Colombia vs Mexico: Agricultural land per capita
Colombia
0.7737 hectares per capita
in 2023
Mexico
0.7596 hectares per capita
in 2023
Colombia rank
60th
Mexico rank
62nd
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Colombia
- Mexico
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 0.7737 hectares per capita against 0.7596 hectares per capita in Mexico, a difference of 0.0141 hectares per capita.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.
Colombia ranks 60th and Mexico ranks 62nd of 226 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.33 hectares per capita | 2.28 hectares per capita | 0.0511 hectares per capita | Colombia |
| 1970s | 1.95 hectares per capita | 1.69 hectares per capita | 0.2634 hectares per capita | Colombia |
| 1980s | 1.57 hectares per capita | 1.36 hectares per capita | 0.2109 hectares per capita | Colombia |
| 1990s | 1.27 hectares per capita | 1.18 hectares per capita | 0.0923 hectares per capita | Colombia |
| 2000s | 1.02 hectares per capita | 1.01 hectares per capita | 0.011 hectares per capita | Colombia |
| 2010s | 0.9324 hectares per capita | 0.8245 hectares per capita | 0.108 hectares per capita | Colombia |
| 2020s | 0.8236 hectares per capita | 0.7757 hectares per capita | 0.048 hectares per capita | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Colombia or Mexico?
- Colombia, at 0.7737 hectares per capita against 0.7596 hectares per capita in Mexico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Colombia and Mexico?
- 0.0141 hectares per capita, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Mexico?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Colombia and Mexico rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Colombia ranks 60th and Mexico ranks 62nd 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.