2007)

Chile
7.267 million (2008 est.)

China
807.3 million (2008 est.)

Christmas Island
NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA

Colombia
21.3 million (2008 est.)

Comoros
268,500 (2007 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
23.53 million (2007 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
NA

Cook Islands
6,820 (2001)

Costa Rica
2.06 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa
Rica (2008 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
7.346 million (68% agricultural) (2008 est.)

Croatia
1.731 million (2008 est.)

Cuba
4.962 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2008 est.)

Cyprus
397,000 (2008 est.)

Czech Republic
5.36 million (2008 est.)

Denmark
2.88 million (2008 est.)

Djibouti
351,700 (2007)

Dominica
25,000 (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic
4.119 million (2008 est.)

Ecuador
4.64 million (urban) (2008 est.)

Egypt
24.6 million (2008 est.)

El Salvador
2.947 million (2008 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
NA

Eritrea
NA

Estonia
693,000 (2008 est.)

Ethiopia
37.9 million (2007)

European Union
224.4 million (2008 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1,724 (est.) (1996)

Faroe Islands
24,250 (October 2000)

Fiji
335,000 (2007 est.)

Finland
2.703 million (2008 est.)

France
27.97 million (2008 est.)

French Polynesia
116,000 (2007)

Gabon
581,000 (2008 est.)

Gambia, The
777,100 (2007)

Gaza Strip
267,000 (2006)

Georgia
2.317 million (2007 est.)

Germany
43.6 million (2008 est.)

Ghana
10.12 million (2008 est.)

Gibraltar
12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)

Greece
4.96 million (2008 est.)

Greenland
32,120 (2004)

Grenada
42,300 (1996)

Guam
82,950 (2007 est.)

Guatemala
4.056 million (2008 est.)

Guernsey
31,470 (March 2006)

Guinea
4.392 million (2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
632,700 (2007)

Guyana
333,900 (2007 est.)

Haiti
3.643 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2007)

Holy See (Vatican City)
NA

Honduras
2.991 million (2008 est.)

Hong Kong
3.66 million (2008 est.)

Hungary
4.2 million (2008 est.)

Iceland
184,000 (2008 est.)

India
523.5 million (2008 est.)

Indonesia
112 million (2008 est.)

Iran
24.35 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2008 est.)

Iraq
7.74 million (2008 est.)

Ireland
2.241 million (2008 est.)

Isle of Man
39,690 (2001)

Israel
2.957 million (2008 est.)

Italy
25.11 million (2008 est.)

Jamaica
1.304 million (2008 est.)

Japan
66.5 million (2008 est.)

Jersey
53,560 (June 2006)

Jordan
1.615 million (2008 est.)

Kazakhstan
8.412 million (2008 est.)

Kenya
17.37 million (2007 est.)

Kiribati
7,870 economically active, not including subsistence
farmers (2001 est.)

Korea, North
20 million
note: estimates vary widely (2004 est.)

Korea, South
24.35 million (2008 est.)

Kosovo
550,000 (2007 est.)

Kuwait
2.088 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2008 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
2.344 million (2007)

Laos
2.1 million (2006 est.)

Latvia
1.193 million (2008 est.)

Lebanon
1.481 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers
(2007 est.)

Lesotho
854,600 (2007 est.)

Libya
1.64 million (2008 est.)

Liechtenstein
32,440 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria,
Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (2007)

Lithuania
1.614 million (2008 est.)

Luxembourg
206,000 of whom 125,400 are foreign cross-border workers
commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2008 est.)

Macau
337,400 (2008 est.)

Macedonia
925,000 (2008 est.)

Madagascar
9.504 million (2007)

Malawi
5.747 million (2007 est.)

Malaysia
11.09 million (2008 est.)

Maldives
136,100 (2007)

Mali
3.241 million (2007 est.)

Malta
173,000 (2008)

Marshall Islands
14,680 (2000)

Mauritania
1.318 million (2007)

Mauritius
584,000 (2008 est.)

Mayotte
44,560 (2002)

Mexico
45.32 million (2008 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
16,360 (2008)

Moldova
1.327 million (2008 est.)

Monaco
44,000
note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.)

Mongolia
1.068 million (2008)

Montenegro
259,100 (2004)

Montserrat
NA

Morocco
11.29 million (2008 est.)

Mozambique
9.65 million (2008 est.)

Namibia
686,000 (2008 est.)

Nepal
14.6 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2008 est.)

Netherlands
7.715 million (2008 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
91,470 (2007)

New Caledonia
102,600 (2007)

New Zealand
2.25 million (2008 est.)

Nicaragua
2.322 million (2008 est.)

Niger
4.688 million (2007)

Nigeria
51.04 million (2008 est.)

Niue
663 (2001)

Norfolk Island
NA

Northern Mariana Islands
38,450 total indigenous labor force; 2,699
unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2005 est.)

Norway
2.591 million (2008 est.)

Oman
968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)

Pakistan
50.58 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use
of child labor (2008 est.)

Palau
9,777 (2005)

Panama
1.392 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled
labor (2008 est.)

Papua New Guinea
3.639 million (2008 est.)

Paraguay
2.839 million (2008 est.)

Peru
10.2 million (2008 est.)

Philippines
36.81 million (2008 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
15 able-bodied men (2004)

Poland
17.01 million (2008 est.)

Portugal
5.625 million (2008 est.)

Puerto Rico
1.479 million (2007)

Qatar
1.119 million (2008 est.)

Romania
9.32 million (2008 est.)

Russia
75.7 million (2008 est.)

Rwanda
4.446 million (2007)

Saint Helena
2,486
note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
18,170 (June 1995)

Saint Lucia
79,700 (2007)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3,450 (2005)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
57,520 (2007 est.)

Samoa
66,270 (2007 est.)

