What is the difference in arable land between Mauritania and United Kingdom?

0.0014 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.

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

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.

Mauritania vs United Kingdom: Arable land

Mauritania

0.0896 hectares per person

in 2023

United Kingdom

0.0882 hectares per person

in 2023

Mauritania rank

117th

United Kingdom rank

119th

Arable land over time

Mauritania
United Kingdom

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.0896 hectares per person against 0.0882 hectares per person in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.0014 hectares per person.

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

Mauritania ranks 117th and United Kingdom ranks 119th of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.2833 hectares per person	0.1341 hectares per person	0.1492 hectares per person	Mauritania
1970s	0.1731 hectares per person	0.1247 hectares per person	0.0485 hectares per person	Mauritania
1980s	0.1733 hectares per person	0.122 hectares per person	0.0513 hectares per person	Mauritania
1990s	0.1939 hectares per person	0.1076 hectares per person	0.0864 hectares per person	Mauritania
2000s	0.1548 hectares per person	0.0973 hectares per person	0.0575 hectares per person	Mauritania
2010s	0.1158 hectares per person	0.0941 hectares per person	0.0216 hectares per person	Mauritania
2020s	0.0937 hectares per person	0.0892 hectares per person	0.0045 hectares per person	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Mauritania or United Kingdom?: Mauritania, at 0.0896 hectares per person against 0.0882 hectares per person in United Kingdom as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Mauritania and United Kingdom?: 0.0014 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and United Kingdom?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and United Kingdom rank globally for arable land?: Mauritania ranks 117th and United Kingdom ranks 119th 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.