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Congo vs New Zealand: Arable land

Congo
550,000 hectares
in 2023
New Zealand
520,000 hectares
in 2023
Congo rank
122nd
New Zealand rank
123rd

Arable land over time

  • Congo
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 550,000 hectares against 520,000 hectares in New Zealand, a difference of 30,000 hectares.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Congo ahead.

Globally, Congo ranks 122nd and New Zealand ranks 123rd 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.