Egypt vs Equatorial Guinea: Arable land

Egypt
0.0271 hectares per person
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea
0.0287 hectares per person
in 2023
Egypt rank
164th
Equatorial Guinea rank
161st

Arable land over time

  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
0.050.10.15196119922023

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.0287 hectares per person against 0.0271 hectares per person in Egypt, a difference of 0.0016 hectares per person.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Egypt ranks 164th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 161st of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and Equatorial Guinea in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.084 hectares per person 0.1275 hectares per person 0.0435 hectares per person Equatorial Guinea
1970s 0.0683 hectares per person 0.0904 hectares per person 0.0221 hectares per person Equatorial Guinea
1980s 0.0461 hectares per person 0.0438 hectares per person 0.0023 hectares per person Egypt
1990s 0.0407 hectares per person 0.0315 hectares per person 0.0093 hectares per person Egypt
2000s 0.0347 hectares per person 0.0412 hectares per person 0.0065 hectares per person Equatorial Guinea
2010s 0.0292 hectares per person 0.0382 hectares per person 0.009 hectares per person Equatorial Guinea
2020s 0.0283 hectares per person 0.0298 hectares per person 0.0015 hectares per person Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Egypt or Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea, at 0.0287 hectares per person against 0.0271 hectares per person in Egypt as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Egypt and Equatorial Guinea?
0.0016 hectares per person, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Equatorial Guinea?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for arable land?
Egypt ranks 164th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 161st 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

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.