What is the difference in arable land between Somalia and Sri Lanka?

0.0024 hectares per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sri Lanka?

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.

Somalia vs Sri Lanka: Arable land

Somalia

0.0599 hectares per person

in 2023

Sri Lanka

0.0623 hectares per person

in 2023

Somalia rank

144th

Sri Lanka rank

141st

Arable land over time

Somalia
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0623 hectares per person against 0.0599 hectares per person in Somalia, a difference of 0.0024 hectares per person.

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

Somalia ranks 144th and Sri Lanka ranks 141st of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.2783 hectares per person	0.0683 hectares per person	0.21 hectares per person	Somalia
1970s	0.2245 hectares per person	0.0653 hectares per person	0.1592 hectares per person	Somalia
1980s	0.1536 hectares per person	0.0559 hectares per person	0.0976 hectares per person	Somalia
1990s	0.1415 hectares per person	0.0507 hectares per person	0.0909 hectares per person	Somalia
2000s	0.1036 hectares per person	0.0502 hectares per person	0.0534 hectares per person	Somalia
2010s	0.0789 hectares per person	0.0618 hectares per person	0.0171 hectares per person	Somalia
2020s	0.0629 hectares per person	0.0622 hectares per person	0.0007 hectares per person	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, Somalia or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 0.0623 hectares per person against 0.0599 hectares per person in Somalia as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between Somalia and Sri Lanka?: 0.0024 hectares per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sri Lanka?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Somalia and Sri Lanka rank globally for arable land?: Somalia ranks 144th and Sri Lanka ranks 141st 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: 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.