Statizoid

Ireland vs Mauritania: Arable land

Ireland
439,000 hectares
in 2023
Mauritania
450,000 hectares
in 2023
Ireland rank
128th
Mauritania rank
125th

Arable land over time

  • Ireland
  • Mauritania
200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k600.0k700.0k196119922023

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 450,000 hectares against 439,000 hectares in Ireland, a difference of 11,000 hectares.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ireland ahead.

Globally, Ireland ranks 128th and Mauritania ranks 125th 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.