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

0.0069 hectares per person, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador 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.

Ecuador vs Nigeria: Agricultural land use, per capita

Ecuador

0.2976 hectares per person

in 2023

Nigeria

0.3045 hectares per person

in 2023

Ecuador rank

119th

Nigeria rank

116th

Agricultural land use, per capita over time

Ecuador
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.3045 hectares per person against 0.2976 hectares per person in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0069 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Ecuador ranks 119th and Nigeria ranks 116th of 209 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8939 hectares per person	1.09 hectares per person	0.1974 hectares per person	Nigeria
1970s	0.7667 hectares per person	0.8896 hectares per person	0.1229 hectares per person	Nigeria
1980s	0.7919 hectares per person	0.6863 hectares per person	0.1056 hectares per person	Ecuador
1990s	0.699 hectares per person	0.5716 hectares per person	0.1275 hectares per person	Ecuador
2000s	0.551 hectares per person	0.4629 hectares per person	0.0882 hectares per person	Ecuador
2010s	0.3926 hectares per person	0.3599 hectares per person	0.0327 hectares per person	Ecuador
2020s	0.304 hectares per person	0.3127 hectares per person	0.0088 hectares per person	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use, per capita, Ecuador or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 0.3045 hectares per person against 0.2976 hectares per person in Ecuador as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land use, per capita between Ecuador and Nigeria?: 0.0069 hectares per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nigeria?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Nigeria rank globally for agricultural land use, per capita?: Ecuador ranks 119th 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.