Australia vs Mongolia: Agricultural land per capita
Australia
13.73 hectares per capita
in 2023
Mongolia
31.31 hectares per capita
in 2023
Australia rank
3rd
Mongolia rank
2nd
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Australia
- Mongolia
How they compare
Mongolia currently reports 31.31 hectares per capita against 13.73 hectares per capita in Australia, a difference of 17.58 hectares per capita.
That makes Mongolia's figure about 2.3 times Australia's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Mongolia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 3rd and Mongolia ranks 2nd of 226 countries.
Mongolia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Mongolia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43.06 hectares per capita | 124.69 hectares per capita | 81.63 hectares per capita | Mongolia |
| 1970s | 36.31 hectares per capita | 92.39 hectares per capita | 56.08 hectares per capita | Mongolia |
| 1980s | 30.65 hectares per capita | 65.84 hectares per capita | 35.19 hectares per capita | Mongolia |
| 1990s | 25.73 hectares per capita | 53.61 hectares per capita | 27.88 hectares per capita | Mongolia |
| 2000s | 20.7 hectares per capita | 46.71 hectares per capita | 26.01 hectares per capita | Mongolia |
| 2010s | 15.56 hectares per capita | 38.66 hectares per capita | 23.1 hectares per capita | Mongolia |
| 2020s | 13.86 hectares per capita | 33.06 hectares per capita | 19.2 hectares per capita | Mongolia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Australia or Mongolia?
- Mongolia, at 31.31 hectares per capita against 13.73 hectares per capita in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Australia and Mongolia?
- 17.58 hectares per capita, with Mongolia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Mongolia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Mongolia rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Australia ranks 3rd and Mongolia ranks 2nd 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.