Afghanistan vs Mali: Arable land

Afghanistan
7.85 million hectares
in 2023
Mali
8.34 million hectares
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
33rd
Mali rank
30th

Arable land over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Mali
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922023

How they compare

Mali currently reports 8.34 million hectares against 7.85 million hectares in Afghanistan, a difference of 495,000 hectares.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Globally, Afghanistan ranks 33rd and Mali ranks 30th of 206 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land (hectares)
Unit
hectares
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
206 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Arable land (in hectares) 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.