Agricultural land (% of land area):
🇺🇾URU: 82.6%
🇿🇦RSA: 79.8%
🇳🇬NGR: 77.7%
🇲🇳MGL: 72.7%
🇺🇦UKR: 71.3%
🇬🇧GBR: 70.8%
🇮🇳IND: 60.4%
🇨🇳CHN: 56.2%
🇹🇷TUR: 50.1%
🇩🇪GER: 47.9%
🇵🇰PAK: 47.0%
🇺🇸USA: 44.4%
🇵🇭PHI: 41.7%
🇧🇷BRA: 33.8%
🇷🇺RUS: 13.3%
🇨🇦CAN: 6.9%
🇪🇬EGY: 3.8%
(World Bank, 2015)
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Wow Egypt has only 3.8% agricultural land but is Africa's biggest producer of Tomatoes and Potatoes.
Algeria and Morocco also produce a lot of potatoes.
Nigeria is no 2 in tomato production in Africa.
African Countries with good farmland aren't performing well In agriculture.
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Look at that! Cda 🇨🇦 3rd biggest landmass in the world: 6.9% = #Agricultural land. #GBR, a small island 1000mls end to end = 70.8% Agri land!! @farmlandgrab Someone pls explain this to us? (Yes 🇨🇦's Arctic I know)
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Looks like there's a bit more land to build on that Peter Hitchens or Delingpole thought.
Australia, 769m ha 7.7m sq km, 46m ha arable land, 36m ha agricultural land, 6%.
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