San Marino
22,660 (2008)

Sao Tome and Principe
52,490 (2007)

Saudi Arabia
6.74 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2008 est.)

Senegal
4.973 million (2008 est.)

Serbia
2.961 million (2002 est.)

Seychelles
39,560 (2006)

Sierra Leone
2.207 million (2007 est.)

Singapore
2.94 million (2008 est.)

Slovakia
2.254 million (2008 est.)

Slovenia
940,000 (2008 est.)

Solomon Islands
202,500 (2007)

Somalia
3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007)

South Africa
17.79 million economically active (2008 est.)

Spain
22.85 million (2008 est.)

Sri Lanka
7.569 million
note: excludes northern and eastern provinces (2008 est.)

Sudan
11.92 million (2007 est.)

Suriname
165,600 (2007)

Svalbard
NA

Swaziland
457,900 (2007)

Sweden
4.897 million (2008 est.)

Switzerland
4.053 million (2008 est.)

Syria
5.593 million (2008 est.)

Taiwan
10.85 million (2008 est.)

Tajikistan
2.1 million (2008)

Tanzania
21.06 million (2008 est.)

Thailand
37.78 million (2008 est.)

Timor-Leste
NA

Togo
2.595 million (2007)

Tokelau
440 (2001)

Tonga
39,960 (2007)

Trinidad and Tobago
620,800 (2008 est.)

Tunisia
3.66 million (2008 est.)

Turkey
24.06 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2008 est.)

Turkmenistan
13.51 million (2007 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
4,848 (1990 est.)

Tuvalu
3,615 (2004 est.)

Uganda
14.54 million (2008 est.)

Ukraine
21.57 million (2008 est.)

United Arab Emirates
3.266 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2008 est.)

United Kingdom
31.23 million (2008 est.)

United States
154.3 million (includes unemployed) (2008 est.)

Uruguay
1.641 million (2008 est.)

Uzbekistan
15.37 million (2008 est.)

Vanuatu
115,900 (2007)

Venezuela
12.59 million (2008 est.)

Vietnam
47.41 million (2008 est.)

Virgin Islands
49,820 (2007 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
3,104 (2003)

West Bank
605,000 (2006)

Western Sahara
12,000 (2005 est.)

World
3.232 billion (2008 est.)

Yemen
6.454 million (2008 est.)

Zambia
5.235 million (2008 est.)

Zimbabwe
4.039 million (2008 est.)

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Field Listing :: Land boundaries

This entry contains the total length of all land boundaries and the
individual lengths for each of the contiguous border countries. When
available, official lengths published by national statistical
agencies are used. Because surveying methods may differ, country
border lengths reported by contiguous countries may differ.
Country

Land boundaries(km)

Afghanistan
total: 5,529 km
border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km,
Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km

Akrotiri
total: 47.4 km
border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km

Albania
total: 717 km
border countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Montenegro 172
km, Kosovo 112 km

Algeria
total: 6,343 km
border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km,
Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km

American Samoa
0 km

Andorra
total: 120.3 km
border countries: France 56.6 km, Spain 63.7 km

Angola
total: 5,198 km
border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (of
which 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province),
Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km

Anguilla
0 km

Antarctica
0 km
note: see entry on Disputes - international

Antigua and Barbuda
0 km

Argentina
total: 9,861 km
border countries: Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,261 km, Chile 5,308 km,
Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 580 km

Armenia
total: 1,254 km
border countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan
exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km

Aruba
0 km

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
0 km

Australia
0 km

Austria
total: 2,562 km
border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366
km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330
km, Switzerland 164 km

Azerbaijan
total: 2,013 km
border countries: Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia
(with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran
(with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan
exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km

Bahamas, The
0 km

Bahrain
0 km

Bangladesh
total: 4,246 km
border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Barbados
0 km

Belarus
total: 3,306 km
border countries: Latvia 171 km, Lithuania 680 km, Poland 605 km,
Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km

Belgium
total: 1,385 km
border countries: France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km,
Netherlands 450 km

Belize
total: 516 km
border countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km

Benin
total: 1,989 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km,
Togo 644 km

Bermuda
0 km

Bhutan
total: 1,075 km
border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km

Bolivia
total: 6,940 km
border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km,
Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km

Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 1,538 km
border countries: Croatia 932 km, Montenegro 249 km, Serbia 357 km

Botswana
total: 4,013 km
border countries: Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe
813 km

Bouvet Island
0 km

Brazil
total: 16,885 km
border countries: Argentina 1,261 km, Bolivia 3,423 km, Colombia
1,644 km, French Guiana 730 km, Guyana 1,606 km, Paraguay 1,365 km,
Peru 2,995 km, Suriname 593 km, Uruguay 1,068 km, Venezuela 2,200 km

British Indian Ocean Territory
0 km

British Virgin Islands
0 km

Brunei
total: 381 km
border countries: Malaysia 381 km

Bulgaria
total: 1,808 km
border countries: Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km,
Serbia 318 km, Turkey 240 km

Burkina Faso
total: 3,193 km
border countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km,
Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km

Burma
total: 5,876 km
border countries: Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km,
Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km

Burundi
total: 974 km
border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda
290 km, Tanzania 451 km

Cambodia
total: 2,572 km
border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

Cameroon
total: 4,591 km
border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km,
Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298
km, Nigeria 1,690 km

Canada
total: 8,893 km
border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)

Cape Verde
0 km

Cayman Islands
0 km

Central African Republic
total: 5,203 km
border countries: Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Democratic
Republic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan
1,165 km

Chad
total: 5,968 km
border countries: Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197
km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km

Chile
total: 6,339 km
border countries: Argentina 5,308 km, Bolivia 860 km, Peru 171 km

China
total: 22,117 km
border countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km,
India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km,
Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km,
Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40
km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km
regional borders: Hong Kong 30 km, Macau 0.34 km

