Statizoid

Egypt vs Tunisia: Arable land

Egypt
3.10 million hectares
in 2023
Tunisia
2.83 million hectares
in 2023
Egypt rank
66th
Tunisia rank
69th

Arable land over time

  • Egypt
  • Tunisia
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M196119922023

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 3.10 million hectares against 2.83 million hectares in Tunisia, a difference of 271,700 hectares.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Tunisia's.

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

Globally, Egypt ranks 66th and Tunisia ranks 69th 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.