What is the difference in arable land between Chad and Namibia?

0.0043 hectares per person, with Chad ahead.

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

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

Where does this data come from?

FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chad vs Namibia: Arable land

Chad

0.2743 hectares per person

in 2023

Namibia

0.27 hectares per person

in 2023

Chad rank

33rd

Namibia rank

34th

Arable land over time

Chad
Namibia

How they compare

Chad currently reports 0.2743 hectares per person against 0.27 hectares per person in Namibia, a difference of 0.0043 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Namibia ahead.

Chad ranks 33rd and Namibia ranks 34th of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 4 and Namibia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8603 hectares per person	0.9742 hectares per person	0.114 hectares per person	Namibia
1970s	0.7298 hectares per person	0.7589 hectares per person	0.0291 hectares per person	Namibia
1980s	0.6225 hectares per person	0.6039 hectares per person	0.0186 hectares per person	Chad
1990s	0.4909 hectares per person	0.4761 hectares per person	0.0148 hectares per person	Chad
2000s	0.3803 hectares per person	0.4159 hectares per person	0.0356 hectares per person	Namibia
2010s	0.3453 hectares per person	0.3414 hectares per person	0.0039 hectares per person	Chad
2020s	0.2916 hectares per person	0.2812 hectares per person	0.0105 hectares per person	Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Chad or Namibia?: Chad, at 0.2743 hectares per person against 0.27 hectares per person in Namibia as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Chad and Namibia?: 0.0043 hectares per person, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Namibia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Chad and Namibia rank globally for arable land?: Chad ranks 33rd and Namibia ranks 34th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (hectares per person) 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 market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.