Laos vs Nigeria: Agricultural land per capita
Laos
0.2984 hectares per capita
in 2023
Nigeria
0.3045 hectares per capita
in 2023
Laos rank
126th
Nigeria rank
124th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Laos
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.3045 hectares per capita against 0.2984 hectares per capita in Laos, a difference of 0.0061 hectares per capita.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Laos ranks 126th and Nigeria ranks 124th of 226 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6263 hectares per capita | 1.09 hectares per capita | 0.465 hectares per capita | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 0.5246 hectares per capita | 0.8896 hectares per capita | 0.3651 hectares per capita | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 0.4417 hectares per capita | 0.6863 hectares per capita | 0.2446 hectares per capita | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 0.3522 hectares per capita | 0.5716 hectares per capita | 0.2193 hectares per capita | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.338 hectares per capita | 0.4629 hectares per capita | 0.1249 hectares per capita | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.3429 hectares per capita | 0.3599 hectares per capita | 0.017 hectares per capita | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.2986 hectares per capita | 0.3127 hectares per capita | 0.0141 hectares per capita | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Laos or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.3045 hectares per capita against 0.2984 hectares per capita in Laos as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Laos and Nigeria?
- 0.0061 hectares per capita, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Laos and Nigeria rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Laos ranks 126th 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.