Edward B. Barbier

Land Degradation, Less Favored Lands and the Rural Poor:
A Spatial and Economic Analysis
A Report for the Economics of Land Degradation Initiative
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2000 Net Primary Productivity (Degrading/Improving Agricultural Land)

Suggested citation: Based on Appendix data/tables from Edward B. Barbier and Jacob P. Hochard. Land Degradation, Less Favored Lands and the Rural Poor: A Spatial and Economic Analysis. A Report for the Economics of Land Degradation Initiative. Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming. Available at http://www.edwardbbarbier.com/Projects/ELD/Economics_of_Land_Degradation.html (Accessed on.)

Country	Total population (2000)	Rural population (2000)	Rural population on all degrading agricultural land (2000)	Share (%) of rural population on all degrading agricultural land (2000)	Rural population on all remote degrading agricultural land (2000)	Share (%) of rural population on all remote degrading agricultural land (2000)	Rural population on all improving agricultural land (2000)	Share (%) of rural population on all improving agricultural land (2000)	Rural population on all remote improving agricultural land (2000)	Share (%) of rural population on all remote improving agricultural land (2000)
Afghanistan	21,851,400	20,014,100	5,522,290	27.6%	1,439,950	7.2%	619,230	3.1%	162,430	0.8%
Albania	3,143,050	2,791,030	805,210	28.8%	103,523	3.7%	1,648,950	59.1%	244,488	8.8%
Algeria	30,302,500	23,256,200	9,922,090	42.7%	1,238,370	5.3%	1,368,310	5.9%	289,750	1.2%
American Samoa	67,622	14,830	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Andorra	81,955	18,007	1,719	9.5%	0	0.0%	1,587	8.8%	0	0.0%
Angola	13,164,100	12,679,000	238,580	1.9%	192,989	1.5%	2,179,810	17.2%	1,272,911	10.0%
Antigua and Barbuda	64,848	7,547	86	1.1%	86	1.1%	1,980	26.2%	121	1.6%
Argentina	37,136,000	19,706,000	5,630,980	28.6%	589,663	3.0%	7,165,920	36.4%	896,577	4.5%
Armenia	3,769,010	2,356,470	1,222,730	51.9%	292,951	12.4%	89,750	3.8%	44,186	1.9%
Aruba	100,572	10,446	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Australia	19,137,000	6,374,300	369,131	5.8%	17,052	0.3%	801,929	12.6%	94,376	1.5%
Austria	8,098,140	4,603,490	512,321	11.1%	22,355	0.5%	2,858,059	62.1%	231,969	5.0%
Azerbaijan	8,022,690	5,156,790	2,999,600	58.2%	515,172	10.0%	308,490	6.0%	75,697	1.5%
Bahrain	639,751	91,324	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Bangladesh	136,947,000	110,292,000	40,946,400	37.1%	1,737,910	1.6%	53,047,800	48.1%	2,997,500	2.7%
Barbados	267,498	12,370	471	3.8%	0	0.0%	5,264	42.6%	0	0.0%
Belarus	10,162,900	7,678,660	554,739	7.2%	8,796	0.1%	6,845,731	89.2%	117,462	1.5%
Belgium	10,291,900	2,550,790	513,386	20.1%	0	0.0%	2,023,724	79.3%	5,828	0.2%
Belize	229,856	216,357	26,097	12.1%	9,155	4.2%	41,138	19.0%	14,416	6.7%