Christmas Island
0 km

Clipperton Island
0 km

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
0 km

Colombia
total: 6,309 km
border countries: Brazil 1,644 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km,
Peru 1,800 km, Venezuela 2,050 km

Comoros
0 km

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 10,730 km
border countries: Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary
of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, Central
African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda
217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km

Congo, Republic of the
total: 5,504 km
border countries: Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African
Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon
1,903 km

Cook Islands
0 km

Coral Sea Islands
0 km

Costa Rica
total: 639 km
border countries: Nicaragua 309 km, Panama 330 km

Cote d'Ivoire
total: 3,110 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km,
Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km

Croatia
total: 1,982 km
border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km,
Serbia 241 km, Montenegro 25 km, Slovenia 455 km

Cuba
total: 29 km
border countries: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km
note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and remains part of
Cuba

Cyprus
total: 150.4 km (approximately)
border sovereign base areas: Akrotiri 47.4 km, Dhekelia 103 km
(approximately)

Czech Republic
total: 1,989 km
border countries: Austria 362 km, Germany 815 km, Poland 615 km,
Slovakia 197 km

Denmark
total: 68 km
border countries: Germany 68 km

Dhekelia
total: 103 km (approximately)
border countries: Cyprus 103 km (approximately)

Djibouti
total: 516 km
border countries: Eritrea 109 km, Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km

Dominica
0 km

Dominican Republic
total: 360 km
border countries: Haiti 360 km

Ecuador
total: 2,010 km
border countries: Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km

Egypt
total: 2,665 km
border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km,
Sudan 1,273 km

El Salvador
total: 545 km
border countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km

Equatorial Guinea
total: 539 km
border countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km

Eritrea
total: 1,626 km
border countries: Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km

Estonia
total: 633 km
border countries: Latvia 343 km, Russia 290 km

Ethiopia
total: 5,328 km
border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km,
Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km

European Union
total: 12,440.8 km
border countries: Albania 282 km, Andorra 120.3 km, Belarus 1,050
km, Croatia 999 km, Holy See 3.2 km, Liechtenstein 34.9 km,
Macedonia 394 km, Moldova 450 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Norway 2,348 km,
Russia 2,257 km, San Marino 39 km, Serbia 945 km, Switzerland 1,811
km, Turkey 446 km, Ukraine 1,257 km
note: data for European Continent only

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0 km

Faroe Islands
0 km

Fiji
0 km

Finland
total: 2,654 km
border countries: Norway 727 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,313 km

France
metropolitan France - total: 2,889 km
border countries: Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km,
Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km,
Switzerland 573 km
French Guiana - total: 1,183 km
border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km

French Polynesia
0 km

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
0 km

Gabon
total: 2,551 km
border countries: Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km,
Equatorial Guinea 350 km

Gambia, The
total: 740 km
border countries: Senegal 740 km

Gaza Strip
total: 62 km
border countries: Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km

Georgia
total: 1,461 km
border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km,
Turkey 252 km

Germany
total: 3,621 km
border countries: Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646
km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 138 km, Netherlands 577
km, Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km

Ghana
total: 2,094 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 549 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo
877 km

Gibraltar
total: 1.2 km
border countries: Spain 1.2 km

Greece
total: 1,228 km
border countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km,
Macedonia 246 km

Greenland
0 km

Grenada
0 km

Guam
0 km

Guatemala
total: 1,687 km
border countries: Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256
km, Mexico 962 km

Guernsey
0 km

Guinea
total: 3,399 km
border countries: Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km,
Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km

Guinea-Bissau
total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km

Guyana
total: 2,949 km
border countries: Brazil 1,606 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km

Haiti
total: 360 km
border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
0 km

Holy See (Vatican City)
total: 3.2 km
border countries: Italy 3.2 km

Honduras
total: 1,520 km
border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua
922 km

Hong Kong
total: 30 km
regional border: China 30 km

Hungary
total: 2,185 km
border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km,
Serbia 166 km, Slovakia 676 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km

Iceland
0 km

India
total: 14,103 km
border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463
km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km

Indonesia
total: 2,830 km
border countries: Timor-Leste 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua New
Guinea 820 km

Iran
total: 5,440 km
border countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km,
Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq
1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km

Iraq
total: 3,650 km
border countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 240 km, Saudi
Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 352 km

Ireland
total: 360 km
border countries: UK 360 km

Isle of Man
0 km

Israel
total: 1,017 km
border countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km,
Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km

Italy
total: 1,899.2 km
border countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican
City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 199 km, Switzerland 740 km

Jamaica
0 km

Jan Mayen
0 km

Japan
0 km

Jersey
0 km

Jordan
total: 1,635 km
border countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 744 km,
Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km

Kazakhstan
total: 12,185 km
border countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,224 km, Russia 6,846
km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km

Kenya
total: 3,477 km
border countries: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km,
Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km

Kiribati
0 km

Korea, North
total: 1,673 km
border countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km

Korea, South
total: 238 km
border countries: North Korea 238 km

Kosovo
total: 702 km
border countries: Albania 112 km, Macedonia 159 km, Montenegro 79
km, Serbia 352 km

Kuwait
total: 462 km
border countries: Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km

Kyrgyzstan
total: 3,051 km
border countries: China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,224 km, Tajikistan 870
km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km

Laos
total: 5,083 km
border countries: Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km,
Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km

Latvia
total: 1,382 km
border countries: Belarus 171 km, Estonia 343 km, Lithuania 576 km,
Russia 292 km

Lebanon
total: 454 km
border countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km

Lesotho
total: 909 km
border countries: South Africa 909 km

Liberia
total: 1,585 km
border countries: Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone
306 km

Libya
total: 4,348 km
border countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km,
Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km

Liechtenstein
total: 76 km
border countries: Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km

