Statizoid

Costa Rica vs Jordan: Arable land

Costa Rica
167,133 hectares
in 2023
Jordan
204,000 hectares
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
142nd
Jordan rank
139th

Arable land over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Jordan
0100.0k200.0k300.0k196119922023

How they compare

Jordan currently reports 204,000 hectares against 167,133 hectares in Costa Rica, a difference of 36,867 hectares.

That makes Jordan's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 142nd and Jordan ranks 139th 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.