What is the difference in arable land between Congo and Mauritania?

0.0006 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Mauritania?

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.

Congo vs Mauritania: Arable land

Congo

0.089 hectares per person

in 2023

Mauritania

0.0896 hectares per person

in 2023

Congo rank

118th

Mauritania rank

117th

Arable land over time

Congo
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.0896 hectares per person against 0.089 hectares per person in Congo, a difference of 0.0006 hectares per person.

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

Congo ranks 118th and Mauritania ranks 117th of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.4299 hectares per person	0.2833 hectares per person	0.1466 hectares per person	Congo
1970s	0.3256 hectares per person	0.1731 hectares per person	0.1525 hectares per person	Congo
1980s	0.2499 hectares per person	0.1733 hectares per person	0.0766 hectares per person	Congo
1990s	0.1793 hectares per person	0.1939 hectares per person	0.0147 hectares per person	Mauritania
2000s	0.135 hectares per person	0.1548 hectares per person	0.0198 hectares per person	Mauritania
2010s	0.1079 hectares per person	0.1158 hectares per person	0.0079 hectares per person	Mauritania
2020s	0.0923 hectares per person	0.0937 hectares per person	0.0014 hectares per person	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Congo or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 0.0896 hectares per person against 0.089 hectares per person in Congo as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Congo and Mauritania?: 0.0006 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Mauritania?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Congo and Mauritania rank globally for arable land?: Congo ranks 118th and Mauritania ranks 117th 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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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: 20 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.