Algeria vs Italy: Arable land

Algeria
7.53 million hectares
in 2023
Italy
7.08 million hectares
in 2023
Algeria rank
34th
Italy rank
35th

Arable land over time

  • Algeria
  • Italy
05.0M10.0M15.0M196119922023

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 7.53 million hectares against 7.08 million hectares in Italy, a difference of 446,520 hectares.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

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

Globally, Algeria ranks 34th and Italy ranks 35th 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.