New Zealand vs Panama: Arable land

New Zealand
520,000 hectares
in 2023
Panama
565,000 hectares
in 2023
New Zealand rank
123rd
Panama rank
121st

Arable land over time

  • New Zealand
  • Panama
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196119922023

How they compare

Panama currently reports 565,000 hectares against 520,000 hectares in New Zealand, a difference of 45,000 hectares.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.

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

Globally, New Zealand ranks 123rd and Panama ranks 121st 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.