Ecuador vs Nigeria: Agricultural land per capita
Ecuador
0.2976 hectares per capita
in 2023
Nigeria
0.3045 hectares per capita
in 2023
Ecuador rank
127th
Nigeria rank
124th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Ecuador
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.3045 hectares per capita against 0.2976 hectares per capita in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0069 hectares per capita.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Ecuador ranks 127th and Nigeria ranks 124th of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8939 hectares per capita | 1.09 hectares per capita | 0.1974 hectares per capita | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 0.7667 hectares per capita | 0.8896 hectares per capita | 0.1229 hectares per capita | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 0.7919 hectares per capita | 0.6863 hectares per capita | 0.1056 hectares per capita | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 0.699 hectares per capita | 0.5716 hectares per capita | 0.1275 hectares per capita | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 0.551 hectares per capita | 0.4629 hectares per capita | 0.0882 hectares per capita | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 0.3926 hectares per capita | 0.3599 hectares per capita | 0.0327 hectares per capita | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 0.304 hectares per capita | 0.3127 hectares per capita | 0.0088 hectares per capita | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Ecuador or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.3045 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 Nigeria?
- 0.0069 hectares per capita, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and Nigeria rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 127th and Nigeria ranks 124th 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.