Cape Verde vs Sierra Leone: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade
Cape Verde
0.0%
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.0%
in 2023
Cape Verde rank
91st
Sierra Leone rank
88th
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade over time
- Cape Verde
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 91st and Sierra Leone ranks 88th of 225 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 3.5% | 2.9% | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 6.9% | 1.1% | 5.7% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 25.7% | 17.6% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 12.9% | 8.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade, Cape Verde or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.0% against 0.0% in Cape Verde as of 2023.
- What is the difference in is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade between Cape Verde and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sierra Leone?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
- How do Cape Verde and Sierra Leone rank globally for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Cape Verde ranks 91st and Sierra Leone ranks 88th 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.