Statizoid

Botswana vs Iraq: Arable land

Botswana
0.1048 hectares per person
in 2023
Iraq
0.1102 hectares per person
in 2023
Botswana rank
106th
Iraq rank
103rd

Arable land over time

  • Botswana
  • Iraq
00.20.40.60.8196119922023

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.1102 hectares per person against 0.1048 hectares per person in Botswana, a difference of 0.0054 hectares per person.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 106th and Iraq ranks 103rd 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.