Iraq vs Samoa: Agricultural land use per person
Iraq
0.2091 hectares per person
in 2025
Samoa
0.2175 hectares per person
in 2025
Iraq rank
133rd
Samoa rank
131st
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Iraq
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.2175 hectares per person against 0.2091 hectares per person in Iraq, a difference of 0.0084 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iraq ahead.
Iraq ranks 133rd and Samoa ranks 131st of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 28 and Samoa in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 2.1 hectares per person | 0 hectares per person | 2.1 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1100s | 2.06 hectares per person | 0 hectares per person | 2.06 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1200s | 2.01 hectares per person | 0 hectares per person | 2.01 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1300s | 1.96 hectares per person | 0.5059 hectares per person | 1.45 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1400s | 1.9 hectares per person | 0.5059 hectares per person | 1.39 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1500s | 1.84 hectares per person | 0.506 hectares per person | 1.33 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1600s | 1.77 hectares per person | 0.506 hectares per person | 1.26 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1700s | 1.69 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.18 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1710s | 1.68 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.17 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1720s | 1.67 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.16 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1730s | 1.66 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.15 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1740s | 1.65 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.15 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1750s | 1.64 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.14 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1760s | 1.63 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.13 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1770s | 1.62 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.12 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1780s | 1.61 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.11 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1790s | 1.6 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.1 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1800s | 1.59 hectares per person | 0.5061 hectares per person | 1.08 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1810s | 1.58 hectares per person | 0.5062 hectares per person | 1.07 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1820s | 1.57 hectares per person | 0.5062 hectares per person | 1.06 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1830s | 1.56 hectares per person | 0.5062 hectares per person | 1.05 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1840s | 1.54 hectares per person | 0.5062 hectares per person | 1.04 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1850s | 1.53 hectares per person | 2.6 hectares per person | 1.07 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 1860s | 1.52 hectares per person | 2.54 hectares per person | 1.02 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 1870s | 1.51 hectares per person | 2.47 hectares per person | 0.96 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 1880s | 1.49 hectares per person | 2.39 hectares per person | 0.8988 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 1890s | 1.48 hectares per person | 2.31 hectares per person | 0.8318 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 1900s | 1.46 hectares per person | 2.22 hectares per person | 0.7575 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 1910s | 1.44 hectares per person | 2.12 hectares per person | 0.6737 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 1920s | 1.42 hectares per person | 2 hectares per person | 0.5768 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 1930s | 1.35 hectares per person | 1.86 hectares per person | 0.5174 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 1940s | 1.37 hectares per person | 1.69 hectares per person | 0.3245 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 1950s | 1.27 hectares per person | 1.25 hectares per person | 0.0177 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1960s | 1.07 hectares per person | 0.4777 hectares per person | 0.5969 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1970s | 0.8005 hectares per person | 0.4455 hectares per person | 0.355 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1980s | 0.6185 hectares per person | 0.47 hectares per person | 0.1485 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 1990s | 0.4607 hectares per person | 0.3069 hectares per person | 0.1538 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 2000s | 0.3191 hectares per person | 0.2365 hectares per person | 0.0826 hectares per person | Iraq |
| 2010s | 0.2525 hectares per person | 0.3024 hectares per person | 0.0498 hectares per person | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.2195 hectares per person | 0.2349 hectares per person | 0.0154 hectares per person | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Iraq or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 0.2175 hectares per person against 0.2091 hectares per person in Iraq as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Iraq and Samoa?
- 0.0084 hectares per person, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Samoa?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Iraq and Samoa rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Iraq ranks 133rd and Samoa ranks 131st of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) – 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.