Mauritania vs Portugal: Arable land (hectares), per capita

Mauritania
0.0896 hectares per person
in 2023
Portugal
0.0877 hectares per person
in 2023
Mauritania rank
117th
Portugal rank
120th

Arable land (hectares), per capita over time

  • Mauritania
  • Portugal
0.10.150.20.250.3196119922023

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.0896 hectares per person against 0.0877 hectares per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0019 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 117th and Portugal ranks 120th of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2833 hectares per person 0.2789 hectares per person 0.0044 hectares per person Mauritania
1970s 0.1731 hectares per person 0.2714 hectares per person 0.0983 hectares per person Portugal
1980s 0.1733 hectares per person 0.2411 hectares per person 0.0678 hectares per person Portugal
1990s 0.1939 hectares per person 0.2085 hectares per person 0.0145 hectares per person Portugal
2000s 0.1548 hectares per person 0.1355 hectares per person 0.0193 hectares per person Mauritania
2010s 0.1158 hectares per person 0.1019 hectares per person 0.0138 hectares per person Mauritania
2020s 0.0937 hectares per person 0.0912 hectares per person 0.0025 hectares per person Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land (hectares), per capita, Mauritania or Portugal?
Mauritania, at 0.0896 hectares per person against 0.0877 hectares per person in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land (hectares), per capita between Mauritania and Portugal?
0.0019 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Portugal?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Portugal rank globally for arable land (hectares), per capita?
Mauritania ranks 117th and Portugal ranks 120th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arable land (hectares), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Arable land (hectares), per capita
Unit
hectares per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
206 places, 11,842 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Arable land (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.