Benin	6,268,570	5,160,700	1,569,970	30.4%	213,147	4.1%	1,078,640	20.9%	323,394	6.3%
Bermuda	62,960	16,422	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Bhutan	2,146,260	2,111,800	453,462	21.5%	346,340	16.4%	58,792	2.8%	52,252	2.5%
Bolivia	8,332,110	7,329,870	416,303	5.7%	286,577	3.9%	279,955	3.8%	190,410	2.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,967,450	3,815,680	1,959,690	51.4%	260,953	6.8%	1,739,670	45.6%	370,397	9.7%
Botswana	1,541,980	1,466,320	757	0.1%	748	0.1%	501,333	34.2%	199,246	13.6%
Brazil	170,360,000	95,522,600	11,047,400	11.6%	673,835	0.7%	49,698,900	52.0%	2,904,475	3.0%
Brunei Darussalam	317,451	111,744	11,579	10.4%	8,207	7.3%	30,798	27.6%	6,022	5.4%
Bulgaria	7,959,600	5,872,200	4,827,890	82.2%	261,981	4.5%	863,030	14.7%	85,578	1.5%
Burkina Faso	11,537,600	10,775,100	778,477	7.2%	307,947	2.9%	5,953,383	55.3%	1,370,203	12.7%
Burundi	6,344,620	5,912,870	3,925,510	66.4%	559,716	9.5%	819,780	13.9%	119,484	2.0%
Cambodia	13,144,700	11,518,500	5,307,370	46.1%	494,698	4.3%	4,330,880	37.6%	703,982	6.1%
Cameroon	14,876,800	13,828,100	1,763,940	12.8%	540,787	3.9%	2,876,320	20.8%	447,480	3.2%
Canada	30,740,400	6,792,610	596,421	8.8%	48,459	0.7%	2,666,879	39.3%	186,494	2.7%
Cape Verde	426,953	354,525	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Cayman Islands	38,229	7,295	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	620	8.5%	459	6.3%
Central African Republic	3,721,960	3,146,590	54,403	1.7%	31,870	1.0%	68,347	2.2%	44,502	1.4%
Chad	7,897,650	7,857,510	534,141	6.8%	297,310	3.8%	1,398,539	17.8%	845,210	10.8%
Chile	15,203,600	10,935,900	1,919,740	17.6%	384,310	3.5%	3,332,620	30.5%	393,294	3.6%
China	1,253,670,000	1,003,800,000	571,472,000	56.9%	101,674,000	10.1%	250,187,000	24.9%	45,174,000	4.5%
Colombia	42,092,600	27,628,600	3,427,490	12.4%	918,697	3.3%	6,721,010	24.3%	1,167,803	4.2%
Comoros	705,928	543,909	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	138,348	25.4%	126,716	23.3%
Congo, Dem. Rep.	50,845,700	45,927,000	9,686,710	21.1%	3,458,530	7.5%	1,658,590	3.6%	636,180	1.4%
Congo, Rep.	3,129,230	2,912,300	362,275	12.4%	209,441	7.2%	225,944	7.8%	95,372	3.3%
Costa Rica	4,027,860	2,202,550	178,518	8.1%	57,399	2.6%	304,743	13.8%	137,608	6.2%
Cote d'Ivoire	16,003,400	13,160,300	4,875,170	37.0%	975,381	7.4%	3,804,180	28.9%	977,119	7.4%
Croatia	4,457,950	3,987,350	1,475,420	37.0%	80,979	2.0%	2,238,200	56.1%	215,788	5.4%
Cuba	11,199,100	9,801,690	1,102,630	11.2%	8,675	0.1%	2,926,240	29.9%	30,946	0.3%
Cyprus	783,645	184,352	79,971	43.4%	240	0.1%	65,007	35.3%	554	0.3%
Czech Republic	10,293,700	4,650,300	850,070	18.3%	3,252	0.1%	3,499,910	75.3%	35,140	0.8%
Denmark	5,322,340	2,283,610	186,253	8.2%	9,341	0.4%	1,801,557	78.9%	8,018	0.4%
Djibouti	631,518	566,086	24	0.0%	6	0.0%	0	0.0%	12	0.0%
Dominica	70,559	33,227	8,706	26.2%	3,764	11.3%	5,852	17.6%	434	1.3%
