| World agricultural land area: 5,353,855,227 ha | World arable land area: 1,654,968,356 ha | World permanent crops land area: 4,976,574,892 ha |
| World permanent pasture land area: 3,698,868,731 ha | World forest and woodland area: 4,107,964,997 ha | World nonarable and nonpermanent land area: 11,412,787,827 ha |
| World all otder land area: 3,577,203,104 ha | Africa agricultural land area: 1,138,620,348 ha | Africa arable land area: 238,686,069 ha |
| Africa permanent crops land area: 32,275,511 ha | Africa permanent pasture land area: 899,918,959 ha | Africa forest and woodland area: 688,034,982 ha |
| Africa nonarable and nonpermanent land area: 2,723,882,900 ha | Africa all otder land area: 1,140,642,446 ha | Asia agricultural land area: 1,797,713,969 ha |
| Asia arable land area: 604,484,651 ha | Asia permanent crops land area: 82,220,664 ha | Asia permanent pasture land area: 1,193,205,661 ha |
| Asia forest and woodland area: 569,154,500 ha | Asia nonarable and nonpermanent land area: 2,493,190,919 ha | Asia all otder land area: 105,435,027 ha |
| S America agricultural land area: 731,307,176 ha | S America arable land area: 151,956,120 ha | S America permanent crops land area: 345,823,378 ha |
| S America permanent pasture land area: 579,351,056 ha | S America forest and woodland area: 930,897,813 ha | S America nonarable and nonpermanent land area: 1,601,286,291 ha |
| S America all otder land area: 77,011,225 ha | Source: Zhang WJ et al. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2006, 119:609-620 | |
Over 75% of the earth's terrestrial biomes were altered as a result of human residence and land uses.