Countries usually stand out for their natural resources, for their purchasing power, but also for their greatness.This last characteristic has even resulted in wars for centuries wanting different countries to appropriate territories to enlarge their power.
The World Bank took a ranking from the largest countries, But it must be clarified that by earth’s surface, as already known, Russia is the largest nation.
According to this measurement, China follows. Although many think that the second largest country is Canada, But in this delimitation does not apply because in this delimitation they do not apply surfaces of lakes and rivers and that make up 9% of the total of this North American country.
Therefore, returning to those of earthly surface, the second is China that has the highest proportion of urban land (5%), as well as the largest area built in cities. In the third box is the United States. In both countries most of the available land is used for agriculture.
According to the World Bank, the earth’s surface is an important estimate of the agricultural capacity of a country and is used to track the environmental effects of human activity.
And he stressed that, for example, Saudi Arabia has 81% of agricultural land on their surface, Which is strange, since most of the country is a desert, with few rainfall and not precisely suitable for agriculture.
Metadata reveal that agricultural lands are a self -declared figure and includes cultivation land, pastures and land dedicated to animal breeding. According to the report, a country may have zoned or declared lands as agricultural, even if they are not used as such
