India vs Sri Lanka: Agricultural land use per person
India
0.1215 hectares per person
in 2025
Sri Lanka
0.1226 hectares per person
in 2025
India rank
159th
Sri Lanka rank
158th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- India
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.1226 hectares per person against 0.1215 hectares per person in India, a difference of 0.0011 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
India ranks 159th and Sri Lanka ranks 158th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, India averaged higher in 34 and Sri Lanka in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.2604 hectares per person | 0.2991 hectares per person | 0.0387 hectares per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1100s | 0.258 hectares per person | 0.2909 hectares per person | 0.0329 hectares per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1200s | 0.2556 hectares per person | 0.2821 hectares per person | 0.0265 hectares per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1300s | 0.2532 hectares per person | 0.2728 hectares per person | 0.0195 hectares per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1400s | 0.2509 hectares per person | 0.2627 hectares per person | 0.0118 hectares per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1500s | 0.2486 hectares per person | 0.2518 hectares per person | 0.0032 hectares per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1600s | 0.2463 hectares per person | 0.2398 hectares per person | 0.0066 hectares per person | India |
| 1700s | 0.244 hectares per person | 0.2262 hectares per person | 0.0178 hectares per person | India |
| 1710s | 0.2558 hectares per person | 0.2248 hectares per person | 0.031 hectares per person | India |
| 1720s | 0.2683 hectares per person | 0.2233 hectares per person | 0.045 hectares per person | India |
| 1730s | 0.2816 hectares per person | 0.2218 hectares per person | 0.0598 hectares per person | India |
| 1740s | 0.2957 hectares per person | 0.2203 hectares per person | 0.0754 hectares per person | India |
| 1750s | 0.3107 hectares per person | 0.2187 hectares per person | 0.0919 hectares per person | India |
| 1760s | 0.3266 hectares per person | 0.2171 hectares per person | 0.1094 hectares per person | India |
| 1770s | 0.3434 hectares per person | 0.2155 hectares per person | 0.1279 hectares per person | India |
| 1780s | 0.3614 hectares per person | 0.2139 hectares per person | 0.1475 hectares per person | India |
| 1790s | 0.3804 hectares per person | 0.2122 hectares per person | 0.1682 hectares per person | India |
| 1800s | 0.4007 hectares per person | 0.2105 hectares per person | 0.1901 hectares per person | India |
| 1810s | 0.4222 hectares per person | 0.2088 hectares per person | 0.2134 hectares per person | India |
| 1820s | 0.4534 hectares per person | 0.207 hectares per person | 0.2463 hectares per person | India |
| 1830s | 0.4623 hectares per person | 0.1954 hectares per person | 0.2669 hectares per person | India |
| 1840s | 0.5048 hectares per person | 0.2124 hectares per person | 0.2924 hectares per person | India |
| 1850s | 0.4963 hectares per person | 0.2919 hectares per person | 0.2044 hectares per person | India |
| 1860s | 0.4793 hectares per person | 0.3149 hectares per person | 0.1644 hectares per person | India |
| 1870s | 0.464 hectares per person | 0.3117 hectares per person | 0.1523 hectares per person | India |
| 1880s | 0.4686 hectares per person | 0.3183 hectares per person | 0.1503 hectares per person | India |
| 1890s | 0.4385 hectares per person | 0.318 hectares per person | 0.1205 hectares per person | India |
| 1900s | 0.4373 hectares per person | 0.3106 hectares per person | 0.1267 hectares per person | India |
| 1910s | 0.4763 hectares per person | 0.294 hectares per person | 0.1823 hectares per person | India |
| 1920s | 0.4817 hectares per person | 0.2741 hectares per person | 0.2077 hectares per person | India |
| 1930s | 0.4705 hectares per person | 0.2562 hectares per person | 0.2143 hectares per person | India |
| 1940s | 0.4421 hectares per person | 0.2379 hectares per person | 0.2042 hectares per person | India |
| 1950s | 0.404 hectares per person | 0.2025 hectares per person | 0.2014 hectares per person | India |
| 1960s | 0.3577 hectares per person | 0.1864 hectares per person | 0.1713 hectares per person | India |
| 1970s | 0.2904 hectares per person | 0.1741 hectares per person | 0.1163 hectares per person | India |
| 1980s | 0.2329 hectares per person | 0.1448 hectares per person | 0.0881 hectares per person | India |
| 1990s | 0.1896 hectares per person | 0.1292 hectares per person | 0.0604 hectares per person | India |
| 2000s | 0.1592 hectares per person | 0.1231 hectares per person | 0.036 hectares per person | India |
| 2010s | 0.138 hectares per person | 0.1272 hectares per person | 0.0107 hectares per person | India |
| 2020s | 0.1248 hectares per person | 0.124 hectares per person | 0.0009 hectares per person | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, India or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.1226 hectares per person against 0.1215 hectares per person in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between India and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0011 hectares per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Sri Lanka?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do India and Sri Lanka rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- India ranks 159th and Sri Lanka ranks 158th 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.