Greece vs Iran: Arable land

Greece

0.1788 hectares per person

in 2023

Iran

0.1733 hectares per person

in 2023

Greece rank

72nd

Iran rank

73rd

Arable land over time

Greece
Iran

How they compare

Greece currently reports 0.1788 hectares per person against 0.1733 hectares per person in Iran, a difference of 0.0056 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iran ahead.

Globally, Greece ranks 72nd and Iran ranks 73rd 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.