Laos vs Nigeria: Agricultural land use, per capita

Laos
0.2984 hectares per person
in 2023
Nigeria
0.3045 hectares per person
in 2023
Laos rank
118th
Nigeria rank
116th

Agricultural land use, per capita over time

  • Laos
  • Nigeria
0.20.40.60.811.2196119922023

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.3045 hectares per person against 0.2984 hectares per person in Laos, a difference of 0.0061 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Laos ranks 118th and Nigeria ranks 116th of 209 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Laos Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 0.6263 hectares per person 1.09 hectares per person 0.465 hectares per person Nigeria
1970s 0.5246 hectares per person 0.8896 hectares per person 0.3651 hectares per person Nigeria
1980s 0.4417 hectares per person 0.6863 hectares per person 0.2446 hectares per person Nigeria
1990s 0.3522 hectares per person 0.5716 hectares per person 0.2193 hectares per person Nigeria
2000s 0.338 hectares per person 0.4629 hectares per person 0.1249 hectares per person Nigeria
2010s 0.3429 hectares per person 0.3599 hectares per person 0.017 hectares per person Nigeria
2020s 0.2986 hectares per person 0.3127 hectares per person 0.0141 hectares per person Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use, per capita, Laos or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 0.3045 hectares per person against 0.2984 hectares per person in Laos as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land use, per capita between Laos and Nigeria?
0.0061 hectares per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Nigeria?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Laos and Nigeria rank globally for agricultural land use, per capita?
Laos ranks 118th 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

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.