Mali vs Niger: Agricultural land use per person
Mali
1.9 hectares per person
in 2025
Niger
1.8 hectares per person
in 2025
Mali rank
20th
Niger rank
22nd
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Mali
- Niger
How they compare
Mali currently reports 1.9 hectares per person against 1.8 hectares per person in Niger, a difference of 0.1 hectares per person.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mali ahead.
Mali ranks 20th and Niger ranks 22nd of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 34 and Niger in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1100s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1200s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1300s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1400s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1500s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1600s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1700s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1710s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1720s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1730s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1740s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1750s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1760s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1770s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1780s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1790s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1800s | 12.52 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.49 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1810s | 12.28 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.25 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1820s | 12.05 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 3.01 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1830s | 11.82 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 2.78 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1840s | 11.59 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 2.56 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1850s | 11.37 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 2.34 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1860s | 11.16 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 2.12 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1870s | 10.94 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 1.91 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1880s | 10.74 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 1.7 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1890s | 10.53 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 1.5 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1900s | 10.33 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 1.3 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1910s | 10.14 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 1.1 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1920s | 9.94 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 0.9078 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1930s | 9.75 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 0.7193 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1940s | 9.53 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 0.4988 hectares per person | Mali |
| 1950s | 7.59 hectares per person | 9.04 hectares per person | 1.44 hectares per person | Niger |
| 1960s | 5.8 hectares per person | 8.2 hectares per person | 2.4 hectares per person | Niger |
| 1970s | 4.97 hectares per person | 5.96 hectares per person | 0.9839 hectares per person | Niger |
| 1980s | 4.16 hectares per person | 4.54 hectares per person | 0.3798 hectares per person | Niger |
| 1990s | 3.68 hectares per person | 3.79 hectares per person | 0.1068 hectares per person | Niger |
| 2000s | 3.19 hectares per person | 3.04 hectares per person | 0.1503 hectares per person | Mali |
| 2010s | 2.39 hectares per person | 2.51 hectares per person | 0.1138 hectares per person | Niger |
| 2020s | 2 hectares per person | 1.96 hectares per person | 0.0414 hectares per person | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Mali or Niger?
- Mali, at 1.9 hectares per person against 1.8 hectares per person in Niger as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Mali and Niger?
- 0.1 hectares per person, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Mali and Niger rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Mali ranks 20th and Niger ranks 22nd 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.