Netherlands vs Samoa: Arable land use per person

Netherlands
0.0564 hectares per person
in 2023
Samoa
0.0494 hectares per person
in 2023
Netherlands rank
147th
Samoa rank
148th

Arable land use per person over time

  • Netherlands
  • Samoa
0.050.0750.10.1250.15196119922023

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.0564 hectares per person against 0.0494 hectares per person in Samoa, a difference of 0.007 hectares per person.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.

Netherlands ranks 147th and Samoa ranks 148th 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.