What is the difference in arable land use per person between Botswana and Saudi Arabia?

0.003 hectares per person, with Botswana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Saudi Arabia?

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.

Botswana vs Saudi Arabia: Arable land use per person

Botswana

0.1048 hectares per person

in 2023

Saudi Arabia

0.1018 hectares per person

in 2023

Botswana rank

106th

Saudi Arabia rank

107th

Arable land use per person over time

Botswana
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.1048 hectares per person against 0.1018 hectares per person in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.003 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 106th and Saudi Arabia ranks 107th of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 5 and Saudi Arabia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.7071 hectares per person	0.4173 hectares per person	0.2898 hectares per person	Botswana
1970s	0.5694 hectares per person	0.3558 hectares per person	0.2136 hectares per person	Botswana
1980s	0.3719 hectares per person	0.3091 hectares per person	0.0628 hectares per person	Botswana
1990s	0.2178 hectares per person	0.2807 hectares per person	0.0629 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
2000s	0.1321 hectares per person	0.1801 hectares per person	0.048 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
2010s	0.1308 hectares per person	0.1236 hectares per person	0.0071 hectares per person	Botswana
2020s	0.1074 hectares per person	0.1071 hectares per person	0.0002 hectares per person	Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land use per person, Botswana or Saudi Arabia?: Botswana, at 0.1048 hectares per person against 0.1018 hectares per person in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land use per person between Botswana and Saudi Arabia?: 0.003 hectares per person, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Saudi Arabia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Botswana and Saudi Arabia rank globally for arable land use per person?: Botswana ranks 106th and Saudi Arabia ranks 107th 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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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.