Libya vs Mali: Agricultural land per capita
Libya
2.1 hectares per capita
in 2023
Mali
1.82 hectares per capita
in 2023
Libya rank
24th
Mali rank
27th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Libya
- Mali
How they compare
Libya currently reports 2.1 hectares per capita against 1.82 hectares per capita in Mali, a difference of 0.28 hectares per capita.
That makes Libya's figure about 1.2 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Libya ahead.
Libya ranks 24th and Mali ranks 27th of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 5 and Mali in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.71 hectares per capita | 5.46 hectares per capita | 1.25 hectares per capita | Libya |
| 1970s | 5.52 hectares per capita | 4.71 hectares per capita | 0.8075 hectares per capita | Libya |
| 1980s | 3.97 hectares per capita | 3.89 hectares per capita | 0.0752 hectares per capita | Libya |
| 1990s | 3.21 hectares per capita | 3.46 hectares per capita | 0.2533 hectares per capita | Mali |
| 2000s | 2.66 hectares per capita | 3.02 hectares per capita | 0.358 hectares per capita | Mali |
| 2010s | 2.35 hectares per capita | 2.29 hectares per capita | 0.0542 hectares per capita | Libya |
| 2020s | 2.14 hectares per capita | 1.9 hectares per capita | 0.2369 hectares per capita | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Libya or Mali?
- Libya, at 2.1 hectares per capita against 1.82 hectares per capita in Mali as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Libya and Mali?
- 0.28 hectares per capita, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Mali?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Libya and Mali rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Libya ranks 24th and Mali ranks 27th 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.