What is the difference in arable land (hectares), per capita between Portugal and United Kingdom?

0.0005 hectares per person, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United Kingdom?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Arable land (hectares), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Portugal vs United Kingdom: Arable land (hectares), per capita

Portugal

0.0877 hectares per person

in 2023

United Kingdom

0.0882 hectares per person

in 2023

Portugal rank

120th

United Kingdom rank

119th

Arable land (hectares), per capita over time

Portugal
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 0.0882 hectares per person against 0.0877 hectares per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0005 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 120th and United Kingdom ranks 119th of 206 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.2789 hectares per person	0.1341 hectares per person	0.1448 hectares per person	Portugal
1970s	0.2714 hectares per person	0.1247 hectares per person	0.1468 hectares per person	Portugal
1980s	0.2411 hectares per person	0.122 hectares per person	0.1191 hectares per person	Portugal
1990s	0.2085 hectares per person	0.1076 hectares per person	0.1009 hectares per person	Portugal
2000s	0.1355 hectares per person	0.0973 hectares per person	0.0382 hectares per person	Portugal
2010s	0.1019 hectares per person	0.0941 hectares per person	0.0078 hectares per person	Portugal
2020s	0.0912 hectares per person	0.0892 hectares per person	0.002 hectares per person	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land (hectares), per capita, Portugal or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 0.0882 hectares per person against 0.0877 hectares per person in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land (hectares), per capita between Portugal and United Kingdom?: 0.0005 hectares per person, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United Kingdom?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Portugal and United Kingdom rank globally for arable land (hectares), per capita?: Portugal ranks 120th and United Kingdom ranks 119th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Arable land (hectares), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Arable land (hectares), per capita
Unit: hectares per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 206 places, 11,842 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 03 October 2026

Arable land (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.