Mexico vs Nicaragua: Agricultural land per capita
Mexico
0.7596 hectares per capita
in 2023
Nicaragua
0.7461 hectares per capita
in 2023
Mexico rank
62nd
Nicaragua rank
63rd
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 0.7596 hectares per capita against 0.7461 hectares per capita in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0135 hectares per capita.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 62nd and Nicaragua ranks 63rd of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 6 and Nicaragua in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.28 hectares per capita | 1.7 hectares per capita | 0.5788 hectares per capita | Mexico |
| 1970s | 1.69 hectares per capita | 1.32 hectares per capita | 0.3678 hectares per capita | Mexico |
| 1980s | 1.36 hectares per capita | 1.06 hectares per capita | 0.3019 hectares per capita | Mexico |
| 1990s | 1.18 hectares per capita | 0.9717 hectares per capita | 0.2101 hectares per capita | Mexico |
| 2000s | 1.01 hectares per capita | 0.9747 hectares per capita | 0.0335 hectares per capita | Mexico |
| 2010s | 0.8245 hectares per capita | 0.8317 hectares per capita | 0.0072 hectares per capita | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 0.7757 hectares per capita | 0.761 hectares per capita | 0.0146 hectares per capita | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Mexico or Nicaragua?
- Mexico, at 0.7596 hectares per capita against 0.7461 hectares per capita in Nicaragua as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Mexico and Nicaragua?
- 0.0135 hectares per capita, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and Nicaragua rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Mexico ranks 62nd and Nicaragua ranks 63rd of 226 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β 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.