What is the difference in fao projections of arable land between Iceland and Palestine, State of?

7,800 hectares, with Iceland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Palestine, State of?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as FAO projections of arable land. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iceland vs Palestine, State of: FAO projections of arable land

Iceland

121,000 hectares

in 2023

Palestine, State of

113,200 hectares

in 2023

Iceland rank

154th

Palestine, State of rank

157th

FAO projections of arable land over time

Iceland
Palestine, State of

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 121,000 hectares against 113,200 hectares in Palestine, State of, a difference of 7,800 hectares.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Palestine, State of's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Palestine, State of ahead.

Iceland ranks 154th and Palestine, State of ranks 157th of 224 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 1 and Palestine, State of in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Palestine, State of	Difference	Ahead
1960s	120,000 hectares	203,111 hectares	83,111 hectares	Palestine, State of
1970s	125,800 hectares	210,500 hectares	84,700 hectares	Palestine, State of
1980s	134,200 hectares	223,800 hectares	89,600 hectares	Palestine, State of
1990s	133,900 hectares	202,197 hectares	68,297 hectares	Palestine, State of
2000s	127,700 hectares	186,319 hectares	58,619 hectares	Palestine, State of
2010s	121,380 hectares	137,636 hectares	16,256 hectares	Palestine, State of
2020s	121,000 hectares	117,616 hectares	3,384 hectares	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fao projections of arable land, Iceland or Palestine, State of?: Iceland, at 121,000 hectares against 113,200 hectares in Palestine, State of as of 2023.
What is the difference in fao projections of arable land between Iceland and Palestine, State of?: 7,800 hectares, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Palestine, State of?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Iceland and Palestine, State of rank globally for fao projections of arable land?: Iceland ranks 154th and Palestine, State of ranks 157th of 224 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as FAO projections of arable land. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: FAO projections of arable land
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Land allocated to arable production or permanent crops, measured in hectares. Values from 2030 onwards are FAO's 2018 projections under three different scenarios.