Country Types of soil/sediment Range (mg kg−1) Mean (mg kg−1) West Bengal, India Sediments 10–196   Bangladesh Sediments 9.0–28 22.1 Argentina All types 0.8–22 5 China All types 0.01–626 11.2 France All types 0.1–5 2 Germany Berlin region 2.5–4.6 3.5 Italy All types 1.8–60 20 Japan All types Paddy 0.4–70 1.2–38.2 11  9 Mexico All types 2–40 14 South Africa   3.2–3.7 3 Switzerland   2–2.4 2.2 United States Various states Tiller 1.0–20  1.6–72 7.5 7.5

Table 1: Arsenic contents in the soils of various countries.