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South Sudan
Arable land (hectares per person)

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.

Global rank#55out of 206 countries
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Historical trend

0.20.20.20.20.2201220182023South Sudan · 2023: 0.22South Sudan

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan records 0.22 for Arable land (hectares per person) in 2023, ranking #55 globally out of 206 countries.
  • Arable land (hectares per person) declined from 0.25 in 2012 to 0.22 in 2023, a decrease of 0.03.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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