What is the difference in arable land use per person between Burkina Faso and Central African Republic?

0.0059 hectares per person, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Central African Republic?

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.

Burkina Faso vs Central African Republic: Arable land use per person

Burkina Faso

0.3434 hectares per person

in 2023

Central African Republic

0.3493 hectares per person

in 2023

Burkina Faso rank

27th

Central African Republic rank

26th

Arable land use per person over time

Burkina Faso
Central African Republic

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 0.3493 hectares per person against 0.3434 hectares per person in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.0059 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 27th and Central African Republic ranks 26th of 206 countries.

Central African Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Central African Republic	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.5819 hectares per person	0.9148 hectares per person	0.3329 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1970s	0.4913 hectares per person	0.7981 hectares per person	0.3068 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1980s	0.413 hectares per person	0.7219 hectares per person	0.3089 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1990s	0.4316 hectares per person	0.5709 hectares per person	0.1392 hectares per person	Central African Republic
2000s	0.4156 hectares per person	0.4438 hectares per person	0.0282 hectares per person	Central African Republic
2010s	0.3767 hectares per person	0.3849 hectares per person	0.0082 hectares per person	Central African Republic
2020s	0.3512 hectares per person	0.3532 hectares per person	0.0019 hectares per person	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land use per person, Burkina Faso or Central African Republic?: Central African Republic, at 0.3493 hectares per person against 0.3434 hectares per person in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land use per person between Burkina Faso and Central African Republic?: 0.0059 hectares per person, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Central African Republic?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Burkina Faso and Central African Republic rank globally for arable land use per person?: Burkina Faso ranks 27th and Central African Republic ranks 26th 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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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: 28 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.