Dominican Republic	8,392,520	5,997,730	215,745	3.6%	45,582	0.8%	795,585	13.3%	100,946	1.7%
Ecuador	12,648,800	7,739,830	2,259,460	29.2%	418,054	5.4%	1,303,790	16.8%	255,579	3.3%
Egypt, Arab Rep.	67,969,000	27,063,900	4,055,540	15.0%	856	0.0%	13,856,660	51.2%	40,899	0.2%
El Salvador	6,258,170	3,113,700	300,141	9.6%	5,894	0.2%	1,612,189	51.8%	16,247	0.5%
Equatorial Guinea	453,214	434,225	8,781	2.0%	2,460	0.6%	6,795	1.6%	1,631	0.4%
Eritrea	3,669,630	3,607,380	160,685	4.5%	48,706	1.4%	31,191	0.9%	14,843	0.4%
Estonia	1,391,650	511,160	7,728	1.5%	3,686	0.7%	341,891	66.9%	23,798	4.7%
Ethiopia	62,917,100	59,279,500	17,511,600	29.5%	9,873,850	16.7%	5,981,700	10.1%	3,049,850	5.1%
Faeroe Islands	46,224	29,683	8,227	27.7%	8,011	27.0%	4,194	14.1%	4,043	13.6%
Fiji	813,599	640,316	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Finland	5,169,130	2,483,150	2,154	0.1%	690	0.0%	153,335	6.2%	5,843	0.2%
France	59,209,100	18,287,300	3,697,150	20.2%	55,878	0.3%	13,648,850	74.6%	198,391	1.1%
French Polynesia	233,321	164,036	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Gabon	1,233,490	743,320	17,512	2.4%	14,801	2.0%	23,582	3.2%	22,402	3.0%
Gambia, The	1,281,020	859,249	250,880	29.2%	129,329	15.1%	444,757	51.8%	151,414	17.6%
Georgia	5,270,910	3,168,830	1,409,510	44.5%	296,592	9.4%	206,840	6.5%	35,904	1.1%
Germany	82,016,400	45,032,500	3,697,040	8.2%	17,781	0.0%	40,173,560	89.2%	299,873	0.7%
Ghana	19,334,500	14,940,300	6,040,150	40.4%	807,816	5.4%	3,547,750	23.7%	648,604	4.3%
Greece	10,627,000	3,939,130	1,381,120	35.1%	140,396	3.6%	1,402,400	35.6%	170,815	4.3%
Greenland	56,215	38,204	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Grenada	93,502	41,697	12,035	28.9%	11,817	28.3%	2,728	6.5%	2,191	5.3%
Guam	155,092	12,279	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Guatemala	11,377,000	8,228,620	1,722,690	20.9%	278,144	3.4%	2,087,690	25.4%	227,859	2.8%
Guinea	8,127,610	7,854,100	1,646,910	21.0%	387,070	4.9%	2,718,910	34.6%	685,810	8.7%
Guinea-Bissau	1,205,180	1,005,080	60,714	6.0%	24,724	2.5%	215,135	21.4%	62,069	6.2%
Guyana	760,166	732,576	16,326	2.2%	13,261	1.8%	194,931	26.6%	152,264	20.8%
Haiti	8,122,560	6,256,670	724,378	11.6%	106,442	1.7%	1,758,322	28.1%	175,856	2.8%
Honduras	6,437,950	4,004,350	940,763	23.5%	94,598	2.4%	793,757	19.8%	67,105	1.7%
Hong Kong SAR, China	6,804,010	1,027,380	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Hungary	9,970,610	5,661,940	4,553,530	80.4%	37,543	0.7%	904,720	16.0%	18,668	0.3%
Iceland	279,231	155,113	1,447	0.9%	19	0.0%	1,404	0.9%	117	0.1%
India	1,009,460,000	809,030,000	169,783,000	21.0%	15,962,400	2.0%	552,688,000	68.3%	30,232,400	3.7%
Indonesia	212,060,000	135,453,000	75,312,700	55.6%	11,883,600	8.8%	23,842,300	17.6%	5,168,800	3.8%
Iran, Islamic Rep.	70,294,900	55,977,500	10,082,500	18.0%	2,345,490	4.2%	2,278,400	4.1%	331,490	0.6%
