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Figure 4.2. Distribution of Land Use
Source: AQUASTAT, 2013
4.1. African Group
The total area of the 17 countries in African Group is about 783 million ha, of
which 116.9 million ha is being cultivated. The Chad and Mozambique have limited
agricultural areas. More than 40% of total area is cultivated in Gambia, Nigeria and
Togo. About 14.9% of the total area is used for agriculture in this country group (Annex
3).
4.2. Arab Group
Total area of Arab Group which covers 22 countries is over 1.379 billion ha and
62.5 million ha of which is under cultivation and this accounts for 4.53% of the total
area. The percentage of the cultivated areas in Comoros, Lebanon, Morocco, the Syrian
Arab Republic and Tunisia is more than 20%. This ratio is smaller than 2% in Djibouti,
Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Oman and the United Arab Emirates (Annex 1).
4.3. Asian Group
There is about 168 million ha of farming area in the Asian Group countries, and
this accounts for 16% of the total area. More than half of the Bangladesh area is