What is the difference in agricultural land use, per capita between India and Nepal?

0.0019 hectares per person, with Nepal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for India and Nepal?

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.

India vs Nepal: Agricultural land use, per capita

India

0.1242 hectares per person

in 2023

Nepal

0.1261 hectares per person

in 2023

India rank

162nd

Nepal rank

161st

Agricultural land use, per capita over time

India
Nepal

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 0.1261 hectares per person against 0.1242 hectares per person in India, a difference of 0.0019 hectares per person.

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

India ranks 162nd and Nepal ranks 161st of 209 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Nepal in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3623 hectares per person	0.3186 hectares per person	0.0437 hectares per person	India
1970s	0.2969 hectares per person	0.2868 hectares per person	0.0101 hectares per person	India
1980s	0.2376 hectares per person	0.2392 hectares per person	0.0016 hectares per person	Nepal
1990s	0.1911 hectares per person	0.1919 hectares per person	0.0008 hectares per person	Nepal
2000s	0.1579 hectares per person	0.1617 hectares per person	0.0038 hectares per person	Nepal
2010s	0.1363 hectares per person	0.1443 hectares per person	0.008 hectares per person	Nepal
2020s	0.1257 hectares per person	0.1278 hectares per person	0.0021 hectares per person	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use, per capita, India or Nepal?: Nepal, at 0.1261 hectares per person against 0.1242 hectares per person in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land use, per capita between India and Nepal?: 0.0019 hectares per person, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Nepal?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do India and Nepal rank globally for agricultural land use, per capita?: India ranks 162nd and Nepal ranks 161st 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.