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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2010 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 (2010)	Rural population (2010)	Rural population on all degrading agricultural land (2010)	Share (%) of rural population on all degrading agricultural land (2010)	Rural population on all remote degrading agricultural land (2010)	Share (%) of rural population on all remote degrading agricultural land (2010)	Rural population on all improving agricultural land (2010)	Share (%) of rural population on all improving agricultural land (2010)	Rural population on all remote improving agricultural land (2010)	Share (%) of rural population on all remote improving agricultural land (2010)
Afghanistan	31,401,100	28,760,300	7,967,396	27.7%	2,076,851	7.2%	843,734	2.9%	224,419	0.8%
Albania	3,326,360	2,887,150	827,800	28.7%	106,273	3.7%	1,810,545	62.7%	218,900	7.6%
Algeria	35,646,000	27,105,700	11,559,443	42.6%	1,388,742	5.1%	1,578,172	5.8%	280,508	1.0%
American Samoa	91,450	19,503	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Andorra	119,842	26,305	2,678	10.2%	0	0.0%	3,135	11.9%	0	0.0%
Angola	17,807,900	17,150,900	328,764	1.9%	265,924	1.6%	3,000,638	17.5%	1,716,896	10.0%
Antigua and Barbuda	66,843	7,780	88	1.1%	88	1.1%	2,040	26.2%	124	1.6%
Argentina	41,592,700	22,645,200	7,246,171	32.0%	792,184	3.5%	9,167,615	40.5%	921,216	4.1%
Armenia	3,788,470	2,449,240	1,668,524	68.1%	352,532	14.4%	122,394	5.0%	0	0.0%
Aruba	137,911	14,325	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Australia	21,028,000	6,986,880	350,345	5.0%	15,947	0.2%	762,109	10.9%	104,449	1.5%
Austria	7,967,490	4,588,740	480,894	10.5%	20,732	0.5%	2,651,782	57.8%	229,430	5.0%
Azerbaijan	8,476,570	5,447,980	3,184,582	58.5%	546,667	10.0%	331,955	6.1%	77,162	1.4%
Bahrain	743,574	98,819	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Bangladesh	167,276,000	132,512,000	48,183,852	36.4%	2,008,728	1.5%	62,798,592	47.4%	3,617,412	2.7%
Barbados	276,784	12,800	379	3.0%	0	0.0%	4,236	33.1%	0	0.0%
Belarus	9,794,610	7,338,290	527,574	7.2%	8,188	0.1%	6,270,019	85.4%	107,089	1.5%
Belgium	10,340,400	2,627,770	513,104	19.5%	0	0.0%	2,037,415	77.5%	5,917	0.2%
Belize	272,410	257,161	32,047	12.5%	11,397	4.4%	51,430	20.0%	16,715	6.5%
Benin	8,273,270	6,810,930	2,198,704	32.3%	298,695	4.4%	1,522,985	22.4%	409,652	6.0%
Bermuda	66,966	17,467	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Bhutan	2,768,980	2,726,670	595,880	21.9%	456,292	16.7%	75,028	2.8%	53,645	2.0%
Bolivia	10,233,300	8,961,110	514,272	5.7%	339,297	3.8%	337,410	3.8%	228,096	2.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,255,110	4,095,950	2,111,739	51.6%	281,840	6.9%	1,889,418	46.1%	399,909	9.8%
Botswana	1,630,870	1,545,880	751	0.0%	742	0.0%	524,214	33.9%	210,386	13.6%
Brazil	191,390,000	105,720,000	13,251,410	12.5%	794,893	0.8%	56,037,781	53.0%	3,105,197	2.9%
Brunei Darussalam	374,813	121,145	14,300	11.8%	10,091	8.3%	39,270	32.4%	5,111	4.2%
Bulgaria	7,198,840	5,270,000	3,984,136	75.6%	219,305	4.2%	727,324	13.8%	96,128	1.8%
