Ethiopia vs Nigeria: Agricultural land use per person
Ethiopia
0.3108 hectares per person
in 2025
Nigeria
0.313 hectares per person
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
116th
Nigeria rank
115th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Ethiopia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.313 hectares per person against 0.3108 hectares per person in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.0022 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Nigeria ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 116th and Nigeria ranks 115th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 15 and Nigeria in 25.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.96 hectares per person | 0.4625 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1100s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.94 hectares per person | 0.4355 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1200s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.91 hectares per person | 0.4091 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1300s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.88 hectares per person | 0.3832 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1400s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.86 hectares per person | 0.3579 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1500s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.83 hectares per person | 0.333 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1600s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.81 hectares per person | 0.3086 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1700s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.79 hectares per person | 0.2847 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1710s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.76 hectares per person | 0.2612 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1720s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.74 hectares per person | 0.2382 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1730s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.72 hectares per person | 0.2157 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1740s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.69 hectares per person | 0.1936 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1750s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.67 hectares per person | 0.172 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1760s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.65 hectares per person | 0.1507 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1770s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.63 hectares per person | 0.1299 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1780s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.61 hectares per person | 0.1095 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1790s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.59 hectares per person | 0.0895 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1800s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.57 hectares per person | 0.0699 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1810s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.55 hectares per person | 0.0506 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1820s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.53 hectares per person | 0.0318 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1830s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.51 hectares per person | 0.0133 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 1840s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.5 hectares per person | 0.0048 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1850s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.48 hectares per person | 0.0226 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1860s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.46 hectares per person | 0.04 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1870s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.44 hectares per person | 0.0571 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1880s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.43 hectares per person | 0.0738 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1890s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.41 hectares per person | 0.0903 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1900s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.39 hectares per person | 0.1063 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1910s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.38 hectares per person | 0.1221 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1920s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.36 hectares per person | 0.1376 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1930s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.35 hectares per person | 0.1528 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1940s | 1.5 hectares per person | 1.33 hectares per person | 0.1676 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1950s | 1.46 hectares per person | 1.26 hectares per person | 0.1976 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1960s | 1.36 hectares per person | 1.1 hectares per person | 0.2622 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 1.1 hectares per person | 0.8895 hectares per person | 0.2124 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 0.8403 hectares per person | 0.6952 hectares per person | 0.1451 hectares per person | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 0.5557 hectares per person | 0.5859 hectares per person | 0.0301 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.4346 hectares per person | 0.4822 hectares per person | 0.0476 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.3766 hectares per person | 0.3816 hectares per person | 0.005 hectares per person | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.3256 hectares per person | 0.3273 hectares per person | 0.0018 hectares per person | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Ethiopia or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.313 hectares per person against 0.3108 hectares per person in Ethiopia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Ethiopia and Nigeria?
- 0.0022 hectares per person, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Nigeria?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Ethiopia and Nigeria rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Ethiopia ranks 116th 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.