Norway vs Sao Tome and Principe: Agricultural land use per person
Norway
0.1719 hectares per person
in 2025
Sao Tome and Principe
0.1853 hectares per person
in 2025
Norway rank
139th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
136th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Norway
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.1853 hectares per person against 0.1719 hectares per person in Norway, a difference of 0.0134 hectares per person.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Norway ahead.
Norway ranks 139th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 136th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 6 and Sao Tome and Principe in 34.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 4.81 hectares per person | 0.5269 hectares per person | 4.29 hectares per person | Norway |
| 1100s | 4.65 hectares per person | 0.5272 hectares per person | 4.12 hectares per person | Norway |
| 1200s | 4.47 hectares per person | 0.5274 hectares per person | 3.94 hectares per person | Norway |
| 1300s | 4.27 hectares per person | 0.5276 hectares per person | 3.74 hectares per person | Norway |
| 1400s | 4.06 hectares per person | 0.5279 hectares per person | 3.53 hectares per person | Norway |
| 1500s | 3.81 hectares per person | 0.5281 hectares per person | 3.28 hectares per person | Norway |
| 1600s | 3.53 hectares per person | 3.64 hectares per person | 0.1113 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1700s | 3.19 hectares per person | 3.32 hectares per person | 0.1342 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1710s | 3.15 hectares per person | 3.28 hectares per person | 0.1368 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1720s | 3.11 hectares per person | 3.25 hectares per person | 0.1395 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1730s | 3.07 hectares per person | 3.21 hectares per person | 0.1422 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1740s | 3.02 hectares per person | 3.17 hectares per person | 0.145 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1750s | 2.98 hectares per person | 3.13 hectares per person | 0.1479 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1760s | 2.93 hectares per person | 3.09 hectares per person | 0.1509 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1770s | 2.89 hectares per person | 3.04 hectares per person | 0.154 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1780s | 2.84 hectares per person | 3 hectares per person | 0.1572 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1790s | 2.79 hectares per person | 2.95 hectares per person | 0.1605 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1800s | 2.74 hectares per person | 2.9 hectares per person | 0.1639 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1810s | 2.68 hectares per person | 2.85 hectares per person | 0.1675 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1820s | 2.63 hectares per person | 2.8 hectares per person | 0.1716 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1830s | 2.57 hectares per person | 2.74 hectares per person | 0.176 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1840s | 2.5 hectares per person | 2.69 hectares per person | 0.1808 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1850s | 2.44 hectares per person | 2.62 hectares per person | 0.1866 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1860s | 2.37 hectares per person | 2.56 hectares per person | 0.1933 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1870s | 2.29 hectares per person | 2.49 hectares per person | 0.2036 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1880s | 2.2 hectares per person | 2.41 hectares per person | 0.218 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1890s | 2.1 hectares per person | 2.33 hectares per person | 0.2334 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1900s | 1.99 hectares per person | 2.24 hectares per person | 0.2522 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1910s | 1.88 hectares per person | 2.14 hectares per person | 0.2599 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1920s | 1.76 hectares per person | 2.02 hectares per person | 0.2695 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1930s | 1.61 hectares per person | 1.89 hectares per person | 0.2779 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1940s | 1.43 hectares per person | 1.72 hectares per person | 0.2876 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1950s | 0.9673 hectares per person | 1.27 hectares per person | 0.3036 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1960s | 0.2713 hectares per person | 0.5364 hectares per person | 0.265 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1970s | 0.2297 hectares per person | 0.453 hectares per person | 0.2233 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 0.2307 hectares per person | 0.3231 hectares per person | 0.0924 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 0.2394 hectares per person | 0.2477 hectares per person | 0.0083 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 0.2236 hectares per person | 0.2344 hectares per person | 0.0108 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 0.1932 hectares per person | 0.1991 hectares per person | 0.0058 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 0.1767 hectares per person | 0.192 hectares per person | 0.0154 hectares per person | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Norway or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.1853 hectares per person against 0.1719 hectares per person in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Norway and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.0134 hectares per person, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Norway and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Norway ranks 139th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 136th 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.