Mali vs Niger: Agricultural land per capita
Mali
1.82 hectares per capita
in 2023
Niger
1.78 hectares per capita
in 2023
Mali rank
27th
Niger rank
28th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Mali
- Niger
How they compare
Mali currently reports 1.82 hectares per capita against 1.78 hectares per capita in Niger, a difference of 0.04 hectares per capita.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.
Mali ranks 27th and Niger ranks 28th of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 2 and Niger in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.46 hectares per capita | 7.84 hectares per capita | 2.38 hectares per capita | Niger |
| 1970s | 4.71 hectares per capita | 5.8 hectares per capita | 1.09 hectares per capita | Niger |
| 1980s | 3.89 hectares per capita | 4.41 hectares per capita | 0.5234 hectares per capita | Niger |
| 1990s | 3.46 hectares per capita | 3.7 hectares per capita | 0.237 hectares per capita | Niger |
| 2000s | 3.02 hectares per capita | 3.01 hectares per capita | 0.012 hectares per capita | Mali |
| 2010s | 2.29 hectares per capita | 2.34 hectares per capita | 0.05 hectares per capita | Niger |
| 2020s | 1.9 hectares per capita | 1.87 hectares per capita | 0.0299 hectares per capita | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Mali or Niger?
- Mali, at 1.82 hectares per capita against 1.78 hectares per capita in Niger as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Mali and Niger?
- 0.04 hectares per capita, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mali and Niger rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Mali ranks 27th and Niger ranks 28th 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.