What is the difference in arable and permanent cropland between Chad and Zimbabwe?

712,000 hectares, with Chad ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Zimbabwe?

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.

Chad vs Zimbabwe: Arable and permanent cropland

Chad

4.93 million hectares

in 2011

Zimbabwe

4.22 million hectares

in 2011

Chad rank

19th

Zimbabwe rank

21st

Arable and permanent cropland over time

Chad
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Chad currently reports 4.93 million hectares against 4.22 million hectares in Zimbabwe, a difference of 712,000 hectares.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.2 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 19th and Zimbabwe ranks 21st of 52 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2.90 million hectares	2.18 million hectares	717,222 hectares	Chad
1970s	3.00 million hectares	2.53 million hectares	469,000 hectares	Chad
1980s	3.18 million hectares	2.79 million hectares	393,000 hectares	Chad
1990s	3.46 million hectares	3.26 million hectares	200,500 hectares	Chad
2000s	4.10 million hectares	3.97 million hectares	128,200 hectares	Chad
2010s	4.73 million hectares	4.22 million hectares	512,000 hectares	Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable and permanent cropland, Chad or Zimbabwe?: Chad, at 4.93 million hectares against 4.22 million hectares in Zimbabwe as of 2011.
What is the difference in arable and permanent cropland between Chad and Zimbabwe?: 712,000 hectares, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Zimbabwe?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2011.
How do Chad and Zimbabwe rank globally for arable and permanent cropland?: Chad ranks 19th and Zimbabwe ranks 21st 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