Statizoid

Rwanda vs Somalia: Arable land

Rwanda
1.16 million hectares
in 2023
Somalia
1.10 million hectares
in 2023
Rwanda rank
101st
Somalia rank
104th

Arable land over time

  • Rwanda
  • Somalia
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196119922023

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 1.16 million hectares against 1.10 million hectares in Somalia, a difference of 59,070 hectares.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

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

Globally, Rwanda ranks 101st and Somalia ranks 104th 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.