Botswana vs Iraq: Arable land use per person

Botswana
0.1048 hectares per person
in 2023
Iraq
0.1102 hectares per person
in 2023
Botswana rank
106th
Iraq rank
103rd

Arable land use per person over time

  • Botswana
  • Iraq
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.1102 hectares per person against 0.1048 hectares per person in Botswana, a difference of 0.0054 hectares per person.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 106th and Iraq ranks 103rd 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

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.