Malawi vs Tonga: Arable land use per person

Malawi
0.1895 hectares per person
in 2023
Tonga
0.1912 hectares per person
in 2023
Malawi rank
64th
Tonga rank
62nd

Arable land use per person over time

  • Malawi
  • Tonga
0.10.20.30.4196119922023

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.1912 hectares per person against 0.1895 hectares per person in Malawi, a difference of 0.0017 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 64th and Tonga ranks 62nd of 206 countries.

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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.