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Botswana vs Eswatini: Arable land

Botswana
260,000 hectares
in 2023
Eswatini
177,000 hectares
in 2023
Botswana rank
138th
Eswatini rank
141st

Arable land over time

  • Botswana
  • Eswatini
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k196119922023

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 260,000 hectares against 177,000 hectares in Eswatini, a difference of 83,000 hectares.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.5 times Eswatini's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.

Globally, Botswana ranks 138th and Eswatini ranks 141st 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.