Statizoid

Congo vs Eritrea: Arable land

Congo
550,000 hectares
in 2023
Eritrea
690,000 hectares
in 2023
Congo rank
122nd
Eritrea rank
119th

Arable land over time

  • Congo
  • Eritrea
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 690,000 hectares against 550,000 hectares in Congo, a difference of 140,000 hectares.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.3 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Eritrea ahead.

Globally, Congo ranks 122nd and Eritrea ranks 119th 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.