Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Mauritania: Land area (sq. km), per capita

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.0304 sq. km per person
in 2023
Mauritania
0.2052 sq. km per person
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
8th
Mauritania rank
11th

Land area (sq. km), per capita over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Mauritania
00.250.50.7511.2196119922023

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.2052 sq. km per person against 0.0304 sq. km per person in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.1748 sq. km per person.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 6.8 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Mauritania ranks 11th of 47 groups.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Mauritania Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0816 sq. km per person 1.09 sq. km per person 1.01 sq. km per person Mauritania
1970s 0.0641 sq. km per person 0.8227 sq. km per person 0.7586 sq. km per person Mauritania
1980s 0.0511 sq. km per person 0.6166 sq. km per person 0.5655 sq. km per person Mauritania
1990s 0.0422 sq. km per person 0.4599 sq. km per person 0.4177 sq. km per person Mauritania
2000s 0.0364 sq. km per person 0.3546 sq. km per person 0.3183 sq. km per person Mauritania
2010s 0.0325 sq. km per person 0.2652 sq. km per person 0.2327 sq. km per person Mauritania
2020s 0.0307 sq. km per person 0.2146 sq. km per person 0.1839 sq. km per person Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land area (sq. km), per capita, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 0.2052 sq. km per person against 0.0304 sq. km per person in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in land area (sq. km), per capita between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Mauritania?
0.1748 sq. km per person, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Mauritania?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Mauritania rank globally for land area (sq. km), per capita?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Mauritania ranks 11th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Land area (sq. km), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Land area (sq. km), per capita
Unit
sq. km per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
264 places, 15,342 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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