Lithuania
total: 1,574 km
border countries: Belarus 680 km, Latvia 576 km, Poland 91 km,
Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km

Luxembourg
total: 359 km
border countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km

Macau
total: 0.34 km
regional border: China 0.34 km

Macedonia
total: 766 km
border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km,
Kosovo 159 km, Serbia 62 km

Madagascar
0 km

Malawi
total: 2,881 km
border countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km

Malaysia
total: 2,669 km
border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km

Maldives
0 km

Mali
total: 7,243 km
border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea
858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km,
Senegal 419 km

Malta
0 km

Marshall Islands
0 km

Mauritania
total: 5,074 km
border countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km,
Western Sahara 1,561 km

Mauritius
0 km

Mayotte
0 km

Mexico
total: 4,353 km
border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km

Micronesia, Federated States of
0 km

Moldova
total: 1,390 km
border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 940 km

Monaco
total: 4.4 km
border countries: France 4.4 km

Mongolia
total: 8,220 km
border countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km

Montenegro
total: 625 km
border countries: Albania 172 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 225 km,
Croatia 25 km, Kosovo 79 km, Serbia 124 km

Montserrat
0 km

Morocco
total: 2,017.9 km
border countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain
(Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km

Mozambique
total: 4,571 km
border countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland
105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km

Namibia
total: 3,936 km
border countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa
967 km, Zambia 233 km

Nauru
0 km

Navassa Island
0 km

Nepal
total: 2,926 km
border countries: China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km

Netherlands
total: 1,027 km
border countries: Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km

Netherlands Antilles
total: 15 km
border countries: Saint Martin 15 km

New Caledonia
0 km

New Zealand
0 km

Nicaragua
total: 1,231 km
border countries: Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km

Niger
total: 5,697 km
border countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km,
Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km

Nigeria
total: 4,047 km
border countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger
1,497 km

Niue
0 km

Norfolk Island
0 km

Northern Mariana Islands
0 km

Norway
total: 2,542 km
border countries: Finland 727 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 196 km

Oman
total: 1,374 km
border countries: Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km

Pakistan
total: 6,774 km
border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912
km, Iran 909 km

Palau
0 km

Panama
total: 555 km
border countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km

Papua New Guinea
total: 820 km
border countries: Indonesia 820 km

Paracel Islands
0 km

Paraguay
total: 3,995 km
border countries: Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,365 km

Peru
total: 7,461 km
border countries: Bolivia 1,075 km, Brazil 2,995 km, Chile 171 km,
Colombia 1,800 km, Ecuador 1,420 km

Philippines
0 km

Pitcairn Islands
0 km

Poland
total: 3,047 km
border countries: Belarus 605 km, Czech Republic 615 km, Germany 456
km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Slovakia
420 km, Ukraine 428 km

Portugal
total: 1,214 km
border countries: Spain 1,214 km

Puerto Rico
0 km

Qatar
total: 60 km
border countries: Saudi Arabia 60 km

Romania
total: 2,508 km
border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km,
Serbia 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km

Russia
total: 20,241.5 km
border countries: Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China
(southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 290 km, Finland
1,313 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 17.5 km,
Latvia 292 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,441
km, Norway 196 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Ukraine 1,576
km

Rwanda
total: 893 km
border countries: Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo
217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km

Saint Barthelemy
0 km

Saint Helena
0 km

Saint Kitts and Nevis
0 km

Saint Lucia
0 km

Saint Martin
total: 15 km
border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 15 km

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0 km

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0 km

Samoa
0 km

San Marino
total: 39 km
border countries: Italy 39 km

Sao Tome and Principe
0 km

Saudi Arabia
total: 4,431 km
border countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman
676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km

Senegal
total: 2,640 km
border countries: The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau
338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km

Serbia
total: 2,026 km
border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 302 km, Bulgaria 318 km,
Croatia 241 km, Hungary 151 km, Kosovo 352 km, Macedonia 62 km,
Montenegro 124 km, Romania 476 km

Seychelles
0 km

Sierra Leone
total: 958 km
border countries: Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km

Singapore
0 km

Slovakia
total: 1,474 km
border countries: Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 197 km, Hungary 676
km, Poland 420 km, Ukraine 90 km

Slovenia
total: 1,086 km
border countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 455 km, Hungary 102 km,
Italy 199 km

Solomon Islands
0 km

Somalia
total: 2,340 km
border countries: Djibouti 58 km, Ethiopia 1,600 km, Kenya 682 km

South Africa
total: 4,862 km
border countries: Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491
km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
0 km

Spain
total: 1,917.8 km
border countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km,
Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km

Spratly Islands
0 km

Sri Lanka
0 km

Sudan
total: 7,687 km
border countries: Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km,
Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605
km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km

Suriname
total: 1,703 km
border countries: Brazil 593 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km

Svalbard
0 km

Swaziland
total: 535 km
border countries: Mozambique 105 km, South Africa 430 km

Sweden
total: 2,233 km
border countries: Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km

Switzerland
total: 1,852 km
border countries: Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km,
Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km

Syria
total: 2,253 km
border countries: Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon
375 km, Turkey 822 km

Taiwan
0 km

Tajikistan
total: 3,651 km
border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870
km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km

Tanzania
total: 3,861 km
border countries: Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo
459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217
km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km

Thailand
total: 4,863 km
border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km,
Malaysia 506 km

Timor-Leste
total: 228 km
border countries: Indonesia 228 km

Togo
total: 1,647 km
border countries: Benin 644 km, Burkina Faso 126 km, Ghana 877 km

Tokelau
0 km

Tonga
0 km

Trinidad and Tobago
0 km

Tunisia
total: 1,424 km
border countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km

Turkey
total: 2,648 km
border countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km,
Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km

Turkmenistan
total: 3,736 km
border countries: Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379
km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km