Burkina Faso	15,763,200	14,775,000	1,340,142	9.1%	520,427	3.5%	9,869,294	66.8%	1,749,403	11.8%
Burundi	8,642,830	8,003,690	5,322,220	66.5%	775,844	9.7%	1,052,280	13.1%	158,981	2.0%
Cambodia	16,670,600	14,607,000	7,980,213	54.6%	742,371	5.1%	6,523,855	44.7%	774,749	5.3%
Cameroon	18,354,300	17,060,700	2,280,975	13.4%	699,528	4.1%	3,709,824	21.7%	520,122	3.0%
Canada	33,197,400	6,960,690	602,310	8.7%	44,642	0.6%	2,631,526	37.8%	188,427	2.7%
Cape Verde	522,245	436,968	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Cayman Islands	51,864	9,803	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	858	8.8%	644	6.6%
Central African Republic	4,438,390	3,752,620	64,078	1.7%	37,553	1.0%	80,906	2.2%	53,648	1.4%
Chad	10,701,000	10,646,700	736,580	6.9%	409,962	3.9%	1,928,573	18.1%	1,137,798	10.7%
Chile	17,002,700	12,037,500	2,176,670	18.1%	435,226	3.6%	3,810,160	31.7%	407,515	3.4%
China	1,343,240,000	1,052,070,000	590,596,988	56.1%	103,009,000	9.8%	253,375,836	24.1%	45,893,000	4.4%
Colombia	49,140,700	32,539,100	3,802,189	11.7%	1,025,704	3.2%	7,372,767	22.7%	1,441,546	4.4%
Comoros	938,596	723,291	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	186,305	25.8%	168,225	23.3%
Congo, Dem. Rep.	71,116,800	64,238,200	13,633,178	21.2%	4,868,248	7.6%	2,320,010	3.6%	859,512	1.3%
Congo, Rep.	4,239,490	3,941,970	491,228	12.5%	283,982	7.2%	308,833	7.8%	128,534	3.3%
Costa Rica	4,860,980	2,673,730	216,442	8.1%	66,151	2.5%	350,009	13.1%	150,675	5.6%
Cote d'Ivoire	19,609,200	16,381,200	6,432,816	39.3%	1,411,843	8.6%	4,805,367	29.3%	1,189,697	7.3%
Croatia	4,455,310	3,985,150	1,681,298	42.2%	92,208	2.3%	2,538,944	63.7%	204,364	5.1%
Cuba	11,513,700	10,051,000	1,151,107	11.5%	8,715	0.1%	3,092,071	30.8%	31,213	0.3%
Cyprus	840,556	186,019	64,631	34.7%	234	0.1%	52,601	28.3%	594	0.3%
Czech Republic	10,155,100	4,640,860	841,033	18.1%	3,186	0.1%	3,456,702	74.5%	35,192	0.8%
Denmark	5,376,390	2,293,910	183,419	8.0%	8,766	0.4%	1,799,335	78.4%	7,688	0.3%
Djibouti	679,023	608,748	27	0.0%	7	0.0%	0	0.0%	12	0.0%
Dominica	70,139	32,617	10,596	32.5%	3,846	11.8%	6,840	21.0%	0	0.0%
Dominican Republic	9,646,160	6,736,740	219,846	3.3%	45,643	0.7%	861,865	12.8%	105,546	1.6%
Ecuador	14,903,300	9,043,640	2,441,400	27.0%	446,668	4.9%	1,403,704	15.5%	324,491	3.6%
Egypt, Arab Rep.	79,379,000	31,778,900	5,298,276	16.7%	1,141	0.0%	18,189,766	57.2%	48,181	0.2%
El Salvador	7,418,840	3,528,820	348,028	9.9%	6,933	0.2%	1,864,621	52.8%	17,836	0.5%
Equatorial Guinea	600,798	575,144	10,728	1.9%	2,991	0.5%	8,145	1.4%	2,461	0.4%
Eritrea	5,108,730	5,022,010	225,239	4.5%	68,179	1.4%	43,698	0.9%	20,037	0.4%
Estonia	1,251,260	461,318	6,799	1.5%	3,325	0.7%	299,403	64.9%	22,078	4.8%
Ethiopia	79,864,700	75,247,200	25,362,813	33.7%	14,300,812	19.0%	8,695,590	11.6%	2,104,288	2.8%
Faeroe Islands	50,555	32,465	8,998	27.7%	8,761	27.0%	4,588	14.1%	4,422	13.6%
Fiji	896,146	705,281	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Finland	5,184,750	2,428,580	2,961	0.1%	683	0.0%	148,460	6.1%	5,312	0.2%
France	61,174,300	18,921,600	3,731,053	19.7%	55,254	0.3%	13,852,937	73.2%	203,178	1.1%
