Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita
Somalia
0.024 sq. km per person
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.0085 sq. km per person
in 2023
Somalia rank
17th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
15th
Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita over time
- Somalia
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.024 sq. km per person against 0.0085 sq. km per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0155 sq. km per person.
That makes Somalia's figure about 2.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Somalia ranks 17th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 15th of 210 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1343 sq. km per person | 0.029 sq. km per person | 0.1053 sq. km per person | Somalia |
| 1970s | 0.1032 sq. km per person | 0.0227 sq. km per person | 0.0806 sq. km per person | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.0673 sq. km per person | 0.0172 sq. km per person | 0.0501 sq. km per person | Somalia |
| 1990s | 0.0604 sq. km per person | 0.0139 sq. km per person | 0.0465 sq. km per person | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.0427 sq. km per person | 0.0113 sq. km per person | 0.0314 sq. km per person | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.0323 sq. km per person | 0.0101 sq. km per person | 0.0222 sq. km per person | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.0252 sq. km per person | 0.0088 sq. km per person | 0.0164 sq. km per person | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land (sq. km), per capita, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Somalia, at 0.024 sq. km per person against 0.0085 sq. km per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in agricultural land (sq. km), per capita between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 0.0155 sq. km per person, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for agricultural land (sq. km), per capita?
- Somalia ranks 17th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 15th of 210 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land (sq. km), 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 (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.