Turks and Caicos Islands
0 km

Tuvalu
0 km

Uganda
total: 2,698 km
border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933
km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km

Ukraine
total: 4,566 km
border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 940 km,
Poland 428 km, Romania (south) 176 km, Romania (southwest) 362 km,
Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km

United Arab Emirates
total: 867 km
border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km

United Kingdom
total: 360 km
border countries: Ireland 360 km

United States
total: 12,034 km
border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska),
Mexico 3,141 km
note: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased by the US and
is part of Cuba; the base boundary is 28 km

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
none

Uruguay
total: 1,648 km
border countries: Argentina 580 km, Brazil 1,068 km

Uzbekistan
total: 6,221 km
border countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km,
Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km

Vanuatu
0 km

Venezuela
total: 4,993 km
border countries: Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km

Vietnam
total: 4,639 km
border countries: Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km

Virgin Islands
0 km

Wake Island
0 km

Wallis and Futuna
0 km

West Bank
total: 404 km
border countries: Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km

Western Sahara
total: 2,046 km
border countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km

World
the land boundaries in the world total 251,060 km (not
counting shared boundaries twice); two nations, China and Russia,
each border 14 other countries
note: 45 nations and other areas are landlocked, these include:
Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan,
Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic,
Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal,
Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Swaziland,
Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West
Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan,
are doubly landlocked

Yemen
total: 1,746 km
border countries: Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km

Zambia
total: 5,664 km
border countries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania
338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km

Zimbabwe
total: 3,066 km
border countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa
225 km, Zambia 797 km

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@2097

Field Listing :: Land use

This entry contains the percentage shares of total land area for
three different types of land use: arable land - land cultivated for
crops like wheat, maize, and rice that are replanted after each
harvest; permanent crops - land cultivated for crops like citrus,
coffee, and rubber that are not replanted after each harvest;
includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and
vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber; other
- any land not arable or under permanent crops; includes permanent
meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads,
barren land, etc.
Country

Land use(%)

Afghanistan
arable land: 12.13%
permanent crops: 0.21%
other: 87.66% (2005)

Albania
arable land: 20.1%
permanent crops: 4.21%
other: 75.69% (2005)

Algeria
arable land: 3.17%
permanent crops: 0.28%
other: 96.55% (2005)

American Samoa
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 15%
other: 75% (2005)

Andorra
arable land: 2.13%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.87% (2005)

Angola
arable land: 2.65%
permanent crops: 0.23%
other: 97.12% (2005)

Anguilla
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some
commercial salt ponds) (2005)

Antarctica
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%) (2005)

Antigua and Barbuda
arable land: 18.18%
permanent crops: 4.55%
other: 77.27% (2005)

Argentina
arable land: 10.03%
permanent crops: 0.36%
other: 89.61% (2005)

Armenia
arable land: 16.78%
permanent crops: 2.01%
other: 81.21% (2005)

Aruba
arable land: 10.53%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 89.47% (2005)

Ashmore and Cartier Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (all grass and sand) (2005)

Australia
arable land: 6.15% (includes about 27 million hectares of
cultivated grassland)
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 93.81% (2005)

Austria
arable land: 16.59%
permanent crops: 0.85%
other: 82.56% (2005)

Azerbaijan
arable land: 20.62%
permanent crops: 2.61%
other: 76.77% (2005)

Bahamas, The
arable land: 0.58%
permanent crops: 0.29%
other: 99.13% (2005)

Bahrain
arable land: 2.82%
permanent crops: 5.63%
other: 91.55% (2005)

Bangladesh
arable land: 55.39%
permanent crops: 3.08%
other: 41.53% (2005)

Barbados
arable land: 37.21%
permanent crops: 2.33%
other: 60.46% (2005)

Belarus
arable land: 26.77%
permanent crops: 0.6%
other: 72.63% (2005)

Belgium
arable land: 27.42%
permanent crops: 0.69%
other: 71.89%
note: includes Luxembourg (2005)

Belize
arable land: 3.05%
permanent crops: 1.39%
other: 95.56% (2005)

Benin
arable land: 23.53%
permanent crops: 2.37%
other: 74.1% (2005)

Bermuda
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 80% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (2005)

Bhutan
arable land: 2.3%
permanent crops: 0.43%
other: 97.27% (2005)

Bolivia
arable land: 2.78%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 97.03% (2005)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
arable land: 19.61%
permanent crops: 1.89%
other: 78.5% (2005)

Botswana
arable land: 0.65%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99.34% (2005)

Bouvet Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (93% ice) (2005)

Brazil
arable land: 6.93%
permanent crops: 0.89%
other: 92.18% (2005)

British Indian Ocean Territory
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

British Virgin Islands
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 6.67%
other: 73.33% (2005)

Brunei
arable land: 2.08%
permanent crops: 0.87%
other: 97.05% (2005)

Bulgaria
arable land: 29.94%
permanent crops: 1.9%
other: 68.16% (2005)

Burkina Faso
arable land: 17.66%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 82.12% (2005)

Burma
arable land: 14.92%
permanent crops: 1.31%
other: 83.77% (2005)

Burundi
arable land: 35.57%
permanent crops: 13.12%
other: 51.31% (2005)

Cambodia
arable land: 20.44%
permanent crops: 0.59%
other: 78.97% (2005)

Cameroon
arable land: 12.54%
permanent crops: 2.52%
other: 84.94% (2005)

Canada
arable land: 4.57%
permanent crops: 0.65%
other: 94.78% (2005)

Cape Verde
arable land: 11.41%
permanent crops: 0.74%
other: 87.85% (2005)

Cayman Islands
arable land: 3.85%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 96.15% (2005)

Central African Republic
arable land: 3.1%
permanent crops: 0.15%
other: 96.75% (2005)

Chad
arable land: 2.8%
permanent crops: 0.02%
other: 97.18% (2005)

