Guatemala vs Sweden: Agricultural land per capita
Guatemala
0.2545 hectares per capita
in 2023
Sweden
0.2826 hectares per capita
in 2023
Guatemala rank
135th
Sweden rank
133rd
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Guatemala
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.2826 hectares per capita against 0.2545 hectares per capita in Guatemala, a difference of 0.0281 hectares per capita.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guatemala ahead.
Guatemala ranks 135th and Sweden ranks 133rd of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5748 hectares per capita | 0.5066 hectares per capita | 0.0682 hectares per capita | Guatemala |
| 1970s | 0.4784 hectares per capita | 0.4563 hectares per capita | 0.0221 hectares per capita | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 0.4618 hectares per capita | 0.4252 hectares per capita | 0.0367 hectares per capita | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 0.4407 hectares per capita | 0.3779 hectares per capita | 0.0629 hectares per capita | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 0.3596 hectares per capita | 0.3436 hectares per capita | 0.016 hectares per capita | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 0.2785 hectares per capita | 0.31 hectares per capita | 0.0315 hectares per capita | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.2602 hectares per capita | 0.2867 hectares per capita | 0.0265 hectares per capita | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Guatemala or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.2826 hectares per capita against 0.2545 hectares per capita in Guatemala as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Guatemala and Sweden?
- 0.0281 hectares per capita, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Sweden?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Guatemala and Sweden rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Guatemala ranks 135th and Sweden ranks 133rd of 226 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β 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.