Afghanistan vs Cuba: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade
Afghanistan
0.5%
in 2023
Cuba
0.9%
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
71st
Cuba rank
68th
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade over time
- Afghanistan
- Cuba
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 0.9% against 0.5% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Cuba's figure about 1.7 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cuba ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 71st and Cuba ranks 68th of 225 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and Cuba in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Cuba | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4% | 32.6% | 32.2% | Cuba |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 11.5% | 11.4% | Cuba |
| 1990s | -0.4% | 6.3% | 6.7% | Cuba |
| 2000s | -0.0% | -1.5% | 1.5% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 0.1% | -4.0% | 4.1% | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 0.9% | -0.0% | 1.0% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade, Afghanistan or Cuba?
- Cuba, at 0.9% against 0.5% in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade between Afghanistan and Cuba?
- 0.4%, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Cuba?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Cuba rank globally for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Afghanistan ranks 71st and Cuba ranks 68th of 225 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.