Statizoid

Botswana vs Gabon: Arable land

Botswana
260,000 hectares
in 2023
Gabon
325,000 hectares
in 2023
Botswana rank
138th
Gabon rank
135th

Arable land over time

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

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 325,000 hectares against 260,000 hectares in Botswana, a difference of 65,000 hectares.

That makes Gabon's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.

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

Globally, Botswana ranks 138th and Gabon ranks 135th of 206 countries.

Individual pages

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.