Spain vs Tanzania: Arable land

Spain
11.50 million hectares
in 2023
Tanzania
13.50 million hectares
in 2023
Spain rank
26th
Tanzania rank
23rd

Arable land over time

  • Spain
  • Tanzania
5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M15.0M17.5M196119922023

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 13.50 million hectares against 11.50 million hectares in Spain, a difference of 2.01 million hectares.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

Globally, Spain ranks 26th and Tanzania ranks 23rd 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.