Syria vs Tanzania: Agricultural land per capita

Syria
0.5767 hectares per capita
in 2023
Tanzania
0.5933 hectares per capita
in 2023
Syria rank
79th
Tanzania rank
76th

Agricultural land per capita over time

  • Syria
  • Tanzania
123196119922023

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.5933 hectares per capita against 0.5767 hectares per capita in Syria, a difference of 0.0166 hectares per capita.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Syria ahead.

Syria ranks 79th and Tanzania ranks 76th of 226 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Syria averaged higher in 2 and Tanzania in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Syria Tanzania Difference Ahead
1960s 2.64 hectares per capita 2.34 hectares per capita 0.2999 hectares per capita Syria
1970s 1.9 hectares per capita 1.84 hectares per capita 0.0535 hectares per capita Syria
1980s 1.34 hectares per capita 1.42 hectares per capita 0.0808 hectares per capita Tanzania
1990s 0.9564 hectares per capita 1.11 hectares per capita 0.1517 hectares per capita Tanzania
2000s 0.7329 hectares per capita 0.9135 hectares per capita 0.1806 hectares per capita Tanzania
2010s 0.6727 hectares per capita 0.7484 hectares per capita 0.0757 hectares per capita Tanzania
2020s 0.62 hectares per capita 0.6203 hectares per capita 0.0003 hectares per capita Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land per capita, Syria or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 0.5933 hectares per capita against 0.5767 hectares per capita in Syria as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land per capita between Syria and Tanzania?
0.0166 hectares per capita, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and Tanzania?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Syria and Tanzania rank globally for agricultural land per capita?
Syria ranks 79th and Tanzania ranks 76th 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
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Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.