What is the difference in arable and permanent cropland between Botswana and Eswatini?

71,000 hectares, with Botswana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Eswatini?

51 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as Arable and permanent cropland (hectares). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Botswana vs Eswatini: Arable and permanent cropland

Botswana

261,000 hectares

in 2011

Eswatini

190,000 hectares

in 2011

Botswana rank

45th

Eswatini rank

47th

Arable and permanent cropland over time

Botswana
Eswatini

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 261,000 hectares against 190,000 hectares in Eswatini, a difference of 71,000 hectares.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.4 times Eswatini's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 45th and Eswatini ranks 47th of 52 countries.

Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Eswatini	Difference	Ahead
1960s	400,556 hectares	142,778 hectares	257,778 hectares	Botswana
1970s	402,000 hectares	167,600 hectares	234,400 hectares	Botswana
1980s	407,700 hectares	169,100 hectares	238,600 hectares	Botswana
1990s	318,500 hectares	191,100 hectares	127,400 hectares	Botswana
2000s	244,750 hectares	191,700 hectares	53,050 hectares	Botswana
2010s	261,000 hectares	190,000 hectares	71,000 hectares	Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable and permanent cropland, Botswana or Eswatini?: Botswana, at 261,000 hectares against 190,000 hectares in Eswatini as of 2011.
What is the difference in arable and permanent cropland between Botswana and Eswatini?: 71,000 hectares, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Eswatini?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2011.
How do Botswana and Eswatini rank globally for arable and permanent cropland?: Botswana ranks 45th and Eswatini ranks 47th of 52 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as Arable and permanent cropland (hectares). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Arable and permanent cropland (hectares)
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 58 places, 2,926 data points, 1961–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

This land category is the sum of areas under “Arable land” and "Permanent crops”. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under