Congo vs Mali: Agricultural land per capita
Congo
1.72 hectares per capita
in 2023
Mali
1.82 hectares per capita
in 2023
Congo rank
30th
Mali rank
27th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Congo
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 1.82 hectares per capita against 1.72 hectares per capita in Congo, a difference of 0.1 hectares per capita.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Congo ahead.
Congo ranks 30th and Mali ranks 27th of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 4 and Mali in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.74 hectares per capita | 5.46 hectares per capita | 3.28 hectares per capita | Congo |
| 1970s | 6.64 hectares per capita | 4.71 hectares per capita | 1.93 hectares per capita | Congo |
| 1980s | 5.18 hectares per capita | 3.89 hectares per capita | 1.29 hectares per capita | Congo |
| 1990s | 3.91 hectares per capita | 3.46 hectares per capita | 0.4534 hectares per capita | Congo |
| 2000s | 2.9 hectares per capita | 3.02 hectares per capita | 0.118 hectares per capita | Mali |
| 2010s | 2.12 hectares per capita | 2.29 hectares per capita | 0.1769 hectares per capita | Mali |
| 2020s | 1.79 hectares per capita | 1.9 hectares per capita | 0.1149 hectares per capita | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Congo or Mali?
- Mali, at 1.82 hectares per capita against 1.72 hectares per capita in Congo as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Congo and Mali?
- 0.1 hectares per capita, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Mali?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Congo and Mali rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Congo ranks 30th and Mali ranks 27th 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.