Laos vs Sweden: Agricultural land use per person
Laos
0.2895 hectares per person
in 2025
Sweden
0.283 hectares per person
in 2025
Laos rank
119th
Sweden rank
121st
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Laos
- Sweden
How they compare
Laos currently reports 0.2895 hectares per person against 0.283 hectares per person in Sweden, a difference of 0.0065 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sweden ahead.
Laos ranks 119th and Sweden ranks 121st of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 34.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.9884 hectares per person | 5.26 hectares per person | 4.27 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1100s | 0.9234 hectares per person | 5.09 hectares per person | 4.16 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1200s | 0.8609 hectares per person | 4.9 hectares per person | 4.04 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1300s | 0.8442 hectares per person | 4.69 hectares per person | 3.85 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1400s | 0.8281 hectares per person | 4.46 hectares per person | 3.63 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1500s | 0.8123 hectares per person | 4.2 hectares per person | 3.39 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1600s | 0.7967 hectares per person | 3.9 hectares per person | 3.11 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1700s | 0.7809 hectares per person | 3.54 hectares per person | 2.76 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1710s | 0.7649 hectares per person | 3.5 hectares per person | 2.73 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1720s | 0.8811 hectares per person | 3.46 hectares per person | 2.58 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1730s | 0.8644 hectares per person | 3.41 hectares per person | 2.55 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1740s | 0.848 hectares per person | 3.37 hectares per person | 2.52 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1750s | 0.794 hectares per person | 3.32 hectares per person | 2.53 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1760s | 0.7419 hectares per person | 3.27 hectares per person | 2.53 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1770s | 0.7281 hectares per person | 3.23 hectares per person | 2.5 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1780s | 0.7146 hectares per person | 3.18 hectares per person | 2.47 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1790s | 0.7015 hectares per person | 3.13 hectares per person | 2.43 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1800s | 0.6885 hectares per person | 3.08 hectares per person | 2.39 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1810s | 0.6754 hectares per person | 3.04 hectares per person | 2.37 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1820s | 0.662 hectares per person | 2.97 hectares per person | 2.31 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1830s | 0.7589 hectares per person | 2.91 hectares per person | 2.15 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1840s | 0.745 hectares per person | 2.84 hectares per person | 2.1 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1850s | 0.7313 hectares per person | 2.77 hectares per person | 2.04 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1860s | 0.6862 hectares per person | 2.69 hectares per person | 2 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1870s | 0.6429 hectares per person | 2.61 hectares per person | 1.97 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1880s | 0.6312 hectares per person | 2.51 hectares per person | 1.88 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1890s | 0.6288 hectares per person | 2.41 hectares per person | 1.78 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1900s | 0.6267 hectares per person | 2.3 hectares per person | 1.67 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1910s | 0.6247 hectares per person | 2.18 hectares per person | 1.56 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1920s | 0.6226 hectares per person | 2.05 hectares per person | 1.43 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1930s | 0.644 hectares per person | 1.89 hectares per person | 1.25 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1940s | 0.7573 hectares per person | 1.7 hectares per person | 0.9433 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1950s | 0.7037 hectares per person | 1.22 hectares per person | 0.5168 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0.6354 hectares per person | 0.5106 hectares per person | 0.1249 hectares per person | Laos |
| 1970s | 0.5219 hectares per person | 0.4566 hectares per person | 0.0653 hectares per person | Laos |
| 1980s | 0.4508 hectares per person | 0.4245 hectares per person | 0.0262 hectares per person | Laos |
| 1990s | 0.3622 hectares per person | 0.378 hectares per person | 0.0158 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.3451 hectares per person | 0.3434 hectares per person | 0.0018 hectares per person | Laos |
| 2010s | 0.3512 hectares per person | 0.311 hectares per person | 0.0402 hectares per person | Laos |
| 2020s | 0.3026 hectares per person | 0.2888 hectares per person | 0.0138 hectares per person | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Laos or Sweden?
- Laos, at 0.2895 hectares per person against 0.283 hectares per person in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Laos and Sweden?
- 0.0065 hectares per person, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Sweden?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Laos and Sweden rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Laos ranks 119th and Sweden ranks 121st 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.