What is the difference in agricultural land (sq. km), per capita between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

0.0155 sq. km per person, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

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.

Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita

Somalia

0.024 sq. km per person

in 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa

0.0085 sq. km per person

in 2023

Somalia rank

17th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

16th

Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita over time

Somalia
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.024 sq. km per person against 0.0085 sq. km per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0155 sq. km per person.

That makes Somalia's figure about 2.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

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

Somalia ranks 17th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 16th 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	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?: Somalia, at 0.024 sq. km per person against 0.0085 sq. km per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land (sq. km), per capita between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 0.0155 sq. km per person, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for agricultural land (sq. km), per capita?: Somalia ranks 17th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 16th 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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Indicator: Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita
Unit: sq. km per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 258 places, 16,016 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 03 October 2026

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.