Benin vs France: Arable land

Benin

0.2513 hectares per person

in 2023

France

0.2472 hectares per person

in 2023

Benin rank

37th

France rank

38th

Arable land over time

Benin
France

How they compare

Benin currently reports 0.2513 hectares per person against 0.2472 hectares per person in France, a difference of 0.0041 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 37th and France ranks 38th 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: 06 August 2026

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.