Costa Rica vs Nigeria: Agricultural land use per person
Costa Rica
0.3132 hectares per person
in 2025
Nigeria
0.313 hectares per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
114th
Nigeria rank
115th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Costa Rica
- Nigeria
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.3132 hectares per person against 0.313 hectares per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0002 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Nigeria ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 114th and Nigeria ranks 115th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 37.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.8815 hectares per person | 1.96 hectares per person | 1.08 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1100s | 0.8521 hectares per person | 1.94 hectares per person | 1.08 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1200s | 0.8204 hectares per person | 1.91 hectares per person | 1.09 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1300s | 0.786 hectares per person | 1.88 hectares per person | 1.1 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1400s | 0.7483 hectares per person | 1.86 hectares per person | 1.11 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1500s | 0.7065 hectares per person | 1.83 hectares per person | 1.13 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1600s | 1.16 hectares per person | 1.81 hectares per person | 0.6535 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1700s | 1.26 hectares per person | 1.79 hectares per person | 0.5245 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1710s | 1.27 hectares per person | 1.76 hectares per person | 0.4911 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1720s | 1.28 hectares per person | 1.74 hectares per person | 0.4584 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1730s | 1.29 hectares per person | 1.72 hectares per person | 0.4262 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1740s | 1.3 hectares per person | 1.69 hectares per person | 0.3946 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1750s | 1.31 hectares per person | 1.67 hectares per person | 0.3636 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1760s | 1.32 hectares per person | 1.65 hectares per person | 0.3332 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1770s | 1.33 hectares per person | 1.63 hectares per person | 0.3033 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1780s | 1.34 hectares per person | 1.61 hectares per person | 0.2741 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1790s | 1.35 hectares per person | 1.59 hectares per person | 0.2454 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1800s | 1.35 hectares per person | 1.57 hectares per person | 0.2174 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1810s | 1.37 hectares per person | 1.55 hectares per person | 0.1807 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1820s | 1.39 hectares per person | 1.53 hectares per person | 0.1446 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1830s | 1.41 hectares per person | 1.51 hectares per person | 0.1092 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1840s | 1.42 hectares per person | 1.5 hectares per person | 0.0744 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1850s | 1.44 hectares per person | 1.48 hectares per person | 0.0402 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1860s | 1.37 hectares per person | 1.46 hectares per person | 0.0918 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1870s | 1.3 hectares per person | 1.44 hectares per person | 0.144 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1880s | 1.23 hectares per person | 1.43 hectares per person | 0.197 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1890s | 1.16 hectares per person | 1.41 hectares per person | 0.2508 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1900s | 1.09 hectares per person | 1.39 hectares per person | 0.3055 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1910s | 1.02 hectares per person | 1.38 hectares per person | 0.361 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1920s | 0.9459 hectares per person | 1.36 hectares per person | 0.4175 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1930s | 0.9665 hectares per person | 1.35 hectares per person | 0.3817 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1940s | 0.9862 hectares per person | 1.33 hectares per person | 0.3471 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1950s | 1.01 hectares per person | 1.26 hectares per person | 0.2449 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1960s | 0.988 hectares per person | 1.1 hectares per person | 0.1118 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 1.02 hectares per person | 0.8895 hectares per person | 0.1263 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.9665 hectares per person | 0.6952 hectares per person | 0.2713 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.5978 hectares per person | 0.5859 hectares per person | 0.012 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.4323 hectares per person | 0.4822 hectares per person | 0.05 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.3669 hectares per person | 0.3816 hectares per person | 0.0147 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.3231 hectares per person | 0.3273 hectares per person | 0.0043 hectares per person | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Costa Rica or Nigeria?
- Costa Rica, at 0.3132 hectares per person against 0.313 hectares per person in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Costa Rica and Nigeria?
- 0.0002 hectares per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nigeria?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Nigeria rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Costa Rica ranks 114th and Nigeria ranks 115th 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.