Chile
arable land: 2.62%
permanent crops: 0.43%
other: 96.95% (2005)

China
arable land: 14.86%
permanent crops: 1.27%
other: 83.87% (2005)

Christmas Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a
national park) (2005)

Clipperton Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (all coral) (2005)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Colombia
arable land: 2.01%
permanent crops: 1.37%
other: 96.62% (2005)

Comoros
arable land: 35.87%
permanent crops: 23.32%
other: 40.81% (2005)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
arable land: 2.86%
permanent crops: 0.47%
other: 96.67% (2005)

Congo, Republic of the
arable land: 1.45%
permanent crops: 0.15%
other: 98.4% (2005)

Cook Islands
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 8.33%
other: 75% (2005)

Coral Sea Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2005)

Costa Rica
arable land: 4.4%
permanent crops: 5.87%
other: 89.73% (2005)

Cote d'Ivoire
arable land: 10.23%
permanent crops: 11.16%
other: 78.61% (2005)

Croatia
arable land: 25.82%
permanent crops: 2.19%
other: 71.99% (2005)

Cuba
arable land: 27.63%
permanent crops: 6.54%
other: 65.83% (2005)

Cyprus
arable land: 10.81%
permanent crops: 4.32%
other: 84.87% (2005)

Czech Republic
arable land: 38.82%
permanent crops: 3%
other: 58.18% (2005)

Denmark
arable land: 52.59%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 47.22% (2005)

Djibouti
arable land: 0.04%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.96% (2005)

Dominica
arable land: 6.67%
permanent crops: 21.33%
other: 72% (2005)

Dominican Republic
arable land: 22.49%
permanent crops: 10.26%
other: 67.25% (2005)

Ecuador
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 4.81%
other: 89.48% (2005)

Egypt
arable land: 2.92%
permanent crops: 0.5%
other: 96.58% (2005)

El Salvador
arable land: 31.37%
permanent crops: 11.88%
other: 56.75% (2005)

Equatorial Guinea
arable land: 4.63%
permanent crops: 3.57%
other: 91.8% (2005)

Eritrea
arable land: 4.78%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 95.19% (2005)

Estonia
arable land: 12.05%
permanent crops: 0.35%
other: 87.6% (2005)

Ethiopia
arable land: 10.01%
permanent crops: 0.65%
other: 89.34% (2005)

European Union
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (2005)

Faroe Islands
arable land: 2.14%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.86% (2005)

Fiji
arable land: 10.95%
permanent crops: 4.65%
other: 84.4% (2005)

Finland
arable land: 6.54%
permanent crops: 0.02%
other: 93.44% (2005)

France
arable land: 33.46%
permanent crops: 2.03%
other: 64.51%
note: French Guiana - arable land 0.13%, permanent crops 0.04%,
other 99.83% (90% forest, 10% other); Guadeloupe - arable land
11.70%, permanent crops 2.92%, other 85.38%; Martinique - arable
land 9.09%, permanent crops 10.0%, other 80.91%; Reunion - arable
land 13.94%, permanent crops 1.59%, other 84.47% (2005)

French Polynesia
arable land: 0.75%
permanent crops: 5.5%
other: 93.75% (2005)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et
Ile Saint-Paul) - 100% trees, grasses, ferns, and moss; Ile
Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) - 100% grass, ferns,
and moss; Iles Crozet - 100% tossock grass, heath, and fern; Iles
Kerguelen - 100% tossock grass and Kerguelen cabbage; Bassas da
India (Iles Eparses) - 100% rock, coral reef, and sand; Europa
Island (Iles Eparses) - 100% mangrove swamp and dry woodlands;
Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses) - 100% lush vegetation and coconut
palms; Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses) - 90% forest, 10% other;
Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) - 100% grasses and scattered brush
(2005)

Gabon
arable land: 1.21%
permanent crops: 0.64%
other: 98.15% (2005)

Gambia, The
arable land: 27.88%
permanent crops: 0.44%
other: 71.68% (2005)

Gaza Strip
arable land: 29%
permanent crops: 21%
other: 50% (2002)

Georgia
arable land: 11.51%
permanent crops: 3.79%
other: 84.7% (2005)

Germany
arable land: 33.13%
permanent crops: 0.6%
other: 66.27% (2005)

Ghana
arable land: 17.54%
permanent crops: 9.22%
other: 73.24% (2005)

Gibraltar
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Greece
arable land: 20.45%
permanent crops: 8.59%
other: 70.96% (2005)

Greenland
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Grenada
arable land: 5.88%
permanent crops: 29.41%
other: 64.71% (2005)

Guam
arable land: 3.64%
permanent crops: 18.18%
other: 78.18% (2005)

Guatemala
arable land: 13.22%
permanent crops: 5.6%
other: 81.18% (2005)

Guernsey
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA

Guinea
arable land: 4.47%
permanent crops: 2.64%
other: 92.89% (2005)

Guinea-Bissau
arable land: 8.31%
permanent crops: 6.92%
other: 84.77% (2005)

Guyana
arable land: 2.23%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 97.63% (2005)

Haiti
arable land: 28.11%
permanent crops: 11.53%
other: 60.36% (2005)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Holy See (Vatican City)
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (urban area) (2005)

Honduras
arable land: 9.53%
permanent crops: 3.21%
other: 87.26% (2005)

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

Hungary
arable land: 49.58%
permanent crops: 2.06%
other: 48.36% (2005)

Iceland
arable land: 0.07%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.93% (2005)

India
arable land: 48.83%
permanent crops: 2.8%
other: 48.37% (2005)

Indonesia
arable land: 11.03%
permanent crops: 7.04%
other: 81.93% (2005)

Iran
arable land: 9.78%
permanent crops: 1.29%
other: 88.93% (2005)

