Botswana vs Cote d'Ivoire: Agricultural area over the long-term

Botswana
25.86 million hectares
in 2025
Cote d'Ivoire
27.68 million hectares
in 2025
Botswana rank
43rd
Cote d'Ivoire rank
41st

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

  • Botswana
  • Cote d'Ivoire
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How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 27.68 million hectares against 25.86 million hectares in Botswana, a difference of 1.82 million hectares.

That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 43rd and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 41st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 34 and Cote d'Ivoire in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Cote d'Ivoire Difference Ahead
1000s 3.95 million hectares 397,967 hectares 3.55 million hectares Botswana
1100s 4.20 million hectares 455,792 hectares 3.74 million hectares Botswana
1200s 4.47 million hectares 522,012 hectares 3.95 million hectares Botswana
1300s 4.75 million hectares 597,844 hectares 4.15 million hectares Botswana
1400s 5.05 million hectares 684,683 hectares 4.37 million hectares Botswana
1500s 5.37 million hectares 784,126 hectares 4.59 million hectares Botswana
1600s 5.72 million hectares 898,004 hectares 4.82 million hectares Botswana
1700s 6.08 million hectares 1.03 million hectares 5.05 million hectares Botswana
1710s 6.08 million hectares 1.07 million hectares 5.00 million hectares Botswana
1720s 6.07 million hectares 1.12 million hectares 4.95 million hectares Botswana
1730s 6.07 million hectares 1.16 million hectares 4.91 million hectares Botswana
1740s 6.06 million hectares 1.21 million hectares 4.86 million hectares Botswana
1750s 6.05 million hectares 1.25 million hectares 4.80 million hectares Botswana
1760s 6.05 million hectares 1.29 million hectares 4.75 million hectares Botswana
1770s 6.04 million hectares 1.34 million hectares 4.70 million hectares Botswana
1780s 6.03 million hectares 1.38 million hectares 4.65 million hectares Botswana
1790s 6.02 million hectares 1.43 million hectares 4.60 million hectares Botswana
1800s 6.02 million hectares 1.47 million hectares 4.54 million hectares Botswana
1810s 6.01 million hectares 1.52 million hectares 4.49 million hectares Botswana
1820s 6.00 million hectares 1.56 million hectares 4.44 million hectares Botswana
1830s 5.99 million hectares 1.60 million hectares 4.38 million hectares Botswana
1840s 5.98 million hectares 1.65 million hectares 4.33 million hectares Botswana
1850s 5.97 million hectares 1.69 million hectares 4.27 million hectares Botswana
1860s 6.47 million hectares 10.13 million hectares 3.66 million hectares Cote d'Ivoire
1870s 7.15 million hectares 9.99 million hectares 2.84 million hectares Cote d'Ivoire
1880s 7.83 million hectares 9.80 million hectares 1.97 million hectares Cote d'Ivoire
1890s 8.49 million hectares 9.91 million hectares 1.42 million hectares Cote d'Ivoire
1900s 9.39 million hectares 9.48 million hectares 89,300 hectares Cote d'Ivoire
1910s 10.95 million hectares 8.71 million hectares 2.23 million hectares Botswana
1920s 12.64 million hectares 8.33 million hectares 4.31 million hectares Botswana
1930s 15.41 million hectares 9.63 million hectares 5.78 million hectares Botswana
1940s 18.64 million hectares 11.02 million hectares 7.62 million hectares Botswana
1950s 25.40 million hectares 13.30 million hectares 12.09 million hectares Botswana
1960s 25.99 million hectares 16.00 million hectares 9.99 million hectares Botswana
1970s 26.00 million hectares 16.74 million hectares 9.26 million hectares Botswana
1980s 26.01 million hectares 18.01 million hectares 7.99 million hectares Botswana
1990s 25.92 million hectares 19.31 million hectares 6.61 million hectares Botswana
2000s 25.84 million hectares 20.19 million hectares 5.65 million hectares Botswana
2010s 25.89 million hectares 23.45 million hectares 2.44 million hectares Botswana
2020s 25.86 million hectares 27.02 million hectares 1.16 million hectares Cote d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Botswana or Cote d'Ivoire?
Cote d'Ivoire, at 27.68 million hectares against 25.86 million hectares in Botswana as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Botswana and Cote d'Ivoire?
1.82 million hectares, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Cote d'Ivoire?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Botswana and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?
Botswana ranks 43rd and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 41st of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Agricultural area over the long-term
Unit
hectares
Source
HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
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Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.