Iraq	22,949,100	19,438,600	5,502,400	28.3%	425,942	2.2%	471,790	2.4%	49,313	0.3%
Ireland	3,810,010	1,632,080	634,270	38.9%	11,664	0.7%	832,810	51.0%	22,183	1.4%
Isle of Man	75,133	19,571	7,684	39.3%	2,090	10.7%	1,725	8.8%	529	2.7%
Israel	6,114,570	1,739,900	1,025,000	58.9%	10,468	0.6%	238,030	13.7%	2,194	0.1%
Italy	57,499,400	20,453,400	10,197,700	49.9%	279,319	1.4%	5,681,100	27.8%	319,584	1.6%
Jamaica	2,576,080	1,439,730	36,240	2.5%	64	0.0%	55,705	3.9%	3,800	0.3%
Japan	127,095,000	26,555,500	4,556,680	17.2%	182,654	0.7%	1,747,170	6.6%	99,150	0.4%
Jordan	4,902,700	2,350,800	702,196	29.9%	1,735	0.1%	75,648	3.2%	1,868	0.1%
Kazakhstan	16,251,300	10,244,500	1,961,940	19.2%	809,827	7.9%	4,170,790	40.7%	1,659,803	16.2%
Kenya	30,659,800	25,001,300	8,982,140	35.9%	1,951,610	7.8%	4,535,960	18.1%	1,070,550	4.3%
Kiribati	82,915	31,091	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Korea, Dem. Rep.	22,235,300	20,303,000	11,390,800	56.1%	1,786,930	8.8%	3,349,500	16.5%	361,670	1.8%
Korea, Rep.	46,751,100	13,456,300	4,585,420	34.1%	248,931	1.8%	3,715,630	27.6%	295,163	2.2%
Kuwait	1,910,990	696,479	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Kyrgyz Republic	5,001,850	3,437,200	1,094,980	31.9%	268,261	7.8%	557,690	16.2%	238,638	6.9%
Lao PDR	5,275,180	5,061,620	299,826	5.9%	51,731	1.0%	1,194,124	23.6%	237,724	4.7%
Latvia	2,425,390	861,889	23,113	2.7%	1,050	0.1%	660,848	76.7%	13,233	1.5%
Lebanon	3,481,310	1,567,090	517,360	33.0%	12,113	0.8%	570,490	36.4%	6,504	0.4%
Lesotho	2,009,410	1,954,470	64,986	3.3%	48,071	2.5%	1,231,545	63.0%	725,646	37.1%
Liberia	2,932,950	2,788,970	304,672	10.9%	147,058	5.3%	1,177,618	42.2%	730,705	26.2%
Libya	5,289,890	4,294,660	274,499	6.4%	248	0.0%	369,637	8.6%	9,798	0.2%
Liechtenstein	36,279	11,840	973	8.2%	189	1.6%	2,354	19.9%	0	0.0%
Lithuania	3,699,540	2,079,570	120,942	5.8%	480	0.0%	1,745,698	83.9%	13,428	0.6%
Luxembourg	437,500	125,246	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Macao SAR, China	237,600	41,130	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Macedonia, FYR	2,038,880	1,216,060	735,577	60.5%	81,481	6.7%	368,493	30.3%	56,923	4.7%
Madagascar	15,969,800	14,521,100	1,932,760	13.3%	361,215	2.5%	1,655,860	11.4%	404,994	2.8%
Malawi	11,235,400	9,419,080	849,969	9.0%	134,557	1.4%	3,223,411	34.2%	609,874	6.5%
Malaysia	22,334,300	11,773,000	4,861,170	41.3%	1,155,190	9.8%	2,636,840	22.4%	742,190	6.3%
Maldives	290,948	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Mali	11,348,800	11,073,700	2,243,150	20.3%	641,317	5.8%	5,627,480	50.8%	5,627,480	50.8%
Malta	389,910	37,166	1,855	5.0%	0	0.0%	18,365	49.4%	18,365	49.4%
Marshall Islands	51,123	37,166	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mauritania	2,663,840	2,475,910	30,222	1.2%	7,337	0.3%	585,311	23.6%	585,313	23.6%
