What is the difference in arable land use per person between Mauritius and Nepal?

0.0006 hectares per person, with Nepal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Nepal?

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.

Mauritius vs Nepal: Arable land use per person

Mauritius

0.0601 hectares per person

in 2023

Nepal

0.0607 hectares per person

in 2023

Mauritius rank

143rd

Nepal rank

142nd

Arable land use per person over time

Mauritius
Nepal

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 0.0607 hectares per person against 0.0601 hectares per person in Mauritius, a difference of 0.0006 hectares per person.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.

Mauritius ranks 143rd and Nepal ranks 142nd of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritius	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.1243 hectares per person	0.1621 hectares per person	0.0379 hectares per person	Nepal
1970s	0.1129 hectares per person	0.156 hectares per person	0.043 hectares per person	Nepal
1980s	0.0987 hectares per person	0.1335 hectares per person	0.0349 hectares per person	Nepal
1990s	0.0836 hectares per person	0.1071 hectares per person	0.0235 hectares per person	Nepal
2000s	0.07 hectares per person	0.088 hectares per person	0.018 hectares per person	Nepal
2010s	0.0602 hectares per person	0.0737 hectares per person	0.0135 hectares per person	Nepal
2020s	0.0595 hectares per person	0.0621 hectares per person	0.0026 hectares per person	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land use per person, Mauritius or Nepal?: Nepal, at 0.0607 hectares per person against 0.0601 hectares per person in Mauritius as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land use per person between Mauritius and Nepal?: 0.0006 hectares per person, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Nepal?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritius and Nepal rank globally for arable land use per person?: Mauritius ranks 143rd and Nepal ranks 142nd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mauritius vs Nepal: Arable land use per person. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/arable-land-use-per-person/mauritius/nepal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/arable-land-use-per-person/mauritius/nepal/">Mauritius vs Nepal: Arable land use per person</a> — Statizoid

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: 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.