Botswana vs India: Arable land use per person

Botswana

0.1048 hectares per person

in 2023

India

0.107 hectares per person

in 2023

Botswana rank

106th

India rank

104th

Arable land use per person over time

Botswana
India

How they compare

India currently reports 0.107 hectares per person against 0.1048 hectares per person in Botswana, a difference of 0.0022 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 106th and India ranks 104th 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.