French Polynesia	270,618	190,531	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Gabon	1,572,580	947,745	22,334	2.4%	18,878	2.0%	30,174	3.2%	28,566	3.0%
Gambia, The	1,601,680	1,063,670	303,948	28.6%	150,926	14.2%	640,274	60.2%	147,696	13.9%
Georgia	4,969,850	3,029,550	1,104,283	36.5%	228,493	7.5%	154,898	5.1%	81,261	2.7%
Germany	81,354,700	45,459,200	3,538,582	7.8%	17,657	0.0%	39,871,843	87.7%	301,090	0.7%
Ghana	23,988,300	18,463,100	8,304,198	45.0%	1,124,154	6.1%	4,753,085	25.7%	706,906	3.8%
Greece	10,592,600	3,708,070	1,234,078	33.3%	125,730	3.4%	1,270,590	34.3%	167,254	4.5%
Greenland	57,152	38,390	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Grenada	96,121	42,865	11,341	26.5%	11,136	26.0%	2,571	6.0%	3,264	7.6%
Guam	190,810	15,107	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Guatemala	14,616,700	10,635,300	2,248,389	21.1%	369,686	3.5%	2,569,653	24.2%	300,932	2.8%
Guinea	9,961,960	9,704,590	2,159,985	22.3%	506,948	5.2%	3,607,146	37.2%	863,452	8.9%
Guinea-Bissau	1,538,910	1,283,440	77,664	6.1%	31,658	2.5%	275,052	21.4%	79,238	6.2%
Guyana	763,064	735,189	16,220	2.2%	13,156	1.8%	192,449	26.2%	153,170	20.8%
Haiti	9,474,870	7,107,520	866,074	12.2%	131,020	1.8%	2,123,446	29.9%	202,296	2.8%
Honduras	7,988,550	4,825,760	1,221,099	25.3%	125,234	2.6%	1,027,021	21.3%	70,759	1.5%
Hong Kong SAR, China	7,573,070	1,155,690	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Hungary	9,495,200	5,442,890	3,962,533	72.8%	32,482	0.6%	779,461	14.3%	21,207	0.4%
Iceland	296,904	165,750	1,332	0.8%	35	0.0%	1,652	1.0%	454	0.3%
India	1,164,770,000	932,620,000	193,484,143	20.7%	18,292,543	2.0%	626,748,693	67.2%	35,155,957	3.8%
Indonesia	237,677,000	152,912,000	100,572,323	65.8%	16,400,919	10.7%	32,021,871	20.9%	3,359,781	2.2%
Iran, Islamic Rep.	80,772,700	64,177,600	8,736,969	13.6%	2,023,516	3.2%	1,964,429	3.1%	950,774	1.5%
Iraq	29,917,500	25,340,500	7,144,748	28.2%	552,787	2.2%	569,681	2.2%	66,374	0.3%
Ireland	4,212,550	1,741,560	686,624	39.4%	11,240	0.6%	937,688	53.8%	20,983	1.2%
Isle of Man	81,223	21,456	8,385	39.1%	2,321	10.8%	1,805	8.4%	602	2.8%
Israel	7,375,750	2,171,710	1,168,291	53.8%	11,533	0.5%	256,853	11.8%	3,700	0.2%
Italy	56,363,800	20,065,100	9,298,842	46.3%	248,493	1.2%	5,049,790	25.2%	325,038	1.6%
Jamaica	2,820,560	1,588,240	35,905	2.3%	61	0.0%	56,422	3.6%	3,954	0.2%
Japan	128,219,000	25,573,300	3,893,987	15.2%	152,332	0.6%	1,464,737	5.7%	113,529	0.4%
Jordan	6,408,600	3,072,600	855,164	27.8%	2,113	0.1%	84,566	2.8%	2,597	0.1%
Kazakhstan	15,870,800	10,006,700	1,931,086	19.3%	800,194	8.0%	4,113,638	41.1%	1,614,896	16.1%
Kenya	36,930,000	29,599,100	10,850,937	36.7%	2,381,968	8.0%	5,349,616	18.1%	1,181,802	4.0%
Kiribati	94,488	35,353	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Korea, Dem. Rep.	23,651,900	21,595,900	12,142,663	56.2%	1,905,238	8.8%	3,541,531	16.4%	381,212	1.8%
Korea, Rep.	49,633,900	13,534,800	4,549,697	33.6%	208,219	1.5%	3,154,616	23.3%	275,802	2.0%
Kuwait	2,468,500	928,427	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Kyrgyz Republic	5,614,830	4,081,930	1,356,142	33.2%	334,366	8.2%	624,700	15.3%	269,300	6.6%
