Kiribati vs Malawi: Agricultural land per capita
Kiribati
0.2565 hectares per capita
in 2023
Malawi
0.2867 hectares per capita
in 2023
Kiribati rank
134th
Malawi rank
131st
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Kiribati
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.2867 hectares per capita against 0.2565 hectares per capita in Kiribati, a difference of 0.0302 hectares per capita.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Kiribati's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Kiribati ranks 134th and Malawi ranks 131st of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7676 hectares per capita | 0.8552 hectares per capita | 0.0876 hectares per capita | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.6334 hectares per capita | 0.7471 hectares per capita | 0.1137 hectares per capita | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.5822 hectares per capita | 0.5376 hectares per capita | 0.0446 hectares per capita | Kiribati |
| 1990s | 0.4595 hectares per capita | 0.423 hectares per capita | 0.0365 hectares per capita | Kiribati |
| 2000s | 0.3508 hectares per capita | 0.4011 hectares per capita | 0.0503 hectares per capita | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.293 hectares per capita | 0.3375 hectares per capita | 0.0445 hectares per capita | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.2629 hectares per capita | 0.2972 hectares per capita | 0.0344 hectares per capita | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Kiribati or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 0.2867 hectares per capita against 0.2565 hectares per capita in Kiribati as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Kiribati and Malawi?
- 0.0302 hectares per capita, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Malawi?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kiribati and Malawi rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Kiribati ranks 134th and Malawi ranks 131st 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.