Gambia vs Sweden: Agricultural land use per person
Gambia
0.2649 hectares per person
in 2025
Sweden
0.283 hectares per person
in 2025
Gambia rank
124th
Sweden rank
121st
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Gambia
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.283 hectares per person against 0.2649 hectares per person in Gambia, a difference of 0.0181 hectares per person.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 124th and Sweden ranks 121st of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 39 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 6.49 hectares per person | 5.26 hectares per person | 1.23 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1100s | 6.26 hectares per person | 5.09 hectares per person | 1.18 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1200s | 6.01 hectares per person | 4.9 hectares per person | 1.12 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1300s | 5.74 hectares per person | 4.69 hectares per person | 1.05 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1400s | 5.44 hectares per person | 4.46 hectares per person | 0.9799 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1500s | 5.1 hectares per person | 4.2 hectares per person | 0.9008 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1600s | 4.71 hectares per person | 3.9 hectares per person | 0.8111 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1700s | 4.25 hectares per person | 3.54 hectares per person | 0.7059 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1710s | 4.19 hectares per person | 3.5 hectares per person | 0.6943 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1720s | 4.14 hectares per person | 3.46 hectares per person | 0.6823 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1730s | 4.08 hectares per person | 3.41 hectares per person | 0.6702 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1740s | 4.03 hectares per person | 3.37 hectares per person | 0.6577 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1750s | 3.97 hectares per person | 3.32 hectares per person | 0.6449 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1760s | 3.91 hectares per person | 3.27 hectares per person | 0.638 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1770s | 3.84 hectares per person | 3.23 hectares per person | 0.616 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1780s | 3.78 hectares per person | 3.18 hectares per person | 0.5965 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1790s | 3.71 hectares per person | 3.13 hectares per person | 0.577 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1800s | 3.64 hectares per person | 3.08 hectares per person | 0.5604 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1810s | 3.57 hectares per person | 3.04 hectares per person | 0.5298 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1820s | 3.49 hectares per person | 2.97 hectares per person | 0.5199 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1830s | 3.42 hectares per person | 2.91 hectares per person | 0.5081 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1840s | 3.33 hectares per person | 2.84 hectares per person | 0.4915 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1850s | 3.25 hectares per person | 2.77 hectares per person | 0.4779 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1860s | 3.15 hectares per person | 2.69 hectares per person | 0.4695 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1870s | 3.06 hectares per person | 2.61 hectares per person | 0.4489 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1880s | 2.95 hectares per person | 2.51 hectares per person | 0.4385 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1890s | 2.84 hectares per person | 2.41 hectares per person | 0.4318 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1900s | 2.72 hectares per person | 2.3 hectares per person | 0.4195 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1910s | 2.59 hectares per person | 2.18 hectares per person | 0.4045 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1920s | 2.44 hectares per person | 2.05 hectares per person | 0.388 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1930s | 2.27 hectares per person | 1.89 hectares per person | 0.3736 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1940s | 2.06 hectares per person | 1.7 hectares per person | 0.3621 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1950s | 1.65 hectares per person | 1.22 hectares per person | 0.4328 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1960s | 1.32 hectares per person | 0.5106 hectares per person | 0.8126 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1970s | 1.09 hectares per person | 0.4566 hectares per person | 0.6374 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1980s | 0.8123 hectares per person | 0.4245 hectares per person | 0.3878 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 1990s | 0.5374 hectares per person | 0.378 hectares per person | 0.1594 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 2000s | 0.3582 hectares per person | 0.3434 hectares per person | 0.0149 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 2010s | 0.3331 hectares per person | 0.311 hectares per person | 0.0222 hectares per person | Gambia |
| 2020s | 0.2773 hectares per person | 0.2888 hectares per person | 0.0116 hectares per person | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Gambia or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.283 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 Sweden?
- 0.0181 hectares per person, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Sweden?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Sweden rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Gambia ranks 124th and Sweden ranks 121st 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.