What is the difference in arable land use per person between Greece and Morocco?

0.0035 hectares per person, with Morocco ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Morocco?

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.

Greece vs Morocco: Arable land use per person

Greece

0.1788 hectares per person

in 2023

Morocco

0.1823 hectares per person

in 2023

Greece rank

72nd

Morocco rank

70th

Arable land use per person over time

Greece
Morocco

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 0.1823 hectares per person against 0.1788 hectares per person in Greece, a difference of 0.0035 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Morocco ahead.

Greece ranks 72nd and Morocco ranks 70th of 206 countries.

Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Morocco	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.347 hectares per person	0.5129 hectares per person	0.1659 hectares per person	Morocco
1970s	0.3238 hectares per person	0.4309 hectares per person	0.1072 hectares per person	Morocco
1980s	0.2929 hectares per person	0.3648 hectares per person	0.0719 hectares per person	Morocco
1990s	0.2689 hectares per person	0.3414 hectares per person	0.0726 hectares per person	Morocco
2000s	0.2408 hectares per person	0.2765 hectares per person	0.0357 hectares per person	Morocco
2010s	0.212 hectares per person	0.2278 hectares per person	0.0158 hectares per person	Morocco
2020s	0.1743 hectares per person	0.1862 hectares per person	0.0119 hectares per person	Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land use per person, Greece or Morocco?: Morocco, at 0.1823 hectares per person against 0.1788 hectares per person in Greece as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land use per person between Greece and Morocco?: 0.0035 hectares per person, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Morocco?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Greece and Morocco rank globally for arable land use per person?: Greece ranks 72nd and Morocco ranks 70th 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: 18 September 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.