Mauritius	1,161,290	170,825	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mexico	98,868,800	56,539,100	5,621,050	9.9%	786,225	1.4%	25,818,900	45.7%	25,818,900	45.7%
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	122,723	44,921	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	44,892	99.9%	44,892	99.9%
Moldova	4,279,040	2,775,840	2,308,120	83.2%	32,165	1.2%	392,960	14.2%	392,960	14.2%
Monaco	31,658	2,533	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mongolia	2,539,570	2,428,510	41,645	1.7%	29,718	1.2%	1,257,600	51.8%	1,257,600	51.8%
Morocco	29,914,100	23,687,900	6,454,670	27.2%	755,285	3.2%	8,403,000	35.5%	8,403,000	35.5%
Mozambique	18,388,400	16,814,100	2,005,850	11.9%	793,571	4.7%	13,858,460	82.4%	13,858,460	82.4%
Myanmar	47,833,100	42,400,100	6,599,920	15.6%	1,145,630	2.7%	30,513,500	72.0%	30,513,500	72.0%
Namibia	1,741,550	1,458,040	2,089	0.1%	2,089	0.1%	1,395,885	95.7%	1,395,885	95.7%
Nepal	23,147,400	21,314,200	8,443,710	39.6%	2,222,560	10.4%	9,527,500	44.7%	9,527,500	44.7%
Netherlands	15,847,400	5,269,960	852,762	16.2%	0	0.0%	4,378,566	83.1%	4,378,566	83.1%
New Caledonia	215,289	147,843	28,438	19.2%	15,887	10.7%	83,149	56.2%	83,149	56.2%
New Zealand	3,777,820	1,256,160	281,415	22.4%	7,008	0.6%	564,820	45.0%	564,820	45.0%
Nicaragua	5,069,790	3,909,760	1,130,260	28.9%	64,860	1.7%	2,150,330	55.0%	2,150,330	55.0%
Niger	10,840,400	10,748,400	393,341	3.7%	121,054	1.1%	5,973,130	55.6%	5,973,130	55.6%
Nigeria	113,842,000	95,816,400	18,320,300	19.1%	1,946,770	2.0%	43,440,400	45.3%	43,440,400	45.3%
Northern Mariana Islands	72,751	15,195	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	15,195	100.0%	15,195	100.0%
Norway	4,467,490	2,195,570	70,553	3.2%	10,187	0.5%	1,301,572	59.3%	1,301,572	59.3%
Oman	2,546,930	1,826,252	3,100	0.2%	79	0.0%	1,161,390	63.6%	1,161,390	63.6%
Pakistan	140,964,000	114,031,000	54,025,300	47.4%	4,805,640	4.2%	35,809,900	31.4%	35,809,900	31.4%
Palau	19,176	7,206	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7,206	100.0%	7,206	100.0%
Panama	2,850,680	1,977,980	101,697	5.1%	45,731	2.3%	1,577,575	79.8%	1,577,575	79.8%
Papua New Guinea	4,808,900	4,509,420	180,193	4.0%	166,453	3.7%	2,350,210	52.1%	2,350,210	52.1%
Paraguay	5,438,240	3,131,110	826,132	26.4%	312,405	10.0%	573,560	18.3%	573,560	18.3%
Peru	25,656,400	14,859,700	1,392,440	9.4%	683,273	4.6%	6,093,060	41.0%	6,093,060	41.0%
Philippines	75,652,500	51,922,900	16,002,500	30.8%	4,108,240	7.9%	33,452,200	64.4%	33,452,200	64.4%
Poland	38,600,100	18,806,300	6,976,760	37.1%	13,460	0.1%	11,608,070	61.7%	11,608,070	61.7%
Portugal	10,011,800	3,407,150	147,170	4.3%	13,604	0.4%	3,095,743	90.9%	3,095,743	90.9%
Puerto Rico	3,914,680	118,506	5,170	4.4%	0	0.0%	96,202	81.2%	96,202	81.2%
Qatar	565,719	134,129	5	0.0%	0	0.0%	8,601	6.4%	8,601	6.4%
Romania	22,436,400	13,414,300	10,861,100	81.0%	361,766	2.7%	1,799,000	13.4%	1,799,000	13.4%
