What is the difference in arable land between Mauritius and Vanuatu?

0.0023 hectares per person, with Vanuatu ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Vanuatu?

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.

Mauritius vs Vanuatu: Arable land

Mauritius

0.0601 hectares per person

in 2023

Vanuatu

0.0624 hectares per person

in 2023

Mauritius rank

144th

Vanuatu rank

141st

Arable land over time

Mauritius
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 0.0624 hectares per person against 0.0601 hectares per person in Mauritius, a difference of 0.0023 hectares per person.

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

Mauritius ranks 144th and Vanuatu ranks 141st of 207 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritius	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.1243 hectares per person	0.1559 hectares per person	0.0316 hectares per person	Vanuatu
1970s	0.1129 hectares per person	0.1607 hectares per person	0.0478 hectares per person	Vanuatu
1980s	0.0987 hectares per person	0.1521 hectares per person	0.0535 hectares per person	Vanuatu
1990s	0.0836 hectares per person	0.1216 hectares per person	0.0381 hectares per person	Vanuatu
2000s	0.07 hectares per person	0.0963 hectares per person	0.0263 hectares per person	Vanuatu
2010s	0.0602 hectares per person	0.0761 hectares per person	0.0159 hectares per person	Vanuatu
2020s	0.0595 hectares per person	0.0647 hectares per person	0.0052 hectares per person	Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Mauritius or Vanuatu?: Vanuatu, at 0.0624 hectares per person against 0.0601 hectares per person in Mauritius as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Mauritius and Vanuatu?: 0.0023 hectares per person, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Vanuatu?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritius and Vanuatu rank globally for arable land?: Mauritius ranks 144th and Vanuatu ranks 141st of 207 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mauritius vs Vanuatu: Arable land. Statizoid, drawing on 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). Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/arable-land-hectares-per-person/mauritius/vanuatu/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/arable-land-hectares-per-person/mauritius/vanuatu/">Mauritius vs Vanuatu: Arable land</a> — Statizoid

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: 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.