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

0.0061 hectares per person, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba 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.

Cuba vs Namibia: Arable land

Cuba

0.2639 hectares per person

in 2023

Namibia

0.27 hectares per person

in 2023

Cuba rank

35th

Namibia rank

34th

Arable land over time

Cuba
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0.27 hectares per person against 0.2639 hectares per person in Cuba, a difference of 0.0061 hectares per person.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Cuba ranks 35th and Namibia ranks 34th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.2081 hectares per person	0.9742 hectares per person	0.7661 hectares per person	Namibia
1970s	0.2934 hectares per person	0.7589 hectares per person	0.4655 hectares per person	Namibia
1980s	0.3133 hectares per person	0.6039 hectares per person	0.2906 hectares per person	Namibia
1990s	0.3279 hectares per person	0.4761 hectares per person	0.1482 hectares per person	Namibia
2000s	0.3236 hectares per person	0.4159 hectares per person	0.0923 hectares per person	Namibia
2010s	0.2734 hectares per person	0.3414 hectares per person	0.068 hectares per person	Namibia
2020s	0.2622 hectares per person	0.2812 hectares per person	0.019 hectares per person	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Cuba or Namibia?: Namibia, at 0.27 hectares per person against 0.2639 hectares per person in Cuba as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Cuba and Namibia?: 0.0061 hectares per person, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Namibia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Cuba and Namibia rank globally for arable land?: Cuba ranks 35th 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.