Eritrea vs Somalia: Agricultural land per capita
Eritrea
2.19 hectares per capita
in 2023
Somalia
2.4 hectares per capita
in 2023
Eritrea rank
23rd
Somalia rank
20th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Eritrea
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 2.4 hectares per capita against 2.19 hectares per capita in Eritrea, a difference of 0.21 hectares per capita.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Eritrea ranks 23rd and Somalia ranks 20th of 226 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.6 hectares per capita | 5.85 hectares per capita | 2.25 hectares per capita | Somalia |
| 2000s | 2.94 hectares per capita | 4.27 hectares per capita | 1.33 hectares per capita | Somalia |
| 2010s | 2.45 hectares per capita | 3.23 hectares per capita | 0.7734 hectares per capita | Somalia |
| 2020s | 2.25 hectares per capita | 2.52 hectares per capita | 0.2751 hectares per capita | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Eritrea or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 2.4 hectares per capita against 2.19 hectares per capita in Eritrea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Eritrea and Somalia?
- 0.21 hectares per capita, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Somalia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2023.
- How do Eritrea and Somalia rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Eritrea ranks 23rd and Somalia ranks 20th 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.