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Puerto Rico vs Suriname: Arable land

Puerto Rico
50,200 hectares
in 2023
Suriname
52,965 hectares
in 2023
Puerto Rico rank
159th
Suriname rank
157th

Arable land over time

  • Puerto Rico
  • Suriname
50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k196119922023

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 52,965 hectares against 50,200 hectares in Puerto Rico, a difference of 2,765 hectares.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.

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

Globally, Puerto Rico ranks 159th and Suriname ranks 157th 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.