Algeria vs Yemen: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade
Algeria
-0.2%
in 2023
Yemen
-0.2%
in 2023
Algeria rank
139th
Yemen rank
138th
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade over time
- Algeria
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports -0.2% against -0.2% in Algeria, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Yemen ahead.
Algeria ranks 139th and Yemen ranks 138th of 225 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 3 and Yemen in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | Yemen |
| 1980s | -10.8% | 0.1% | 10.9% | Yemen |
| 1990s | -0.3% | 0.9% | 1.2% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 3.6% | -0.4% | 4.0% | Algeria |
| 2010s | 1.6% | -0.4% | 2.1% | Algeria |
| 2020s | -0.2% | -0.2% | 0.0% | Algeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade, Algeria or Yemen?
- Yemen, at -0.2% against -0.2% in Algeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade between Algeria and Yemen?
- 0.0%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Yemen?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
- How do Algeria and Yemen rank globally for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Algeria ranks 139th and Yemen ranks 138th 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.