Australia vs Australia and New Zealand: Arable land — Area

Australia
31,265 1000 ha
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand
31,787 1000 ha
in 2024
Australia rank
13th
Australia and New Zealand rank
12th

Arable land — Area over time

  • Australia
  • Australia and New Zealand
010.0k20.0k30.0k196119922024

How they compare

Australia and New Zealand currently reports 31,787 1000 ha against 31,265 1000 ha in Australia, a difference of 522 1000 ha.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Australia and New Zealand has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 13th and Australia and New Zealand ranks 12th of 214 countries.

Australia and New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Australia and New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 17,556 1000 ha 17,936 1000 ha 379.56 1000 ha Australia and New Zealand
1970s 15,889 1000 ha 16,277 1000 ha 387.41 1000 ha Australia and New Zealand
1980s 19,335 1000 ha 19,761 1000 ha 426.25 1000 ha Australia and New Zealand
1990s 18,662 1000 ha 19,055 1000 ha 392.43 1000 ha Australia and New Zealand
2000s 24,536 1000 ha 24,958 1000 ha 422.2 1000 ha Australia and New Zealand
2010s 30,555 1000 ha 31,074 1000 ha 519.05 1000 ha Australia and New Zealand
2020s 31,141 1000 ha 31,684 1000 ha 543.6 1000 ha Australia and New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land — area, Australia or Australia and New Zealand?
Australia and New Zealand, at 31,787 1000 ha against 31,265 1000 ha in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in arable land — area between Australia and Australia and New Zealand?
522 1000 ha, with Australia and New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Australia and New Zealand?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and Australia and New Zealand rank globally for arable land — area?
Australia ranks 13th and Australia and New Zealand ranks 12th of 214 countries.
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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia vs Australia and New Zealand: Arable land — Area. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/arable-land-area/australia/australia-and-new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/arable-land-area/australia/australia-and-new-zealand/">Australia vs Australia and New Zealand: Arable land — Area</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Arable land — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 15,674 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.