What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of gdp between Malawi and Sierra Leone?

0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?

46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Sierra Leone: Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP

Malawi

0.0004 hectares per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Sierra Leone

0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Malawi rank

28th

Sierra Leone rank

25th

Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP over time

Malawi
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP against 0.0004 hectares per US$ of GDP in Malawi, a difference of 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.3 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Malawi ranks 28th and Sierra Leone ranks 25th of 188 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.0022 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0031 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0009 hectares per US$ of GDP	Sierra Leone
1990s	0.0016 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0037 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.002 hectares per US$ of GDP	Sierra Leone
2000s	0.0011 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0017 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0006 hectares per US$ of GDP	Sierra Leone
2010s	0.0006 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0007 hectares per US$ of GDP	0 hectares per US$ of GDP	Sierra Leone
2020s	0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0006 hectares per US$ of GDP	0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of gdp, Malawi or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP against 0.0004 hectares per US$ of GDP in Malawi as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of gdp between Malawi and Sierra Leone?: 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
How do Malawi and Sierra Leone rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of gdp?: Malawi ranks 28th and Sierra Leone ranks 25th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP
Unit: hectares per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 188 places, 10,765 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 23 October 2026

Agricultural area over the long-term divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.