Russian Federation	145,517,000	65,250,500	4,275,640	6.6%	569,464	0.9%	55,699,690	85.4%	55,699,690	85.4%
Rwanda	7,598,890	7,119,080	4,731,510	66.5%	916,604	12.9%	1,005,690	14.1%	1,005,690	14.1%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,473	6,465	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6,078	94.0%	6,078	94.0%
Saint Lucia	147,783	61,405	21,259	34.6%	0	0.0%	9,777	15.9%	9,777	15.9%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	113,279	69,662	12,970	18.6%	11,117	16.0%	31,103	44.6%	31,103	44.6%
Samoa	158,632	112,938	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
San Marino	23,856	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Sao Tome and Principe	137,706	117,090	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	17,600	15.0%	1,640	1.4%
Saudi Arabia	20,365,600	19,481,300	29,621	0.2%	11,242	0.1%	2,755	0.0%	1,086	0.0%
Senegal	9,446,550	6,994,910	1,575,170	22.5%	222,430	3.2%	2,161,450	30.9%	245,807	3.5%
Serbia and Montenegro	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n
Seychelles	80,410	20,560	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Sierra Leone	4,409,270	4,190,120	584,889	14.0%	55,194	1.3%	1,846,771	44.1%	192,325	4.6%
Singapore	3,923,170	329,296	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Slovak Republic	5,400,410	3,046,170	1,200,410	39.4%	20,275	0.7%	1,650,120	54.2%	88,379	2.9%
Slovenia	2,221,490	1,183,450	217,092	18.3%	20,199	1.7%	940,288	79.5%	63,538	5.4%
Solomon Islands	447,423	369,622	3,446	0.9%	3,182	0.9%	73,478	19.9%	66,726	18.1%
Somalia	8,772,080	8,333,020	156,745	1.9%	14,942	0.2%	1,000,025	12.0%	219,831	2.6%
South Africa	43,295,100	16,608,100	1,705,320	10.3%	587,315	3.5%	6,548,520	39.4%	2,037,635	12.3%
Spain	39,841,500	12,000,100	2,293,840	19.1%	75,604	0.6%	6,370,900	53.1%	309,439	2.6%
Sri Lanka	18,923,600	13,574,400	6,068,900	44.7%	890,425	6.6%	5,635,600	41.5%	793,045	5.8%
Sudan	31,074,100	29,487,200	2,392,540	8.1%	1,029,470	3.5%	2,649,040	9.0%	1,146,210	3.9%
Suriname	418,090	197,992	2,746	1.4%	580	0.3%	55,333	27.9%	13,163	6.6%
Swaziland	922,385	873,509	41,325	4.7%	11,875	1.4%	491,253	56.2%	161,706	18.5%
Sweden	8,843,140	5,015,070	333,615	6.7%	2,277	0.0%	2,656,865	53.0%	67,016	1.3%
Switzerland	7,144,990	2,354,410	177,386	7.5%	10,181	0.4%	1,668,344	70.9%	21,561	0.9%
Syrian Arab Republic	16,176,300	14,570,600	3,842,580	26.4%	79,999	0.5%	2,156,970	14.8%	100,343	0.7%
Tajikistan	6,072,390	4,367,150	2,250,860	51.5%	488,839	11.2%	152,910	3.5%	37,385	0.9%
Tanzania	35,112,700	33,227,500	8,859,000	26.7%	3,326,350	10.0%	10,408,500	31.3%	3,490,690	10.5%
Thailand	62,769,600	46,507,900	11,716,900	25.2%	1,962,370	4.2%	24,957,300	53.7%	3,833,580	8.2%
The Bahamas	304,225	95,293	11,174	11.7%	6,525	6.8%	23,805	25.0%	17,353	18.2%
Timor-Leste	739,187	690,063	146,781	21.3%	146,746	21.3%	308,722	44.7%	309,226	44.8%
Togo	4,504,860	3,702,790	1,913,290	51.7%	296,397	8.0%	663,160	17.9%	301,709	8.1%
