Table 1.

Regional distribution of salt-affected soils (FAO, AGL 2000)

Regions	Total area	Sodic soils	%	Saline soils	%
	(million ha)	(million ha)		(million ha)
Africa	1899.1	33.5	1.8	38.7	2
Asia and the Pacific and Australia	3107.2	248.6	8	195.1	6.3
Europe	2010.8	72.7	3.6	6.7	0.3
Latin America	2038.6	50.9	2.5	60.5	3
Near East	1801.9	14.1	0.8	91.5	5.1
North America	1923.7	14.5	0.8	4.6	0.2
Total	12781.3	434.3	3.4	397.1	3.1