Lao PDR	6,587,550	6,298,850	492,115	7.8%	81,356	1.3%	1,938,056	30.8%	274,660	4.4%
Latvia	2,292,770	834,775	25,652	3.1%	1,208	0.1%	725,414	86.9%	12,682	1.5%
Lebanon	4,000,540	1,800,780	639,649	35.5%	14,988	0.8%	703,361	39.1%	6,431	0.4%
Lesotho	2,099,650	2,039,140	61,772	3.0%	44,148	2.2%	1,276,455	62.6%	744,710	36.5%
Liberia	4,710,570	4,479,220	497,217	11.1%	240,352	5.4%	1,920,189	42.9%	1,169,938	26.1%
Libya	6,530,950	5,302,190	341,872	6.4%	308	0.0%	466,916	8.8%	12,094	0.2%
Liechtenstein	39,558	12,970	997	7.7%	194	1.5%	2,737	21.1%	15	0.1%
Lithuania	3,597,750	2,041,620	94,666	4.6%	369	0.0%	1,390,571	68.1%	16,129	0.8%
Luxembourg	489,390	144,645	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Macao SAR, China	257,911	44,639	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Macedonia, FYR	2,077,640	1,226,210	680,286	55.5%	74,876	6.1%	332,267	27.1%	62,458	5.1%
Madagascar	21,095,800	19,217,500	2,591,961	13.5%	489,848	2.5%	2,165,061	11.3%	519,612	2.7%
Malawi	13,942,800	11,575,900	1,227,683	10.6%	191,894	1.7%	4,707,049	40.7%	722,459	6.2%
Malaysia	26,285,600	13,317,700	5,384,875	40.4%	1,287,438	9.7%	2,984,466	22.4%	866,472	6.5%
Maldives	392,567	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Mali	15,228,700	14,855,500	3,042,516	20.5%	845,899	5.7%	4,289,057	28.9%	859,321	5.8%
Malta	404,708	36,981	2,094	5.7%	0	0.0%	1,740	4.7%	0	0.0%
Marshall Islands	58,087	15,682	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mauritania	3,572,760	3,325,360	42,591	1.3%	12,183	0.4%	7,486	0.2%	1,079	0.0%
Mauritius	1,255,950	184,754	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mexico	112,868,000	64,038,100	6,138,224	9.6%	833,652	1.3%	7,315,625	11.4%	1,155,048	1.8%
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	154,896	57,113	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8,174	14.3%	7,631	13.4%
Moldova	4,172,670	2,692,210	2,174,020	80.8%	30,273	1.1%	358,202	13.3%	7,313	0.3%
Monaco	34,051	2,724	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mongolia	2,875,450	2,732,100	40,019	1.5%	27,450	1.0%	148,790	5.4%	99,784	3.7%
Morocco	35,361,600	27,913,500	7,432,025	26.6%	861,699	3.1%	6,199,288	22.2%	851,401	3.1%
Mozambique	21,749,300	19,721,300	2,344,217	11.9%	892,266	4.5%	10,284,023	52.1%	3,195,874	16.2%
Myanmar	53,103,000	47,024,700	8,455,336	18.0%	1,465,540	3.1%	23,696,341	50.4%	2,145,960	4.6%
Namibia	2,077,800	1,697,180	1,666	0.1%	1,666	0.1%	445,710	26.3%	401,589	23.7%
Nepal	29,023,200	26,454,500	10,610,505	40.1%	2,705,629	10.2%	8,118,007	30.7%	1,783,211	6.7%
Netherlands	16,299,900	5,495,970	869,617	15.8%	0	0.0%	4,114,744	74.9%	6,572	0.1%
New Caledonia	257,904	179,530	36,265	20.2%	20,259	11.3%	26,718	14.9%	12,503	7.0%
New Zealand	4,040,610	1,298,410	210,970	16.2%	4,961	0.4%	176,771	13.6%	15,800	1.2%
Nicaragua	6,489,030	4,932,030	1,409,473	28.6%	81,026	1.6%	1,658,317	33.6%	196,698	4.0%
Niger	15,556,400	15,461,400	607,307	3.9%	185,027	1.2%	1,033,867	6.7%	161,015	1.0%
Nigeria	146,913,000	123,652,000	25,072,929	20.3%	2,664,115	2.2%	25,788,795	20.9%	3,132,725	2.5%
Northern Mariana Islands	106,256	22,192	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1,559	7.0%	268	1.2%
