Mauritania vs Western Sahara: Agricultural land use per person
Mauritania
8.54 hectares per person
in 2025
Western Sahara
6.57 hectares per person
in 2025
Mauritania rank
7th
Western Sahara rank
9th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Mauritania
- Western Sahara
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 8.54 hectares per person against 6.57 hectares per person in Western Sahara, a difference of 1.97 hectares per person.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.3 times Western Sahara's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 7th and Western Sahara ranks 9th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 22 and Western Sahara in 18.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 121.22 hectares per person | 1.52 hectares per person | 119.71 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1100s | 118.63 hectares per person | 1.9 hectares per person | 116.73 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1200s | 115.78 hectares per person | 2.37 hectares per person | 113.4 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1300s | 112.62 hectares per person | 2.97 hectares per person | 109.65 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1400s | 109.06 hectares per person | 3.71 hectares per person | 105.35 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1500s | 104.94 hectares per person | 4.63 hectares per person | 100.31 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1600s | 100.08 hectares per person | 5.79 hectares per person | 94.29 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1700s | 94 hectares per person | 7.24 hectares per person | 86.76 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1710s | 93.3 hectares per person | 9.05 hectares per person | 84.25 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1720s | 92.58 hectares per person | 11.32 hectares per person | 81.26 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1730s | 91.83 hectares per person | 14.14 hectares per person | 77.69 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1740s | 91.06 hectares per person | 17.68 hectares per person | 73.38 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1750s | 90.25 hectares per person | 22.1 hectares per person | 68.15 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1760s | 89.42 hectares per person | 27.63 hectares per person | 61.79 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1770s | 88.55 hectares per person | 34.53 hectares per person | 54.02 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1780s | 87.65 hectares per person | 43.17 hectares per person | 44.49 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1790s | 86.71 hectares per person | 53.96 hectares per person | 32.75 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1800s | 85.72 hectares per person | 67.45 hectares per person | 18.28 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1810s | 84.69 hectares per person | 84.31 hectares per person | 0.378 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 1820s | 83.6 hectares per person | 105.39 hectares per person | 21.79 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1830s | 82.44 hectares per person | 131.73 hectares per person | 49.29 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1840s | 81.22 hectares per person | 164.67 hectares per person | 83.44 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1850s | 79.92 hectares per person | 205.83 hectares per person | 125.91 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1860s | 78.51 hectares per person | 202.84 hectares per person | 124.34 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1870s | 76.98 hectares per person | 199.67 hectares per person | 122.69 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1880s | 75.33 hectares per person | 196.27 hectares per person | 120.95 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1890s | 73.51 hectares per person | 192.63 hectares per person | 119.12 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1900s | 71.45 hectares per person | 188.69 hectares per person | 117.24 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1910s | 69.15 hectares per person | 184.38 hectares per person | 115.23 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1920s | 66.54 hectares per person | 179.63 hectares per person | 113.1 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1930s | 63.47 hectares per person | 174.32 hectares per person | 110.85 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1940s | 59.67 hectares per person | 168.28 hectares per person | 108.61 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1950s | 51.18 hectares per person | 170.3 hectares per person | 119.12 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1960s | 40.55 hectares per person | 115.22 hectares per person | 74.67 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1970s | 30.25 hectares per person | 60.78 hectares per person | 30.53 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1980s | 22.76 hectares per person | 29.31 hectares per person | 6.56 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 1990s | 17.31 hectares per person | 20.22 hectares per person | 2.91 hectares per person | Western Sahara |
| 2000s | 12.92 hectares per person | 12.84 hectares per person | 0.0788 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 10.42 hectares per person | 8.2 hectares per person | 2.23 hectares per person | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 8.91 hectares per person | 6.76 hectares per person | 2.15 hectares per person | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Mauritania or Western Sahara?
- Mauritania, at 8.54 hectares per person against 6.57 hectares per person in Western Sahara as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Mauritania and Western Sahara?
- 1.97 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Western Sahara?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Western Sahara rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Mauritania ranks 7th and Western Sahara ranks 9th 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.