Niger vs Uruguay: Arable land use per person

Niger

0.6766 hectares per person

in 2023

Uruguay

0.6492 hectares per person

in 2023

Niger rank

10th

Uruguay rank

12th

Arable land use per person over time

Niger
Uruguay

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.6766 hectares per person against 0.6492 hectares per person in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0274 hectares per person.

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

Niger ranks 10th and Uruguay ranks 12th 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: 07 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.