Norway	4,612,180	2,193,220	70,164	3.2%	9,538	0.4%	252,483	11.5%	22,455	1.0%
Oman	3,525,140	2,511,690	7,341	0.3%	181	0.0%	102,392	4.1%	461	0.0%
Pakistan	181,001,000	146,268,000	67,966,139	46.5%	6,005,368	4.1%	29,163,135	19.9%	2,150,212	1.5%
Palau	23,446	8,973	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3,491	38.9%	3,160	35.2%
Panama	3,261,540	2,223,570	116,780	5.3%	52,756	2.4%	653,203	29.4%	122,919	5.5%
Papua New Guinea	5,989,040	5,616,060	265,723	4.7%	245,461	4.4%	220,670	3.9%	144,156	2.6%
Paraguay	6,916,050	3,684,000	995,642	27.0%	366,492	9.9%	331,680	9.0%	83,433	2.3%
Peru	29,877,700	17,584,000	1,649,273	9.4%	811,264	4.6%	1,581,909	9.0%	630,776	3.6%
Philippines	89,887,300	61,418,000	20,431,330	33.3%	5,192,124	8.5%	36,653,863	59.7%	7,037,376	11.5%
Poland	38,246,300	18,754,400	5,491,994	29.3%	10,496	0.1%	8,611,893	45.9%	83,463	0.4%
Portugal	10,078,800	3,206,060	134,604	4.2%	10,671	0.3%	1,869,192	58.3%	84,485	2.6%
Puerto Rico	4,249,850	124,033	4,128	3.3%	0	0.0%	12,186	9.8%	0	0.0%
Qatar	653,008	162,617	7	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Romania	21,814,000	13,053,700	10,067,711	77.1%	334,290	2.6%	1,347,670	10.3%	110,761	0.8%
Russian Federation	137,002,000	60,271,000	4,284,881	7.1%	538,000	0.9%	36,007,167	59.7%	2,681,950	4.4%
Rwanda	9,417,910	8,822,920	6,742,937	76.4%	1,303,210	14.8%	745,546	8.5%	0	0.0%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	36,103	6,067	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	358	5.9%	345	5.7%
Saint Lucia	163,228	67,822	16,143	23.8%	0	0.0%	1,143	1.7%	0	0.0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	120,149	73,887	13,757	18.6%	11,792	16.0%	9,534	12.9%	4,529	6.1%
Samoa	168,025	119,626	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
San Marino	25,496	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Sao Tome and Principe	163,740	139,227	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	20,703	14.9%	1,950	1.4%
Saudi Arabia	27,613,900	26,388,700	41,035	0.2%	15,435	0.1%	3,302	0.0%	1,718	0.0%
Senegal	12,081,800	8,945,690	2,185,043	24.4%	307,359	3.4%	2,999,921	33.5%	289,496	3.2%
Serbia and Montenegro	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n
Seychelles	91,361	23,360	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Sierra Leone	6,288,030	5,956,430	1,020,892	17.1%	89,164	1.5%	3,159,149	53.0%	247,431	4.2%
Singapore	4,492,500	376,771	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Slovak Republic	5,433,620	3,149,160	999,866	31.8%	16,008	0.5%	1,352,138	42.9%	94,621	3.0%
Slovenia	2,187,100	1,179,320	194,721	16.5%	18,352	1.6%	881,591	74.8%	64,378	5.5%
Solomon Islands	618,678	506,094	5,709	1.1%	5,308	1.0%	119,652	23.6%	90,891	18.0%
Somalia	13,059,500	12,406,700	240,097	1.9%	17,109	0.1%	1,916,453	15.4%	404,595	3.3%
South Africa	45,124,300	16,641,200	1,734,065	10.4%	578,474	3.5%	6,409,292	38.5%	2,060,716	12.4%
Spain	39,498,000	11,731,900	2,091,764	17.8%	67,729	0.6%	5,691,879	48.5%	304,659	2.6%
Sri Lanka	20,698,800	14,685,100	7,293,712	49.7%	1,047,521	7.1%	6,776,580	46.1%	777,219	5.3%
