Statizoid

Ghana vs Syria: Arable land

Ghana
4.71 million hectares
in 2023
Syria
4.40 million hectares
in 2023
Ghana rank
51st
Syria rank
53rd

Arable land over time

  • Ghana
  • Syria
2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M6.0M196119922023

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 4.71 million hectares against 4.40 million hectares in Syria, a difference of 309,900 hectares.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Syria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Syria ahead.

Globally, Ghana ranks 51st and Syria ranks 53rd 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.