Statizoid

Nicaragua vs Sri Lanka: Arable land

Nicaragua
1.50 million hectares
in 2023
Sri Lanka
1.37 million hectares
in 2023
Nicaragua rank
91st
Sri Lanka rank
94th

Arable land over time

  • Nicaragua
  • Sri Lanka
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922023

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 1.50 million hectares against 1.37 million hectares in Sri Lanka, a difference of 131,000 hectares.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

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

Globally, Nicaragua ranks 91st and Sri Lanka ranks 94th 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.