Statizoid

Malawi vs Zambia: Arable land

Malawi
4.00 million hectares
in 2023
Zambia
3.80 million hectares
in 2023
Malawi rank
59th
Zambia rank
62nd

Arable land over time

  • Malawi
  • Zambia
1.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M196119922023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 4.00 million hectares against 3.80 million hectares in Zambia, a difference of 200,000 hectares.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 59th and Zambia ranks 62nd 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.