Guatemala vs Libya: Arable land

Guatemala
1.55 million hectares
in 2023
Libya
1.72 million hectares
in 2023
Guatemala rank
90th
Libya rank
87th

Arable land over time

  • Guatemala
  • Libya
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 1.72 million hectares against 1.55 million hectares in Guatemala, a difference of 166,000 hectares.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Libya ahead.

Globally, Guatemala ranks 90th and Libya ranks 87th 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.