Kenya vs Syria: Agricultural land use per person
Kenya
0.5056 hectares per person
in 2025
Syria
0.5235 hectares per person
in 2025
Kenya rank
77th
Syria rank
74th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Kenya
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 0.5235 hectares per person against 0.5056 hectares per person in Kenya, a difference of 0.0179 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 77th and Syria ranks 74th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 36 and Syria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.59 hectares per person | 1.27 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1100s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.57 hectares per person | 1.29 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1200s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.54 hectares per person | 1.31 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1300s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.52 hectares per person | 1.34 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1400s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | 1.36 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1500s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.46 hectares per person | 1.39 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1600s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.43 hectares per person | 1.43 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1700s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.39 hectares per person | 1.47 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1710s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.38 hectares per person | 1.47 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1720s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.38 hectares per person | 1.48 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1730s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.37 hectares per person | 1.48 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1740s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.37 hectares per person | 1.49 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1750s | 4.86 hectares per person | 3.36 hectares per person | 1.49 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1760s | 4.77 hectares per person | 3.36 hectares per person | 1.41 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1770s | 4.68 hectares per person | 3.35 hectares per person | 1.33 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1780s | 4.6 hectares per person | 3.35 hectares per person | 1.25 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1790s | 4.52 hectares per person | 3.34 hectares per person | 1.18 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1800s | 4.44 hectares per person | 3.34 hectares per person | 1.1 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1810s | 4.36 hectares per person | 3.33 hectares per person | 1.03 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1820s | 4.28 hectares per person | 3.32 hectares per person | 0.9606 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1830s | 4.21 hectares per person | 3.32 hectares per person | 0.8919 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1840s | 4.14 hectares per person | 3.31 hectares per person | 0.8248 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1850s | 4.06 hectares per person | 3.3 hectares per person | 0.7593 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1860s | 3.99 hectares per person | 3.3 hectares per person | 0.6956 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1870s | 3.92 hectares per person | 3.29 hectares per person | 0.6335 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1880s | 3.86 hectares per person | 3.28 hectares per person | 0.574 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1890s | 3.79 hectares per person | 3.27 hectares per person | 0.516 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1900s | 3.72 hectares per person | 3.26 hectares per person | 0.4589 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1910s | 3.66 hectares per person | 3.26 hectares per person | 0.4037 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1920s | 3.6 hectares per person | 3.25 hectares per person | 0.3507 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1930s | 3.53 hectares per person | 3.23 hectares per person | 0.3 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1940s | 3.47 hectares per person | 3.22 hectares per person | 0.2551 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1950s | 3.17 hectares per person | 3.19 hectares per person | 0.0256 hectares per person | Syria |
| 1960s | 2.67 hectares per person | 2.72 hectares per person | 0.0498 hectares per person | Syria |
| 1970s | 1.92 hectares per person | 1.9 hectares per person | 0.0215 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1980s | 1.36 hectares per person | 1.35 hectares per person | 0.0065 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 1990s | 1 hectares per person | 0.9847 hectares per person | 0.0186 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.7614 hectares per person | 0.767 hectares per person | 0.0056 hectares per person | Syria |
| 2010s | 0.6291 hectares per person | 0.6224 hectares per person | 0.0067 hectares per person | Kenya |
| 2020s | 0.5328 hectares per person | 0.5515 hectares per person | 0.0187 hectares per person | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Kenya or Syria?
- Syria, at 0.5235 hectares per person against 0.5056 hectares per person in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Kenya and Syria?
- 0.0179 hectares per person, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Syria?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Syria rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Kenya ranks 77th and Syria ranks 74th 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.