Benin vs Costa Rica: Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita
Benin
0.337 hectares per person
in 2025
Costa Rica
0.3415 hectares per person
in 2025
Benin rank
101st
Costa Rica rank
99th
Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita over time
- Benin
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.3415 hectares per person against 0.337 hectares per person in Benin, a difference of 0.0045 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Benin ranks 101st and Costa Rica ranks 99th of 189 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5498 hectares per person | 0.991 hectares per person | 0.4412 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.5426 hectares per person | 1.02 hectares per person | 0.476 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.474 hectares per person | 0.9628 hectares per person | 0.4888 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.4197 hectares per person | 0.5938 hectares per person | 0.1741 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.4137 hectares per person | 0.431 hectares per person | 0.0174 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3565 hectares per person | 0.3748 hectares per person | 0.0184 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3427 hectares per person | 0.3469 hectares per person | 0.0043 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, per capita, Benin or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.3415 hectares per person against 0.337 hectares per person in Benin as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term, per capita between Benin and Costa Rica?
- 0.0045 hectares per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Costa Rica?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Benin and Costa Rica rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term, per capita?
- Benin ranks 101st and Costa Rica ranks 99th of 189 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Agricultural area over the long-term divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.