Mexico vs Nigeria: Arable land

Mexico

0.1543 hectares per person

in 2023

Nigeria

0.1618 hectares per person

in 2023

Mexico rank

80th

Nigeria rank

77th

Arable land over time

Mexico
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.1618 hectares per person against 0.1543 hectares per person in Mexico, a difference of 0.0075 hectares per person.

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

Globally, Mexico ranks 80th and Nigeria ranks 77th 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.