Tonga	99,037	39,063	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Trinidad and Tobago	1,294,350	287,696	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	35,278	12.3%	3,128	1.1%
Tunisia	9,458,730	7,046,340	1,796,980	25.5%	178,006	2.5%	1,500,190	21.3%	127,279	1.8%
Turkey	66,689,900	58,121,600	13,703,400	23.6%	1,470,450	2.5%	28,141,900	48.4%	3,065,450	5.3%
Turkmenistan	4,797,120	3,880,010	387,292	10.0%	66,432	1.7%	57,182	1.5%	25,769	0.7%
Turks and Caicos Islands	16,699	11,609	5	0.0%	5	0.0%	1,458	12.6%	1,244	10.7%
Tuvalu	10,170	3,228	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Uganda	23,296,700	20,950,500	6,011,730	28.7%	846,927	4.0%	4,522,870	21.6%	400,223	1.9%
Ukraine	49,575,800	26,083,900	5,834,470	22.4%	103,132	0.4%	18,090,030	69.4%	351,193	1.3%
United Arab Emirates	2,595,780	1,861,230	160	0.0%	50	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
United Kingdom	59,404,900	16,693,500	8,560,350	51.3%	40,683	0.2%	6,669,150	40.0%	69,661	0.4%
United States	283,221,000	59,540,300	10,007,600	16.8%	639,876	1.1%	29,365,400	49.3%	2,379,764	4.0%
Uruguay	3,338,940	1,895,720	679,181	35.8%	169,803	9.0%	1,085,559	57.3%	286,379	15.1%
Uzbekistan	24,696,900	13,751,100	9,525,950	69.3%	727,993	5.3%	690,650	5.0%	51,109	0.4%
Vanuatu	196,801	175,758	1,847	1.1%	1,799	1.0%	23,607	13.4%	22,344	12.7%
Venezuela, RB	24,177,900	13,309,700	1,144,300	8.6%	212,971	1.6%	4,263,170	32.0%	993,859	7.5%
Vietnam	78,113,800	60,568,700	7,038,150	11.6%	576,595	1.0%	40,264,950	66.5%	2,664,335	4.4%
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	120,881	16,087	723	4.5%	0	0.0%	1,472	9.1%	0	0.0%
Yemen, Rep.	18,348,300	15,759,900	528,773	3.4%	402,215	2.6%	158,640	1.0%	44,150	0.3%
Zambia	10,421,000	8,898,370	1,366,190	15.4%	788,375	8.9%	3,013,140	33.9%	1,833,365	20.6%
Zimbabwe	12,607,500	9,854,720	129,797	1.3%	50,037	0.5%	4,039,603	41.0%	1,161,133	11.8%
Region	Total population (2000)	Rural population (2000)	Rural population on all degrading agricultural land (2000)	Share (%) of rural population on all degrading agricultural land (2000)	Rural population on all remote degrading agricultural land (2000)	Share (%) of rural population on all remote degrading agricultural land (2000)	Rural population on all improving agricultural land (2000)	Share (%) of rural population on all improving agricultural land (2000)	Rural population on all remote improving agricultural land (2000)	Share (%) of rural population on all remote improving agricultural land (2000)
World	6,018,854,810	4,111,548,192	1,331,314,658	32.4%	205,400,190	5.0%	1,537,102,531	37.4%	164,319,701	4.0%
High Income: non-OECD	208,223,779	101,379,963	6,774,039	6.7%	876,845	0.9%	44,689,714	44.1%	3,407,929	3.4%
High Income: OECD	978,269,211	303,329,919	65,851,984	21.7%	2,289,606	0.8%	151,711,481	50.0%	5,613,920	1.9%
