Albania vs Benin: Arable land use per person

Albania
0.2449 hectares per person
in 2023
Benin
0.2513 hectares per person
in 2023
Albania rank
40th
Benin rank
37th

Arable land use per person over time

  • Albania
  • Benin
00.10.20.30.4196119922023

How they compare

Benin currently reports 0.2513 hectares per person against 0.2449 hectares per person in Albania, a difference of 0.0064 hectares per person.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.

Albania ranks 40th and Benin ranks 37th of 206 countries.

Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Albania Benin Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2494 hectares per person 0.3682 hectares per person 0.1189 hectares per person Benin
1970s 0.2351 hectares per person 0.3944 hectares per person 0.1593 hectares per person Benin
1980s 0.2009 hectares per person 0.3516 hectares per person 0.1507 hectares per person Benin
1990s 0.1807 hectares per person 0.3025 hectares per person 0.1218 hectares per person Benin
2000s 0.193 hectares per person 0.3066 hectares per person 0.1136 hectares per person Benin
2010s 0.2245 hectares per person 0.2529 hectares per person 0.0284 hectares per person Benin
2020s 0.2417 hectares per person 0.256 hectares per person 0.0142 hectares per person Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land use per person, Albania or Benin?
Benin, at 0.2513 hectares per person against 0.2449 hectares per person in Albania as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land use per person between Albania and Benin?
0.0064 hectares per person, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Benin?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Albania and Benin rank globally for arable land use per person?
Albania ranks 40th and Benin ranks 37th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Arable land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Arable land use per person
Unit
hectares per person
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
206 places, 11,842 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Arable land is defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops, temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. It is measured in hectares per person.