Spain vs Sweden: Arable land use per person

Spain

0.2378 hectares per person

in 2023

Sweden

0.2397 hectares per person

in 2023

Spain rank

44th

Sweden rank

43rd

Arable land use per person over time

Spain
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.2397 hectares per person against 0.2378 hectares per person in Spain, a difference of 0.002 hectares per person.

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

Spain ranks 44th and Sweden ranks 43rd 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.