What is the difference in arable land use per person between Belize and France?

0.004 hectares per person, with France ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and France?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

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.

Belize vs France: Arable land use per person

Belize

0.2432 hectares per person

in 2023

France

0.2472 hectares per person

in 2023

Belize rank

41st

France rank

38th

Arable land use per person over time

Belize
France

How they compare

France currently reports 0.2472 hectares per person against 0.2432 hectares per person in Belize, a difference of 0.004 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.

Belize ranks 41st and France ranks 38th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	France	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3563 hectares per person	0.3758 hectares per person	0.0194 hectares per person	France
1970s	0.3181 hectares per person	0.321 hectares per person	0.0029 hectares per person	France
1980s	0.289 hectares per person	0.3143 hectares per person	0.0253 hectares per person	France
1990s	0.2932 hectares per person	0.3045 hectares per person	0.0114 hectares per person	France
2000s	0.2517 hectares per person	0.2916 hectares per person	0.0399 hectares per person	France
2010s	0.2353 hectares per person	0.2758 hectares per person	0.0405 hectares per person	France
2020s	0.2488 hectares per person	0.2496 hectares per person	0.0008 hectares per person	France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land use per person, Belize or France?: France, at 0.2472 hectares per person against 0.2432 hectares per person in Belize as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land use per person between Belize and France?: 0.004 hectares per person, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and France?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Belize and France rank globally for arable land use per person?: Belize ranks 41st and France ranks 38th 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.

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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: 18 September 2026

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.