Iraq
arable land: 13.12%
permanent crops: 0.61%
other: 86.27% (2005)

Ireland
arable land: 16.82%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 83.15% (2005)

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

Israel
arable land: 15.45%
permanent crops: 3.88%
other: 80.67% (2005)

Italy
arable land: 26.41%
permanent crops: 9.09%
other: 64.5% (2005)

Jamaica
arable land: 15.83%
permanent crops: 10.01%
other: 74.16% (2005)

Jan Mayen
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Japan
arable land: 11.64%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 87.46% (2005)

Jersey
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Jordan
arable land: 3.32%
permanent crops: 1.18%
other: 95.5% (2005)

Kazakhstan
arable land: 8.28%
permanent crops: 0.05%
other: 91.67% (2005)

Kenya
arable land: 8.01%
permanent crops: 0.97%
other: 91.02% (2005)

Kiribati
arable land: 2.74%
permanent crops: 47.95%
other: 49.31% (2005)

Korea, North
arable land: 22.4%
permanent crops: 1.66%
other: 75.94% (2005)

Korea, South
arable land: 16.58%
permanent crops: 2.01%
other: 81.41% (2005)

Kuwait
arable land: 0.84%
permanent crops: 0.17%
other: 98.99% (2005)

Kyrgyzstan
arable land: 6.55%
permanent crops: 0.28%
other: 93.17%
note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural-growth walnut
forest (2005)

Laos
arable land: 4.01%
permanent crops: 0.34%
other: 95.65% (2005)

Latvia
arable land: 28.19%
permanent crops: 0.45%
other: 71.36% (2005)

Lebanon
arable land: 16.35%
permanent crops: 13.75%
other: 69.9% (2005)

Lesotho
arable land: 10.87%
permanent crops: 0.13%
other: 89% (2005)

Liberia
arable land: 3.43%
permanent crops: 1.98%
other: 94.59% (2005)

Libya
arable land: 1.03%
permanent crops: 0.19%
other: 98.78% (2005)

Liechtenstein
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 75% (2005)

Lithuania
arable land: 44.81%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 54.29% (2005)

Luxembourg
arable land: 27.42%
permanent crops: 0.69%
other: 71.89% (includes Belgium) (2005)

Macau
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Macedonia
arable land: 22.01%
permanent crops: 1.79%
other: 76.2% (2005)

Madagascar
arable land: 5.03%
permanent crops: 1.02%
other: 93.95% (2005)

Malawi
arable land: 20.68%
permanent crops: 1.18%
other: 78.14% (2005)

Malaysia
arable land: 5.46%
permanent crops: 17.54%
other: 77% (2005)

Maldives
arable land: 13.33%
permanent crops: 30%
other: 56.67% (2005)

Mali
arable land: 3.76%
permanent crops: 0.03%
other: 96.21% (2005)

Malta
arable land: 31.25%
permanent crops: 3.13%
other: 65.62% (2005)

Marshall Islands
arable land: 11.11%
permanent crops: 44.44%
other: 44.45% (2005)

Mauritania
arable land: 0.2%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99.79% (2005)

Mauritius
arable land: 49.02%
permanent crops: 2.94%
other: 48.04% (2005)

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

Mexico
arable land: 12.66%
permanent crops: 1.28%
other: 86.06% (2005)

Micronesia, Federated States of
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 45.71%
other: 48.58% (2005)

Moldova
arable land: 54.52%
permanent crops: 8.81%
other: 36.67% (2005)

Monaco
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (urban area) (2005)

Mongolia
arable land: 0.76%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.24% (2005)

Montenegro
arable land: 13.7%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 85.3%

Montserrat
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 80% (2005)

Morocco
arable land: 19%
permanent crops: 2%
other: 79% (2005)

Mozambique
arable land: 5.43%
permanent crops: 0.29%
other: 94.28% (2005)

Namibia
arable land: 0.99%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99% (2005)

Nauru
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Navassa Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Nepal
arable land: 16.07%
permanent crops: 0.85%
other: 83.08% (2005)

Netherlands
arable land: 21.96%
permanent crops: 0.77%
other: 77.27% (2005)

Netherlands Antilles
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 90% (2005)

New Caledonia
arable land: 0.32%
permanent crops: 0.22%
other: 99.46% (2005)

New Zealand
arable land: 5.54%
permanent crops: 6.92%
other: 87.54% (2005)

Nicaragua
arable land: 14.81%
permanent crops: 1.82%
other: 83.37% (2005)

Niger
arable land: 11.43%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 88.56% (2005)

Nigeria
arable land: 33.02%
permanent crops: 3.14%
other: 63.84% (2005)

Niue
arable land: 11.54%
permanent crops: 15.38%
other: 73.08% (2005)

Norfolk Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands
arable land: 13.04%
permanent crops: 4.35%
other: 82.61% (2005)

Norway
arable land: 2.7%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.3% (2005)

Oman
arable land: 0.12%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 99.74% (2005)

Pakistan
arable land: 24.44%
permanent crops: 0.84%
other: 74.72% (2005)

Palau
arable land: 8.7%
permanent crops: 4.35%
other: 86.95% (2005)

Panama
arable land: 7.26%
permanent crops: 1.95%
other: 90.79% (2005)

Papua New Guinea
arable land: 0.49%
permanent crops: 1.4%
other: 98.11% (2005)

Paracel Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Paraguay
arable land: 7.47%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 92.29% (2005)

Peru
arable land: 2.88%
permanent crops: 0.47%
other: 96.65% (2005)

Philippines
arable land: 19%
permanent crops: 16.67%
other: 64.33% (2005)

Pitcairn Islands
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA

Poland
arable land: 40.25%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 58.75% (2005)

Portugal
arable land: 17.29%
permanent crops: 7.84%
other: 74.87% (2005)

