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 0.0039 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.

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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: 07 August 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.