Forest and Farm — Image of the Day

Using data from the World Bank , here are the top 15 and bottom 15 countries in terms of per capita arable land, among countries in which at least 15 million people live:

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Here’s zooming in on the bottom 15:

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(rounded to the nearest decimal point)

Using data from Nationmaster (from 2005, so it may be outdated in some cases), here are the top 15 and bottom 15 countries in terms of per capita forest area, among countries in which at least 15 million people live:

forest area per capita

And zooming in:

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If these numbers are correct, then Canada has 43.7 times more arable land per capita and 10,667 times more forest area per capita than Egypt does.

 

 

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