Gambia vs Malawi: Agricultural land use per person
Gambia
0.2649 hectares per person
in 2025
Malawi
0.2688 hectares per person
in 2025
Gambia rank
124th
Malawi rank
123rd
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Gambia
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.2688 hectares per person against 0.2649 hectares per person in Gambia, a difference of 0.0039 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 124th and Malawi ranks 123rd of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 38 and Malawi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 6.49 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 4.86 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1100s | 6.26 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 4.63 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1200s | 6.01 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 4.38 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1300s | 5.74 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 4.11 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1400s | 5.44 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 3.81 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1500s | 5.1 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 3.47 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1600s | 4.71 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 3.08 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1700s | 4.25 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 2.61 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1710s | 4.19 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 2.56 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1720s | 4.14 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 2.5 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1730s | 4.08 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 2.45 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1740s | 4.03 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 2.39 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1750s | 3.97 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 2.33 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1760s | 3.91 hectares per person | 1.59 hectares per person | 2.32 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1770s | 3.84 hectares per person | 1.54 hectares per person | 2.31 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1780s | 3.78 hectares per person | 1.49 hectares per person | 2.29 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1790s | 3.71 hectares per person | 1.45 hectares per person | 2.26 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1800s | 3.64 hectares per person | 1.41 hectares per person | 2.24 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1810s | 3.57 hectares per person | 1.37 hectares per person | 2.2 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1820s | 3.49 hectares per person | 1.33 hectares per person | 2.17 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1830s | 3.42 hectares per person | 1.29 hectares per person | 2.13 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1840s | 3.33 hectares per person | 1.25 hectares per person | 2.08 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1850s | 3.25 hectares per person | 1.22 hectares per person | 2.03 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1860s | 3.15 hectares per person | 1.18 hectares per person | 1.97 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1870s | 3.06 hectares per person | 1.15 hectares per person | 1.9 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1880s | 2.95 hectares per person | 1.12 hectares per person | 1.83 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1890s | 2.84 hectares per person | 1.09 hectares per person | 1.75 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1900s | 2.72 hectares per person | 1.06 hectares per person | 1.66 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1910s | 2.59 hectares per person | 1.04 hectares per person | 1.55 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1920s | 2.44 hectares per person | 1.01 hectares per person | 1.43 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1930s | 2.27 hectares per person | 0.9842 hectares per person | 1.28 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1940s | 2.06 hectares per person | 0.9598 hectares per person | 1.1 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1950s | 1.65 hectares per person | 0.9086 hectares per person | 0.7447 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1960s | 1.32 hectares per person | 0.8612 hectares per person | 0.4619 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1970s | 1.09 hectares per person | 0.7485 hectares per person | 0.3455 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1980s | 0.8123 hectares per person | 0.5568 hectares per person | 0.2555 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1990s | 0.5374 hectares per person | 0.433 hectares per person | 0.1043 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 2000s | 0.3582 hectares per person | 0.3954 hectares per person | 0.0371 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.3331 hectares per person | 0.3314 hectares per person | 0.0017 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 2020s | 0.2773 hectares per person | 0.2832 hectares per person | 0.0059 hectares per person | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Gambia or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 0.2688 hectares per person against 0.2649 hectares per person in Gambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Gambia and Malawi?
- 0.0039 hectares per person, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Malawi?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Malawi rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Gambia ranks 124th and Malawi ranks 123rd 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.