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

0.0035 hectares per person, with Belize ahead.

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

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 Sweden: Arable land use per person

Belize

0.2432 hectares per person

in 2023

Sweden

0.2397 hectares per person

in 2023

Belize rank

41st

Sweden rank

43rd

Arable land use per person over time

Belize
Sweden

How they compare

Belize currently reports 0.2432 hectares per person against 0.2397 hectares per person in Sweden, a difference of 0.0035 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.

Belize ranks 41st and Sweden ranks 43rd of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3563 hectares per person	0.4174 hectares per person	0.061 hectares per person	Sweden
1970s	0.3181 hectares per person	0.3683 hectares per person	0.0502 hectares per person	Sweden
1980s	0.289 hectares per person	0.3487 hectares per person	0.0597 hectares per person	Sweden
1990s	0.2932 hectares per person	0.318 hectares per person	0.0248 hectares per person	Sweden
2000s	0.2517 hectares per person	0.2923 hectares per person	0.0406 hectares per person	Sweden
2010s	0.2353 hectares per person	0.2635 hectares per person	0.0282 hectares per person	Sweden
2020s	0.2488 hectares per person	0.2424 hectares per person	0.0065 hectares per person	Belize

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land use per person, Belize or Sweden?: Belize, at 0.2432 hectares per person against 0.2397 hectares per person in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land use per person between Belize and Sweden?: 0.0035 hectares per person, with Belize ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Sweden?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Belize and Sweden rank globally for arable land use per person?: Belize ranks 41st and Sweden ranks 43rd 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.