Brazil vs Cuba: Arable land use per person

Brazil
0.2635 hectares per person
in 2023
Cuba
0.2639 hectares per person
in 2023
Brazil rank
36th
Cuba rank
35th

Arable land use per person over time

  • Brazil
  • Cuba
00.10.20.30.4196119922023

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 0.2639 hectares per person against 0.2635 hectares per person in Brazil, a difference of 0.0004 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 36th and Cuba ranks 35th of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and Cuba in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Cuba Difference Ahead
1960s 0.3076 hectares per person 0.2081 hectares per person 0.0994 hectares per person Brazil
1970s 0.3255 hectares per person 0.2934 hectares per person 0.0321 hectares per person Brazil
1980s 0.3751 hectares per person 0.3133 hectares per person 0.0618 hectares per person Brazil
1990s 0.2776 hectares per person 0.3279 hectares per person 0.0503 hectares per person Cuba
2000s 0.262 hectares per person 0.3236 hectares per person 0.0616 hectares per person Cuba
2010s 0.269 hectares per person 0.2734 hectares per person 0.0044 hectares per person Cuba
2020s 0.2652 hectares per person 0.2622 hectares per person 0.003 hectares per person Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land use per person, Brazil or Cuba?
Cuba, at 0.2639 hectares per person against 0.2635 hectares per person in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land use per person between Brazil and Cuba?
0.0004 hectares per person, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cuba?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Cuba rank globally for arable land use per person?
Brazil ranks 36th and Cuba ranks 35th 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

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.