India vs Nepal: Agricultural land per capita
India
0.1242 hectares per capita
in 2023
Nepal
0.1261 hectares per capita
in 2023
India rank
173rd
Nepal rank
172nd
Agricultural land per capita over time
- India
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 0.1261 hectares per capita against 0.1242 hectares per capita in India, a difference of 0.0019 hectares per capita.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
India ranks 173rd and Nepal ranks 172nd of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Nepal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3623 hectares per capita | 0.3186 hectares per capita | 0.0437 hectares per capita | India |
| 1970s | 0.2969 hectares per capita | 0.2868 hectares per capita | 0.0101 hectares per capita | India |
| 1980s | 0.2376 hectares per capita | 0.2392 hectares per capita | 0.0016 hectares per capita | Nepal |
| 1990s | 0.1911 hectares per capita | 0.1919 hectares per capita | 0.0008 hectares per capita | Nepal |
| 2000s | 0.1579 hectares per capita | 0.1617 hectares per capita | 0.0038 hectares per capita | Nepal |
| 2010s | 0.1363 hectares per capita | 0.1443 hectares per capita | 0.008 hectares per capita | Nepal |
| 2020s | 0.1257 hectares per capita | 0.1278 hectares per capita | 0.0021 hectares per capita | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, India or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 0.1261 hectares per capita against 0.1242 hectares per capita in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between India and Nepal?
- 0.0019 hectares per capita, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Nepal?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and Nepal rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- India ranks 173rd and Nepal ranks 172nd 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.