Nicaragua vs Peru: Agricultural land per capita
Nicaragua
0.7461 hectares per capita
in 2023
Peru
0.7205 hectares per capita
in 2023
Nicaragua rank
63rd
Peru rank
66th
Agricultural land per capita over time
- Nicaragua
- Peru
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.7461 hectares per capita against 0.7205 hectares per capita in Peru, a difference of 0.0256 hectares per capita.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 63rd and Peru ranks 66th of 226 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 6 and Peru in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.7 hectares per capita | 1.5 hectares per capita | 0.1949 hectares per capita | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 1.32 hectares per capita | 1.26 hectares per capita | 0.0591 hectares per capita | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 1.06 hectares per capita | 1.11 hectares per capita | 0.0456 hectares per capita | Peru |
| 1990s | 0.9717 hectares per capita | 0.939 hectares per capita | 0.0328 hectares per capita | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 0.9747 hectares per capita | 0.8375 hectares per capita | 0.1373 hectares per capita | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.8317 hectares per capita | 0.7896 hectares per capita | 0.0422 hectares per capita | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 0.761 hectares per capita | 0.7379 hectares per capita | 0.0232 hectares per capita | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Nicaragua or Peru?
- Nicaragua, at 0.7461 hectares per capita against 0.7205 hectares per capita in Peru as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Nicaragua and Peru?
- 0.0256 hectares per capita, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Peru?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Nicaragua and Peru rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
- Nicaragua ranks 63rd and Peru ranks 66th 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.