Low income	646,555,818	569,576,288	157,559,551	27.7%	34,680,252	6.1%	154,903,959	27.2%	28,061,732	4.9%
Lower middle income	2,040,283,669	1,552,163,639	406,725,000	26.2%	49,307,556	3.2%	762,950,560	49.2%	58,723,867	3.8%
Upper middle income	2,145,522,334	1,585,098,383	694,404,084	43.8%	118,245,932	7.5%	422,846,817	26.7%	68,512,253	4.3%
East Asia and Pacific (all income levels)	2,011,964,962	1,447,904,014	720,207,912	49.7%	125,666,620	8.7%	405,235,285	28.0%	68,432,968	4.7%
Europe and Central Asia (all income levels)	857,569,367	422,955,708	115,500,855	27.3%	7,601,209	1.8%	219,712,230	51.9%	11,811,730	2.8%
Latin America & Carribean (all income levels)	517,558,790	307,457,141	40,935,306	13.3%	6,199,512	2.0%	95,078,134	30.9%	10,018,717	3.3%
Middle East and North Africa (all income levels)	314,847,598	221,447,355	44,739,354	20.2%	5,462,102	2.5%	28,434,162	12.8%	1,706,790	0.8%
North America	314,024,360	66,349,332	10,604,021	16.0%	688,335	1.0%	32,032,279	48.3%	2,566,258	3.9%
South Asia (all income levels)	1,353,730,608	1,090,367,500	285,243,062	26.2%	27,405,225	2.5%	641,822,912	58.9%	37,317,987	3.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	649,159,126	555,067,142	114,084,150	20.6%	32,377,187	5.8%	114,787,531	20.7%	32,465,251	5.8%
East Asia and Pacific (developing only)	1,803,245,358	1,398,412,852	710,375,248	50.8%	125,186,882	9.0%	398,694,853	28.5%	67,914,056	4.9%
Europe and Central Asia (developing only)	254,105,800	173,793,260	66,996,588	38.5%	6,187,857	3.6%	66,683,606	38.4%	6,582,688	3.8%
Latin America & Carribean (developing only)	492,855,795	294,052,206	38,318,756	13.0%	5,638,783	1.9%	90,574,464	30.8%	9,316,371	3.2%
Middle East and North Africa (developing only)	279,718,348	195,579,576	43,679,612	22.3%	5,440,265	2.8%	28,144,765	14.4%	1,703,130	0.9%
South Asia (developing only)	1,353,730,608	1,090,367,500	285,243,062	26.2%	27,405,225	2.5%	641,822,912	58.9%	37,317,987	3.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	648,705,912	554,632,917	114,075,369	20.6%	32,374,727	5.8%	114,780,736	20.7%	32,463,620	5.9%
All Developing Countries	4,832,361,821	3,706,838,310	1,258,688,635	34.0%	202,233,740	5.5%	1,340,701,336	36.2%	155,297,853	4.2%
All Developed Countries	1,186,492,990	404,709,882	72,626,023	17.9%	3,166,450	0.8%	196,401,195	48.5%	9,021,849	2.2%
Number of countries with data	205	205	183	183	183	183	183	183	183	183
x = missing data or insufficient spatial resolution denoting agricultural land n = unable to determine due to a change in political boundaries			Degrading Agricultural Land (DAL) Improving Agricultural Land (IAL)			Degrading agricultural land consists of agricultural land with a negative change in Net Primary Productivity (NPP) from 1981-2000 Improving agricultural land consists of agricultural land with a positive change in Net Primary Productivity (NPP) from 1981-2000.