Puerto Rico
arable land: 3.69%
permanent crops: 5.59%
other: 90.72% (2005)

Qatar
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 0.27%
other: 98.09% (2005)

Romania
arable land: 39.49%
permanent crops: 1.92%
other: 58.59% (2005)

Russia
arable land: 7.17%
permanent crops: 0.11%
other: 92.72% (2005)

Rwanda
arable land: 45.56%
permanent crops: 10.25%
other: 44.19% (2005)

Saint Helena
arable land: 12.9%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 87.1% (2005)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
arable land: 19.44%
permanent crops: 2.78%
other: 77.78% (2005)

Saint Lucia
arable land: 6.45%
permanent crops: 22.58%
other: 70.97% (2005)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
arable land: 12.5%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 87.5% (2005)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
arable land: 17.95%
permanent crops: 17.95%
other: 64.1% (2005)

Samoa
arable land: 21.13%
permanent crops: 24.3%
other: 54.57% (2005)

San Marino
arable land: 16.67%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 83.33% (2005)

Sao Tome and Principe
arable land: 8.33%
permanent crops: 48.96%
other: 42.71% (2005)

Saudi Arabia
arable land: 1.67%
permanent crops: 0.09%
other: 98.24% (2005)

Senegal
arable land: 12.51%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 87.25% (2005)

Serbia
arable land: NA
permanent crops: NA
other: NA

Seychelles
arable land: 2.17%
permanent crops: 13.04%
other: 84.79% (2005)

Sierra Leone
arable land: 7.95%
permanent crops: 1.05%
other: 91% (2005)

Singapore
arable land: 1.47%
permanent crops: 1.47%
other: 97.06% (2005)

Slovakia
arable land: 29.23%
permanent crops: 2.67%
other: 68.1% (2005)

Slovenia
arable land: 8.53%
permanent crops: 1.43%
other: 90.04% (2005)

Solomon Islands
arable land: 0.62%
permanent crops: 2.04%
other: 97.34% (2005)

Somalia
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 98.32% (2005)

South Africa
arable land: 12.1%
permanent crops: 0.79%
other: 87.11% (2005)

South Georgia and 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) (2005)

Spain
arable land: 27.18%
permanent crops: 9.85%
other: 62.97% (2005)

Spratly Islands
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Sri Lanka
arable land: 13.96%
permanent crops: 15.24%
other: 70.8% (2005)

Sudan
arable land: 6.78%
permanent crops: 0.17%
other: 93.05% (2005)

Suriname
arable land: 0.36%
permanent crops: 0.06%
other: 99.58% (2005)

Svalbard
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (no trees; the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry)
(2005)

Swaziland
arable land: 10.25%
permanent crops: 0.81%
other: 88.94% (2005)

Sweden
arable land: 5.93%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 94.06% (2005)

Switzerland
arable land: 9.91%
permanent crops: 0.58%
other: 89.51% (2005)

Syria
arable land: 24.8%
permanent crops: 4.47%
other: 70.73% (2005)

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

Tajikistan
arable land: 6.52%
permanent crops: 0.89%
other: 92.59% (2005)

Tanzania
arable land: 4.23%
permanent crops: 1.16%
other: 94.61% (2005)

Thailand
arable land: 27.54%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 65.53% (2005)

Timor-Leste
arable land: 8.2%
permanent crops: 4.57%
other: 87.23% (2005)

Togo
arable land: 44.2%
permanent crops: 2.11%
other: 53.69% (2005)

Tokelau
arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile)
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Tonga
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 14.67%
other: 65.33% (2005)

Trinidad and Tobago
arable land: 14.62%
permanent crops: 9.16%
other: 76.22% (2005)

Tunisia
arable land: 17.05%
permanent crops: 13.08%
other: 69.87% (2005)

Turkey
arable land: 29.81%
permanent crops: 3.39%
other: 66.8% (2005)

Turkmenistan
arable land: 4.51%
permanent crops: 0.14%
other: 95.35% (2005)

Turks and Caicos Islands
arable land: 2.33%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 97.67% (2005)

Tuvalu
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 66.67%
other: 33.33% (2005)

Uganda
arable land: 21.57%
permanent crops: 8.92%
other: 69.51% (2005)

Ukraine
arable land: 53.8%
permanent crops: 1.5%
other: 44.7% (2005)

United Arab Emirates
arable land: 0.77%
permanent crops: 2.27%
other: 96.96% (2005)

United Kingdom
arable land: 23.23%
permanent crops: 0.2%
other: 76.57% (2005)

United States
arable land: 18.01%
permanent crops: 0.21%
other: 81.78% (2005)

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2008)

Uruguay
arable land: 7.77%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 91.99% (2005)

Uzbekistan
arable land: 10.51%
permanent crops: 0.76%
other: 88.73% (2005)

Vanuatu
arable land: 1.64%
permanent crops: 6.97%
other: 91.39% (2005)

Venezuela
arable land: 2.85%
permanent crops: 0.88%
other: 96.27% (2005)

Vietnam
arable land: 20.14%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 72.93% (2005)

Virgin Islands
arable land: 5.71%
permanent crops: 2.86%
other: 91.43% (2005)

Wake Island
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2005)

Wallis and Futuna
arable land: 7.14%
permanent crops: 35.71%
other: 57.15% (2005)

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

Western Sahara
arable land: 0.02%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 99.98% (2005)

World
arable land: 10.57%
permanent crops: 1.04%
other: 88.38% (2005)

Yemen
arable land: 2.91%
permanent crops: 0.25%
other: 96.84% (2005)

Zambia
arable land: 6.99%
permanent crops: 0.04%
other: 92.97% (2005)

Zimbabwe
arable land: 8.24%
permanent crops: 0.33%
other: 91.43% (2005)

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