Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe: Agricultural land per capita
Afghanistan
0.9195 hectares per capita
in 2023
Zimbabwe
0.9894 hectares per capita
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
50th
Zimbabwe rank
48th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Afghanistan
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 0.9894 hectares per capita against 0.9195 hectares per capita in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0699 hectares per capita.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 50th and Zimbabwe ranks 48th of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Zimbabwe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.78 hectares per capita | 2.31 hectares per capita | 1.46 hectares per capita | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 3.04 hectares per capita | 1.88 hectares per capita | 1.15 hectares per capita | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 3.29 hectares per capita | 1.46 hectares per capita | 1.84 hectares per capita | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 2.43 hectares per capita | 1.25 hectares per capita | 1.17 hectares per capita | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 1.61 hectares per capita | 1.27 hectares per capita | 0.3388 hectares per capita | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 1.15 hectares per capita | 1.13 hectares per capita | 0.0206 hectares per capita | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 0.9505 hectares per capita | 1.02 hectares per capita | 0.0648 hectares per capita | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Afghanistan or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 0.9894 hectares per capita against 0.9195 hectares per capita in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0699 hectares per capita, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Zimbabwe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Zimbabwe rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Afghanistan ranks 50th and Zimbabwe ranks 48th of 226 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land 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 land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.