Mauritania vs Somalia: Agricultural land use, per unit of GDP

Mauritania
0.0037 hectares per US$ of GDP
in 2023
Somalia
0.004 hectares per US$ of GDP
in 2023
Mauritania rank
3rd
Somalia rank
2nd

Agricultural land use, per unit of GDP over time

  • Mauritania
  • Somalia
00.050.10.150.20.25196119922023

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.004 hectares per US$ of GDP against 0.0037 hectares per US$ of GDP in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 3rd and Somalia ranks 2nd of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Somalia Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1782 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.1832 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.005 hectares per US$ of GDP Somalia
1970s 0.0738 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0868 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0131 hectares per US$ of GDP Somalia
1980s 0.0337 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0529 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0192 hectares per US$ of GDP Somalia
1990s 0.0201 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0334 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0132 hectares per US$ of GDP Somalia
2000s 0.0152 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0128 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0024 hectares per US$ of GDP Mauritania
2010s 0.0059 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0088 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0029 hectares per US$ of GDP Somalia
2020s 0.0042 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0045 hectares per US$ of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use, per unit of gdp, Mauritania or Somalia?
Somalia, at 0.004 hectares per US$ of GDP against 0.0037 hectares per US$ of GDP in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land use, per unit of gdp between Mauritania and Somalia?
0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Somalia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Somalia rank globally for agricultural land use, per unit of gdp?
Mauritania ranks 3rd and Somalia ranks 2nd of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land use, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Agricultural land use, per unit of GDP
Unit
hectares per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
206 places, 10,782 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Agricultural land use divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.