Afghanistan vs East Timor: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade
Afghanistan
0.5%
in 2023
East Timor
0.5%
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
71st
East Timor rank
72nd
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade over time
- Afghanistan
- East Timor
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in East Timor, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1971 it was East Timor ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 71st and East Timor ranks 72nd of 225 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and East Timor in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4% | 11.2% | 10.8% | East Timor |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 14.2% | 14.2% | East Timor |
| 1990s | -0.4% | 15.2% | 15.7% | East Timor |
| 2000s | -0.0% | -0.1% | 0.1% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 1.6% | 1.4% | East Timor |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 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 East Timor?
- Afghanistan, at 0.5% against 0.5% in East Timor as of 2023.
- What is the difference in is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade between Afghanistan and East Timor?
- 0.0%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and East Timor?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and East Timor rank globally for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Afghanistan ranks 71st and East Timor ranks 72nd 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.