Statizoid

Guatemala vs Nicaragua: Arable land

Guatemala
1.55 million hectares
in 2023
Nicaragua
1.50 million hectares
in 2023
Guatemala rank
90th
Nicaragua rank
91st

Arable land over time

  • Guatemala
  • Nicaragua
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922023

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 1.55 million hectares against 1.50 million hectares in Nicaragua, a difference of 51,000 hectares.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guatemala ahead.

Globally, Guatemala ranks 90th and Nicaragua ranks 91st 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.