Statizoid

Australia vs Canada: Arable land

Australia
1.16 hectares per person
in 2023
Canada
0.9526 hectares per person
in 2023
Australia rank
2nd
Canada rank
3rd

Arable land over time

  • Australia
  • Canada
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 1.16 hectares per person against 0.9526 hectares per person in Canada, a difference of 0.2098 hectares per person.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 2nd and Canada ranks 3rd of 206 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit
hectares per person
Source
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.