What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Finland and Gabon?

107,760 hectares, with Finland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Gabon?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

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.

Finland vs Gabon: Agricultural area over the long-term

Finland

2.26 million hectares

in 2025

Gabon

2.15 million hectares

in 2025

Finland rank

112th

Gabon rank

115th

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Finland
Gabon

How they compare

Finland currently reports 2.26 million hectares against 2.15 million hectares in Gabon, a difference of 107,760 hectares.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Gabon ahead.

Finland ranks 112th and Gabon ranks 115th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 21 and Gabon in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Gabon	Difference	Ahead
1000s	96,193 hectares	344,545 hectares	248,352 hectares	Gabon
1100s	109,202 hectares	383,960 hectares	274,758 hectares	Gabon
1200s	121,224 hectares	426,982 hectares	305,758 hectares	Gabon
1300s	132,094 hectares	473,640 hectares	341,546 hectares	Gabon
1400s	116,053 hectares	523,817 hectares	407,764 hectares	Gabon
1500s	111,465 hectares	577,174 hectares	465,709 hectares	Gabon
1600s	212,216 hectares	633,020 hectares	420,804 hectares	Gabon
1700s	398,498 hectares	690,103 hectares	291,605 hectares	Gabon
1710s	432,505 hectares	719,271 hectares	286,766 hectares	Gabon
1720s	469,293 hectares	748,953 hectares	279,660 hectares	Gabon
1730s	509,067 hectares	778,241 hectares	269,174 hectares	Gabon
1740s	552,048 hectares	807,127 hectares	255,079 hectares	Gabon
1750s	598,464 hectares	835,605 hectares	237,141 hectares	Gabon
1760s	648,556 hectares	863,666 hectares	215,110 hectares	Gabon
1770s	702,576 hectares	891,303 hectares	188,727 hectares	Gabon
1780s	760,780 hectares	918,507 hectares	157,727 hectares	Gabon
1790s	823,434 hectares	945,269 hectares	121,835 hectares	Gabon
1800s	890,807 hectares	971,580 hectares	80,773 hectares	Gabon
1810s	963,165 hectares	997,431 hectares	34,266 hectares	Gabon
1820s	1.04 million hectares	1.02 million hectares	17,960 hectares	Finland
1830s	1.20 million hectares	1.05 million hectares	151,550 hectares	Finland
1840s	1.26 million hectares	1.07 million hectares	186,050 hectares	Finland
1850s	1.40 million hectares	1.10 million hectares	308,310 hectares	Finland
1860s	1.46 million hectares	1.16 million hectares	305,580 hectares	Finland
1870s	1.55 million hectares	1.22 million hectares	326,460 hectares	Finland
1880s	1.65 million hectares	1.30 million hectares	356,630 hectares	Finland
1890s	1.87 million hectares	1.38 million hectares	491,000 hectares	Finland
1900s	2.09 million hectares	1.30 million hectares	788,160 hectares	Finland
1910s	2.35 million hectares	1.17 million hectares	1.18 million hectares	Finland
1920s	2.50 million hectares	1.09 million hectares	1.41 million hectares	Finland
1930s	2.63 million hectares	1.23 million hectares	1.39 million hectares	Finland
1940s	2.58 million hectares	1.38 million hectares	1.20 million hectares	Finland
1950s	2.72 million hectares	1.63 million hectares	1.09 million hectares	Finland
1960s	2.81 million hectares	1.73 million hectares	1.08 million hectares	Finland
1970s	2.62 million hectares	1.90 million hectares	720,120 hectares	Finland
1980s	2.44 million hectares	1.99 million hectares	444,150 hectares	Finland
1990s	2.30 million hectares	2.03 million hectares	269,421 hectares	Finland
2000s	2.26 million hectares	2.09 million hectares	173,974 hectares	Finland
2010s	2.28 million hectares	2.15 million hectares	129,251 hectares	Finland
2020s	2.27 million hectares	2.15 million hectares	112,160 hectares	Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Finland or Gabon?: Finland, at 2.26 million hectares against 2.15 million hectares in Gabon as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Finland and Gabon?: 107,760 hectares, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Gabon?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Finland and Gabon rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Finland ranks 112th and Gabon ranks 115th 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
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.