Guatemala vs Malawi: Agricultural land use per person
Guatemala
0.2463 hectares per person
in 2025
Malawi
0.2688 hectares per person
in 2025
Guatemala rank
125th
Malawi rank
123rd
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Guatemala
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.2688 hectares per person against 0.2463 hectares per person in Guatemala, a difference of 0.0225 hectares per person.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malawi ahead.
Guatemala ranks 125th and Malawi ranks 123rd of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 1 and Malawi in 39.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.8823 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.7531 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1100s | 0.8528 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.7825 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1200s | 0.8212 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.8142 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1300s | 0.7869 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.8484 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1400s | 0.7494 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.886 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1500s | 0.7076 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.9277 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1600s | 0.8525 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.7828 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1700s | 0.8593 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.7761 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1710s | 0.8594 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.776 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1720s | 0.8594 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.776 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1730s | 0.8592 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.7762 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1740s | 0.8589 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.7765 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1750s | 0.8584 hectares per person | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.7769 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1760s | 0.8578 hectares per person | 1.59 hectares per person | 0.7281 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1770s | 0.857 hectares per person | 1.54 hectares per person | 0.6813 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1780s | 0.856 hectares per person | 1.49 hectares per person | 0.6366 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1790s | 0.8549 hectares per person | 1.45 hectares per person | 0.5938 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1800s | 0.8535 hectares per person | 1.41 hectares per person | 0.5529 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1810s | 0.8555 hectares per person | 1.37 hectares per person | 0.5102 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1820s | 0.8573 hectares per person | 1.33 hectares per person | 0.4694 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1830s | 0.8588 hectares per person | 1.29 hectares per person | 0.4303 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1840s | 0.86 hectares per person | 1.25 hectares per person | 0.3929 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1850s | 0.8609 hectares per person | 1.22 hectares per person | 0.3573 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1860s | 0.8287 hectares per person | 1.18 hectares per person | 0.3561 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1870s | 0.796 hectares per person | 1.15 hectares per person | 0.3566 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1880s | 0.763 hectares per person | 1.12 hectares per person | 0.3587 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1890s | 0.7295 hectares per person | 1.09 hectares per person | 0.3625 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1900s | 0.6956 hectares per person | 1.06 hectares per person | 0.3679 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1910s | 0.661 hectares per person | 1.04 hectares per person | 0.375 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1920s | 0.6259 hectares per person | 1.01 hectares per person | 0.3837 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1930s | 0.6261 hectares per person | 0.9842 hectares per person | 0.3582 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1940s | 0.6254 hectares per person | 0.9598 hectares per person | 0.3344 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1950s | 0.6225 hectares per person | 0.9086 hectares per person | 0.2861 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1960s | 0.5621 hectares per person | 0.8612 hectares per person | 0.299 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.4557 hectares per person | 0.7485 hectares per person | 0.2928 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.4407 hectares per person | 0.5568 hectares per person | 0.1161 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.4357 hectares per person | 0.433 hectares per person | 0.0026 hectares per person | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 0.3595 hectares per person | 0.3954 hectares per person | 0.0358 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.2767 hectares per person | 0.3314 hectares per person | 0.0547 hectares per person | Malawi |
| 2020s | 0.2543 hectares per person | 0.2832 hectares per person | 0.0289 hectares per person | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Guatemala or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 0.2688 hectares per person against 0.2463 hectares per person in Guatemala as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Guatemala and Malawi?
- 0.0225 hectares per person, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Malawi?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Guatemala and Malawi rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Guatemala ranks 125th 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.