China vs Ghana: Agricultural land per capita
China
0.3658 hectares per capita
in 2023
Ghana
0.373 hectares per capita
in 2023
China rank
109th
Ghana rank
107th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- China
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.373 hectares per capita against 0.3658 hectares per capita in China, a difference of 0.0072 hectares per capita.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.
China ranks 109th and Ghana ranks 107th of 226 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4916 hectares per capita | 1.49 hectares per capita | 0.9951 hectares per capita | Ghana |
| 1970s | 0.4416 hectares per capita | 1.16 hectares per capita | 0.7209 hectares per capita | Ghana |
| 1980s | 0.4416 hectares per capita | 0.9122 hectares per capita | 0.4706 hectares per capita | Ghana |
| 1990s | 0.4282 hectares per capita | 0.7564 hectares per capita | 0.3282 hectares per capita | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.4024 hectares per capita | 0.5633 hectares per capita | 0.1609 hectares per capita | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.3771 hectares per capita | 0.4371 hectares per capita | 0.06 hectares per capita | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.3652 hectares per capita | 0.384 hectares per capita | 0.0188 hectares per capita | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, China or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 0.373 hectares per capita against 0.3658 hectares per capita in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between China and Ghana?
- 0.0072 hectares per capita, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Ghana?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do China and Ghana rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- China ranks 109th and Ghana ranks 107th of 226 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – 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.