Sudan	38,644,500	36,671,200	3,080,934	8.4%	1,325,731	3.6%	3,410,521	9.3%	1,380,009	3.8%
Suriname	434,393	193,354	2,549	1.3%	480	0.2%	50,390	26.1%	12,640	6.5%
Swaziland	986,116	930,650	45,375	4.9%	13,148	1.4%	520,890	56.0%	172,995	18.6%
Sweden	8,704,050	4,759,060	305,086	6.4%	2,043	0.0%	2,484,789	52.2%	62,897	1.3%
Switzerland	7,049,430	2,327,300	202,266	8.7%	9,632	0.4%	1,622,951	69.7%	20,341	0.9%
Syrian Arab Republic	20,751,200	18,690,400	4,999,833	26.8%	103,708	0.6%	2,824,592	15.1%	126,870	0.7%
Tajikistan	6,611,000	4,756,200	2,595,581	54.6%	563,706	11.9%	176,769	3.7%	9,251	0.2%
Tanzania	44,059,300	41,487,100	12,523,256	30.2%	4,851,545	11.7%	14,041,366	33.8%	3,893,155	9.4%
Thailand	69,652,400	50,387,300	13,722,659	27.2%	2,334,630	4.6%	27,988,649	55.5%	3,948,520	7.8%
The Bahamas	341,146	99,526	13,490	13.6%	7,195	7.2%	28,001	28.1%	15,801	15.9%
Timor-Leste	668,750	624,823	144,133	23.1%	144,091	23.1%	305,698	48.9%	270,413	43.3%
Togo	5,795,110	4,763,170	2,509,008	52.7%	388,451	8.2%	873,608	18.3%	380,590	8.0%
Tonga	102,873	40,501	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Trinidad and Tobago	1,358,430	301,257	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	29,995	10.0%	3,348	1.1%
Tunisia	10,631,300	7,901,960	2,137,376	27.0%	213,027	2.7%	1,789,015	22.6%	126,662	1.6%
Turkey	75,178,000	64,950,800	15,032,038	23.1%	1,558,138	2.4%	30,238,806	46.6%	3,491,562	5.4%
Turkmenistan	5,719,290	4,625,360	464,338	10.0%	79,681	1.7%	68,309	1.5%	30,051	0.6%
Turks and Caicos Islands	22,570	15,690	6	0.0%	6	0.0%	1,970	12.6%	1,682	10.7%
Tuvalu	11,563	3,680	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Uganda	32,577,800	29,082,800	9,486,815	32.6%	1,320,999	4.5%	6,522,646	22.4%	413,281	1.4%
Ukraine	45,252,500	23,547,700	5,323,914	22.6%	96,706	0.4%	16,175,885	68.7%	327,487	1.4%
United Arab Emirates	3,044,670	2,183,440	136	0.0%	42	0.0%	0	0.0%	16	0.0%
United Kingdom	60,247,500	17,188,000	8,971,080	52.2%	41,329	0.2%	7,003,459	40.7%	67,689	0.4%
United States	308,568,000	64,382,200	10,792,396	16.8%	686,705	1.1%	30,864,335	47.9%	2,503,305	3.9%
Uruguay	3,567,990	2,073,400	693,848	33.5%	170,285	8.2%	1,156,707	55.8%	315,294	15.2%
Uzbekistan	28,327,900	15,771,900	10,658,098	67.6%	813,952	5.2%	786,432	5.0%	79,011	0.5%
Vanuatu	251,851	224,387	2,585	1.2%	2,517	1.1%	31,694	14.1%	28,172	12.6%
Venezuela, RB	28,728,400	16,217,500	1,376,140	8.5%	254,223	1.6%	5,202,024	32.1%	1,203,557	7.4%
Vietnam	88,657,300	68,743,700	9,827,152	14.3%	804,470	1.2%	56,737,042	82.5%	2,872,920	4.2%
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	134,219	17,862	459	2.6%	0	0.0%	934	5.2%	0	0.0%
Yemen, Rep.	27,357,000	23,497,600	785,423	3.3%	597,437	2.5%	242,195	1.0%	68,108	0.3%
Zambia	12,992,600	11,031,700	1,819,360	16.5%	1,100,104	10.0%	3,911,274	35.5%	2,214,446	20.1%
Zimbabwe	15,009,000	11,529,700	174,824	1.5%	67,606	0.6%	5,193,805	45.0%	1,386,644	12.0%
