Benin vs Ghana: Agricultural land use per person
Benin
0.3875 hectares per person
in 2025
Ghana
0.3919 hectares per person
in 2025
Benin rank
97th
Ghana rank
95th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Benin
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.3919 hectares per person against 0.3875 hectares per person in Benin, a difference of 0.0044 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ghana ahead.
Benin ranks 97th and Ghana ranks 95th of 202 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.851 hectares per person | 4.84 hectares per person | 3.99 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1100s | 0.8352 hectares per person | 4.69 hectares per person | 3.86 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1200s | 0.8184 hectares per person | 4.53 hectares per person | 3.71 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1300s | 0.8002 hectares per person | 4.35 hectares per person | 3.55 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1400s | 0.7803 hectares per person | 4.15 hectares per person | 3.37 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1500s | 0.7584 hectares per person | 3.93 hectares per person | 3.17 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1600s | 0.7337 hectares per person | 3.67 hectares per person | 2.94 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1700s | 0.7049 hectares per person | 3.37 hectares per person | 2.66 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1710s | 0.7018 hectares per person | 3.33 hectares per person | 2.63 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1720s | 0.6986 hectares per person | 3.3 hectares per person | 2.6 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1730s | 0.6953 hectares per person | 3.26 hectares per person | 2.57 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1740s | 0.6919 hectares per person | 3.23 hectares per person | 2.54 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1750s | 0.6884 hectares per person | 3.19 hectares per person | 2.5 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1760s | 0.6849 hectares per person | 3.15 hectares per person | 2.47 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1770s | 0.6813 hectares per person | 3.11 hectares per person | 2.43 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1780s | 0.6776 hectares per person | 3.07 hectares per person | 2.39 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1790s | 0.6738 hectares per person | 3.03 hectares per person | 2.35 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1800s | 0.6699 hectares per person | 2.98 hectares per person | 2.31 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1810s | 0.6659 hectares per person | 2.94 hectares per person | 2.27 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1820s | 0.6618 hectares per person | 2.89 hectares per person | 2.23 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1830s | 0.6575 hectares per person | 2.84 hectares per person | 2.18 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1840s | 0.6531 hectares per person | 2.79 hectares per person | 2.13 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1850s | 0.6486 hectares per person | 2.73 hectares per person | 2.08 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1860s | 0.6438 hectares per person | 2.68 hectares per person | 2.03 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1870s | 0.6389 hectares per person | 2.62 hectares per person | 1.98 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1880s | 0.6338 hectares per person | 2.55 hectares per person | 1.92 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1890s | 0.6285 hectares per person | 2.48 hectares per person | 1.86 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1900s | 0.6229 hectares per person | 2.41 hectares per person | 1.79 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1910s | 0.6171 hectares per person | 2.33 hectares per person | 1.71 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1920s | 0.6109 hectares per person | 2.25 hectares per person | 1.63 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1930s | 0.6044 hectares per person | 2.15 hectares per person | 1.54 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1940s | 0.5974 hectares per person | 2.04 hectares per person | 1.44 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1950s | 0.5863 hectares per person | 1.85 hectares per person | 1.26 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1960s | 0.5746 hectares per person | 1.55 hectares per person | 0.9795 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1970s | 0.5721 hectares per person | 1.23 hectares per person | 0.6535 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1980s | 0.5024 hectares per person | 0.9863 hectares per person | 0.4839 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 1990s | 0.4387 hectares per person | 0.788 hectares per person | 0.3493 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.4366 hectares per person | 0.5861 hectares per person | 0.1495 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.3902 hectares per person | 0.4592 hectares per person | 0.0691 hectares per person | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.3915 hectares per person | 0.4031 hectares per person | 0.0116 hectares per person | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Benin or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 0.3919 hectares per person against 0.3875 hectares per person in Benin as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Benin and Ghana?
- 0.0044 hectares per person, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Ghana?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Benin and Ghana rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Benin ranks 97th and Ghana ranks 95th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.