What is the difference in arable land between Guinea-Bissau and Zambia?

0.0003 hectares per person, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Zambia?

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.

Guinea-Bissau vs Zambia: Arable land

Guinea-Bissau

0.1837 hectares per person

in 2023

Zambia

0.1834 hectares per person

in 2023

Guinea-Bissau rank

68th

Zambia rank

69th

Arable land over time

Guinea-Bissau
Zambia

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.1837 hectares per person against 0.1834 hectares per person in Zambia, a difference of 0.0003 hectares per person.

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

Guinea-Bissau ranks 68th and Zambia ranks 69th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.4106 hectares per person	0.7124 hectares per person	0.3018 hectares per person	Zambia
1970s	0.3828 hectares per person	0.5753 hectares per person	0.1925 hectares per person	Zambia
1980s	0.2923 hectares per person	0.3879 hectares per person	0.0956 hectares per person	Zambia
1990s	0.2432 hectares per person	0.326 hectares per person	0.0828 hectares per person	Zambia
2000s	0.2075 hectares per person	0.2517 hectares per person	0.0442 hectares per person	Zambia
2010s	0.1774 hectares per person	0.23 hectares per person	0.0525 hectares per person	Zambia
2020s	0.1864 hectares per person	0.1913 hectares per person	0.0049 hectares per person	Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Guinea-Bissau or Zambia?: Guinea-Bissau, at 0.1837 hectares per person against 0.1834 hectares per person in Zambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Guinea-Bissau and Zambia?: 0.0003 hectares per person, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Zambia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Zambia rank globally for arable land?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 68th and Zambia ranks 69th 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: 01 October 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.