Mauritania vs Saudi Arabia: Agricultural land use, per capita

Mauritania
7.91 hectares per person
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
5.15 hectares per person
in 2023
Mauritania rank
6th
Saudi Arabia rank
8th

Agricultural land use, per capita over time

  • Mauritania
  • Saudi Arabia
1020304050196119922023

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 7.91 hectares per person against 5.15 hectares per person in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 2.76 hectares per person.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.5 times Saudi Arabia's.

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

Mauritania ranks 6th and Saudi Arabia ranks 8th of 209 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1960s 41.82 hectares per person 29.56 hectares per person 12.27 hectares per person Mauritania
1970s 31.51 hectares per person 19.63 hectares per person 11.88 hectares per person Mauritania
1980s 23.66 hectares per person 12.39 hectares per person 11.27 hectares per person Mauritania
1990s 17.71 hectares per person 11.01 hectares per person 6.7 hectares per person Mauritania
2000s 13.66 hectares per person 8.77 hectares per person 4.89 hectares per person Mauritania
2010s 10.22 hectares per person 6.18 hectares per person 4.04 hectares per person Mauritania
2020s 8.27 hectares per person 5.42 hectares per person 2.84 hectares per person Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use, per capita, Mauritania or Saudi Arabia?
Mauritania, at 7.91 hectares per person against 5.15 hectares per person in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land use, per capita between Mauritania and Saudi Arabia?
2.76 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Saudi Arabia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Saudi Arabia rank globally for agricultural land use, per capita?
Mauritania ranks 6th and Saudi Arabia ranks 8th 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.