What is the difference in arable land between Kenya and Pakistan?

0.0025 hectares per person, with Pakistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Pakistan?

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.

Kenya vs Pakistan: Arable land

Kenya

0.1198 hectares per person

in 2023

Pakistan

0.1223 hectares per person

in 2023

Kenya rank

97th

Pakistan rank

95th

Arable land over time

Kenya
Pakistan

How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 0.1223 hectares per person against 0.1198 hectares per person in Kenya, a difference of 0.0025 hectares per person.

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

Kenya ranks 97th and Pakistan ranks 95th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Pakistan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3766 hectares per person	0.6012 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Pakistan
1970s	0.2753 hectares per person	0.4492 hectares per person	0.1738 hectares per person	Pakistan
1980s	0.2263 hectares per person	0.3262 hectares per person	0.0999 hectares per person	Pakistan
1990s	0.1943 hectares per person	0.23 hectares per person	0.0357 hectares per person	Pakistan
2000s	0.1484 hectares per person	0.1763 hectares per person	0.0279 hectares per person	Pakistan
2010s	0.1358 hectares per person	0.1417 hectares per person	0.0059 hectares per person	Pakistan
2020s	0.1234 hectares per person	0.1261 hectares per person	0.0027 hectares per person	Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Kenya or Pakistan?: Pakistan, at 0.1223 hectares per person against 0.1198 hectares per person in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Kenya and Pakistan?: 0.0025 hectares per person, with Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Pakistan?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Pakistan rank globally for arable land?: Kenya ranks 97th and Pakistan ranks 95th 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.