Mauritania vs Saudi Arabia: Agricultural land per capita

Mauritania
7.91 hectares per capita
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
5.22 hectares per capita
in 2023
Mauritania rank
8th
Saudi Arabia rank
10th

Agricultural land per capita over time

  • Mauritania
  • Saudi Arabia
1020304050196119922023

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 7.91 hectares per capita against 5.22 hectares per capita in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 2.69 hectares per capita.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.5 times Saudi Arabia's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.

Mauritania ranks 8th and Saudi Arabia ranks 10th of 226 countries.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1960s 41.82 hectares per capita 29.56 hectares per capita 12.27 hectares per capita Mauritania
1970s 31.51 hectares per capita 19.63 hectares per capita 11.88 hectares per capita Mauritania
1980s 23.66 hectares per capita 12.39 hectares per capita 11.27 hectares per capita Mauritania
1990s 17.71 hectares per capita 11.01 hectares per capita 6.7 hectares per capita Mauritania
2000s 13.66 hectares per capita 8.77 hectares per capita 4.89 hectares per capita Mauritania
2010s 10.22 hectares per capita 6.07 hectares per capita 4.15 hectares per capita Mauritania
2020s 8.27 hectares per capita 5.44 hectares per capita 2.83 hectares per capita Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Mauritania or Saudi Arabia?
Mauritania, at 7.91 hectares per capita against 5.22 hectares per capita in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Mauritania and Saudi Arabia?
2.69 hectares per capita, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Saudi Arabia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Saudi Arabia rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
Mauritania ranks 8th and Saudi Arabia ranks 10th 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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Indicator
Agricultural land per capita
Unit
hectares per capita
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
226 places, 13,086 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.