What is the difference in agricultural land use, per capita between Costa Rica and Nigeria?

0.027 hectares per person, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nigeria?

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

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land use, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Nigeria: Agricultural land use, per capita

Costa Rica

0.3315 hectares per person

in 2023

Nigeria

0.3045 hectares per person

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

113th

Nigeria rank

116th

Agricultural land use, per capita over time

Costa Rica
Nigeria

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.3315 hectares per person against 0.3045 hectares per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.027 hectares per person.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 113th and Nigeria ranks 116th of 209 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9843 hectares per person	1.09 hectares per person	0.107 hectares per person	Nigeria
1970s	1.02 hectares per person	0.8896 hectares per person	0.129 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1980s	0.9629 hectares per person	0.6863 hectares per person	0.2766 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1990s	0.5938 hectares per person	0.5716 hectares per person	0.0222 hectares per person	Costa Rica
2000s	0.431 hectares per person	0.4629 hectares per person	0.0319 hectares per person	Nigeria
2010s	0.3704 hectares per person	0.3599 hectares per person	0.0105 hectares per person	Costa Rica
2020s	0.3353 hectares per person	0.3127 hectares per person	0.0226 hectares per person	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use, per capita, Costa Rica or Nigeria?: Costa Rica, at 0.3315 hectares per person against 0.3045 hectares per person in Nigeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land use, per capita between Costa Rica and Nigeria?: 0.027 hectares per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nigeria?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Nigeria rank globally for agricultural land use, per capita?: Costa Rica ranks 113th and Nigeria ranks 116th of 209 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land use, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural land use, per capita
Unit: hectares per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 209 places, 12,031 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 03 October 2026

Agricultural land use divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.