Democratic Republic of Congo vs Ghana: Arable land

Democratic Republic of Congo

0.1408 hectares per person

in 2023

Ghana

0.1394 hectares per person

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

88th

Ghana rank

90th

Arable land over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Ghana

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 0.1408 hectares per person against 0.1394 hectares per person in Ghana, a difference of 0.0014 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 88th and Ghana ranks 90th 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.