Americas vs USSR: Arable land — Area
Arable land — Area over time
- Americas
- USSR
How they compare
Americas currently reports 347,983 1000 ha against 224,400 1000 ha in USSR, a difference of 123,583 1000 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.6 times USSR's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 2nd of 36 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 310,243 1000 ha | 231,522 1000 ha | 78,721 1000 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 333,658 1000 ha | 227,330 1000 ha | 106,328 1000 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 354,643 1000 ha | 226,799 1000 ha | 127,844 1000 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 354,020 1000 ha | 224,400 1000 ha | 129,620 1000 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher arable land — area, Americas or USSR?
- Americas, at 347,983 1000 ha against 224,400 1000 ha in USSR as of 2024.
- What is the difference in arable land — area between Americas and USSR?
- 123,583 1000 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Americas and USSR rank globally for arable land — area?
- Americas ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 2nd of 36 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Arable land — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.