Statizoid

Samoa vs Tonga: Arable land

Samoa
10,710 hectares
in 2023
Tonga
20,000 hectares
in 2023
Samoa rank
168th
Tonga rank
166th

Arable land over time

  • Samoa
  • Tonga
10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k30.0k196119922023

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 20,000 hectares against 10,710 hectares in Samoa, a difference of 9,290 hectares.

That makes Tonga's figure about 1.9 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tonga ahead.

Globally, Samoa ranks 168th and Tonga ranks 166th 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.