Burkina Faso vs Peru: Agricultural land use per person
Burkina Faso
0.6318 hectares per person
in 2025
Peru
0.7117 hectares per person
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
61st
Peru rank
59th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Burkina Faso
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 0.7117 hectares per person against 0.6318 hectares per person in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.0799 hectares per person.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 61st and Peru ranks 59th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 39 and Peru in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 4.96 hectares per person | 0.5525 hectares per person | 4.41 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1100s | 4.81 hectares per person | 0.5941 hectares per person | 4.22 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1200s | 4.65 hectares per person | 0.6449 hectares per person | 4 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1300s | 4.47 hectares per person | 0.7066 hectares per person | 3.76 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1400s | 4.27 hectares per person | 0.7817 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1500s | 4.05 hectares per person | 0.8728 hectares per person | 3.18 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1600s | 3.79 hectares per person | 2.61 hectares per person | 1.19 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1700s | 3.49 hectares per person | 2.47 hectares per person | 1.02 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1710s | 3.46 hectares per person | 2.46 hectares per person | 0.9982 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1720s | 3.42 hectares per person | 2.44 hectares per person | 0.9789 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1730s | 3.39 hectares per person | 2.43 hectares per person | 0.9591 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1740s | 3.35 hectares per person | 2.41 hectares per person | 0.9387 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1750s | 3.31 hectares per person | 2.39 hectares per person | 0.9176 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1760s | 3.27 hectares per person | 2.4 hectares per person | 0.8678 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1770s | 3.23 hectares per person | 2.39 hectares per person | 0.8459 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1780s | 3.19 hectares per person | 2.37 hectares per person | 0.8234 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1790s | 3.15 hectares per person | 2.35 hectares per person | 0.8002 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1800s | 3.1 hectares per person | 2.33 hectares per person | 0.7762 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1810s | 3.06 hectares per person | 2.31 hectares per person | 0.7512 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1820s | 3.01 hectares per person | 2.28 hectares per person | 0.7254 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1830s | 2.96 hectares per person | 2.26 hectares per person | 0.6984 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1840s | 2.91 hectares per person | 2.24 hectares per person | 0.6702 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1850s | 2.85 hectares per person | 2.21 hectares per person | 0.6407 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1860s | 2.8 hectares per person | 2.19 hectares per person | 0.6097 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1870s | 2.74 hectares per person | 2.16 hectares per person | 0.5769 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1880s | 2.67 hectares per person | 2.1 hectares per person | 0.5716 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1890s | 2.6 hectares per person | 2.03 hectares per person | 0.5699 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1900s | 2.53 hectares per person | 1.98 hectares per person | 0.5484 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1910s | 2.45 hectares per person | 1.93 hectares per person | 0.5175 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1920s | 2.36 hectares per person | 1.89 hectares per person | 0.4733 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1930s | 2.27 hectares per person | 1.85 hectares per person | 0.4177 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1940s | 2.15 hectares per person | 1.8 hectares per person | 0.3522 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1950s | 1.96 hectares per person | 1.7 hectares per person | 0.2595 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1960s | 1.75 hectares per person | 1.54 hectares per person | 0.2155 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 1.48 hectares per person | 1.26 hectares per person | 0.219 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 1.22 hectares per person | 1.07 hectares per person | 0.154 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 1.06 hectares per person | 0.8934 hectares per person | 0.163 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 0.893 hectares per person | 0.7807 hectares per person | 0.1123 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 0.7481 hectares per person | 0.7175 hectares per person | 0.0306 hectares per person | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 0.6574 hectares per person | 0.7096 hectares per person | 0.0522 hectares per person | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Burkina Faso or Peru?
- Peru, at 0.7117 hectares per person against 0.6318 hectares per person in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Burkina Faso and Peru?
- 0.0799 hectares per person, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Peru?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Peru rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Burkina Faso ranks 61st and Peru ranks 59th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) β 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.