Region	Total population (2010)	Rural population (2010)	Rural population on all degrading agricultural land (2010)	Share (%) of rural population on all degrading agricultural land (2010)	Rural population on all remote degrading agricultural land (2010)	Share (%) of rural population on all remote degrading agricultural land (2010)	Rural population on all improving agricultural land (2010)	Share (%) of rural population on all improving agricultural land (2010)	Rural population on all remote improving agricultural land (2010)	Share (%) of rural population on all remote improving agricultural land (2010)
World	6,784,554,418	4,663,874,681	1,496,881,220	32.1%	233,262,586	5.0%	1,729,943,543	37.1%	178,207,904	3.8%
High Income: non-OECD	211,485,119	105,144,305	6,996,490	6.7%	869,870	0.8%	42,147,373	40.1%	3,280,534	3.1%
High Income: OECD	1,016,181,874	310,176,983	63,594,551	20.5%	2,240,461	0.7%	148,383,824	47.8%	5,747,702	1.9%
Low income	816,196,786	717,130,131	205,441,981	28.6%	47,168,035	6.6%	200,870,522	28.0%	31,695,461	4.4%
Lower middle income	2,391,501,556	1,825,888,738	497,135,729	27.2%	62,079,487	3.4%	895,496,902	49.0%	65,446,052	3.6%
Upper middle income	2,349,189,083	1,705,534,524	723,712,469	42.4%	120,904,732	7.1%	443,044,921	26.0%	72,038,156	4.2%
East Asia and Pacific (all income levels)	2,183,862,785	1,548,583,319	779,119,387	50.3%	134,059,720	8.7%	451,925,458	29.2%	68,726,320	4.4%
Europe and Central Asia (all income levels)	857,656,417	425,358,127	113,676,456	26.7%	7,786,155	1.8%	212,298,371	49.9%	12,059,678	2.8%
Latin America & Carribean (all income levels)	592,906,994	350,858,297	48,239,585	13.7%	7,216,210	2.1%	108,368,944	30.9%	11,231,260	3.2%
Middle East and North Africa (all income levels)	383,264,663	271,672,862	51,149,710	18.8%	5,786,665	2.1%	34,976,267	12.9%	2,545,908	0.9%
North America	341,832,366	71,360,357	11,394,706	16.0%	731,347	1.0%	33,495,861	46.9%	2,691,732	3.8%
South Asia (all income levels)	1,597,331,647	1,284,026,570	336,101,627	26.2%	32,592,932	2.5%	734,523,768	57.2%	43,762,075	3.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	827,699,546	712,015,149	157,199,749	22.1%	45,089,557	6.3%	154,354,873	21.7%	37,190,931	5.2%
East Asia and Pacific (developing only)	1,967,417,393	1,499,084,325	770,063,823	51.4%	133,647,912	8.9%	446,299,678	29.8%	68,198,857	4.5%
Europe and Central Asia (developing only)	261,943,640	180,673,760	67,654,387	37.4%	6,461,962	3.6%	66,308,692	36.7%	7,003,747	3.9%
Latin America & Carribean (developing only)	565,660,584	336,138,255	45,350,516	13.5%	6,603,409	2.0%	103,321,499	30.7%	10,486,507	3.1%
Middle East and North Africa (developing only)	337,435,413	237,190,478	49,930,806	21.1%	5,759,474	2.4%	34,611,980	14.6%	2,540,012	1.1%
South Asia (developing only)	1,597,331,647	1,284,026,570	336,101,627	26.2%	32,592,932	2.5%	734,523,768	57.2%	43,762,075	3.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	827,098,748	711,440,005	157,189,021	22.1%	45,086,566	6.3%	154,346,728	21.7%	37,188,470	5.2%
All Developing Countries	5,556,887,425	4,248,553,393	1,426,290,179	33.6%	230,152,255	5.4%	1,539,412,346	36.2%	169,179,668	4.0%
All Developed Countries	1,227,666,993	415,321,288	70,591,041	17.0%	3,110,332	0.7%	190,531,197	45.9%	9,028,237	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.