Bulgaria vs Uruguay: Arable land use per person
Bulgaria
0.5408 hectares per person
in 2023
Uruguay
0.6492 hectares per person
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
14th
Uruguay rank
12th
Arable land use per person over time
- Bulgaria
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.6492 hectares per person against 0.5408 hectares per person in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.1084 hectares per person.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.2 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 14th and Uruguay ranks 12th of 206 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5089 hectares per person | 0.8292 hectares per person | 0.3203 hectares per person | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0.4641 hectares per person | 0.5676 hectares per person | 0.1035 hectares per person | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 0.428 hectares per person | 0.4418 hectares per person | 0.0138 hectares per person | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 0.4676 hectares per person | 0.4086 hectares per person | 0.059 hectares per person | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 0.4219 hectares per person | 0.4619 hectares per person | 0.04 hectares per person | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.4872 hectares per person | 0.6656 hectares per person | 0.1784 hectares per person | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.537 hectares per person | 0.6167 hectares per person | 0.0796 hectares per person | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher arable land use per person, Bulgaria or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.6492 hectares per person against 0.5408 hectares per person in Bulgaria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land use per person between Bulgaria and Uruguay?
- 0.1084 hectares per person, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Uruguay?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Uruguay rank globally for arable land use per person?
- Bulgaria ranks 14th and Uruguay ranks 12th 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
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.