Statizoid

Nicaragua vs Sierra Leone: Arable land

Nicaragua
1.50 million hectares
in 2023
Sierra Leone
1.58 million hectares
in 2023
Nicaragua rank
91st
Sierra Leone rank
89th

Arable land over time

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

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 1.58 million hectares against 1.50 million hectares in Nicaragua, a difference of 81,000 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Globally, Nicaragua ranks 91st 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.