is an acre the same as an hectare?
Confidence votes 15. Not at all. An acre is an old British unit of area, still used in the U.S. which is now the only non-metric country. It's a very strange unit, equalling 43,560 square feet. A hectare is the standard metric unit of area and equals 10,000 square meters (i.e. the area of a square 100 meters on a side). A hectare is roughly 2.5 acres - 2.47 to be more precise.
The hectare is the modern metric unit used for measure of land area. It is equal to 10,000 square meters (the area of a square 100 meters on each side), 107,639 square feet, 395.37 square rods, 2.471 acres, or 2.925 arpents. [1,6]. Lieue. An old french unit of length (English translation = league).