Statizoid

Libya vs Sierra Leone: Arable land

Libya
1.72 million hectares
in 2023
Sierra Leone
1.58 million hectares
in 2023
Libya rank
87th
Sierra Leone rank
89th

Arable land over time

  • Libya
  • Sierra Leone
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922023

How they compare

Libya currently reports 1.72 million hectares against 1.58 million hectares in Sierra Leone, a difference of 136,000 hectares.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.

Globally, Libya ranks 87th and Sierra Leone ranks 89th 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.