Botswana vs Mauritania: Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita
Botswana
10.09 hectares per person
in 2025
Mauritania
7.47 hectares per person
in 2025
Botswana rank
5th
Mauritania rank
6th
Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita over time
- Botswana
- Mauritania
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 10.09 hectares per person against 7.47 hectares per person in Mauritania, a difference of 2.62 hectares per person.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.4 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 5th and Mauritania ranks 6th of 189 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 6 and Mauritania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.43 hectares per person | 42.43 hectares per person | 3.99 hectares per person | Botswana |
| 1970s | 36.93 hectares per person | 31.51 hectares per person | 5.42 hectares per person | Botswana |
| 1980s | 23.8 hectares per person | 23.66 hectares per person | 0.1408 hectares per person | Botswana |
| 1990s | 17.65 hectares per person | 17.71 hectares per person | 0.0576 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 14.18 hectares per person | 13.66 hectares per person | 0.5127 hectares per person | Botswana |
| 2010s | 11.86 hectares per person | 10.22 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | Botswana |
| 2020s | 10.51 hectares per person | 8.04 hectares per person | 2.48 hectares per person | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, per capita, Botswana or Mauritania?
- Botswana, at 10.09 hectares per person against 7.47 hectares per person in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term, per capita between Botswana and Mauritania?
- 2.62 hectares per person, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Mauritania?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Botswana and Mauritania rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term, per capita?
- Botswana ranks 5th and Mauritania ranks 6th 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.