Ecuador vs Laos: Agricultural land per capita

Ecuador
0.2976 hectares per capita
in 2023
Laos
0.2984 hectares per capita
in 2023
Ecuador rank
127th
Laos rank
126th

Agricultural land per capita over time

  • Ecuador
  • Laos
0.20.40.60.81196119922023

How they compare

Laos currently reports 0.2984 hectares per capita against 0.2976 hectares per capita in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0008 hectares per capita.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 127th and Laos ranks 126th of 226 countries.

Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Laos Difference Ahead
1960s 0.8939 hectares per capita 0.6263 hectares per capita 0.2676 hectares per capita Ecuador
1970s 0.7667 hectares per capita 0.5246 hectares per capita 0.2422 hectares per capita Ecuador
1980s 0.7919 hectares per capita 0.4417 hectares per capita 0.3502 hectares per capita Ecuador
1990s 0.699 hectares per capita 0.3522 hectares per capita 0.3468 hectares per capita Ecuador
2000s 0.551 hectares per capita 0.338 hectares per capita 0.213 hectares per capita Ecuador
2010s 0.3926 hectares per capita 0.3429 hectares per capita 0.0497 hectares per capita Ecuador
2020s 0.304 hectares per capita 0.2986 hectares per capita 0.0053 hectares per capita Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Ecuador or Laos?
Laos, at 0.2984 hectares per capita against 0.2976 hectares per capita in Ecuador as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Ecuador and Laos?
0.0008 hectares per capita, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Laos?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Laos rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
Ecuador ranks 127th and Laos ranks 126th 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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Indicator
Agricultural land per capita
Unit
hectares per capita
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
226 places, 13,086 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.