Sweden vs Uganda: Agricultural land use per person
Sweden
0.283 hectares per person
in 2025
Uganda
0.2735 hectares per person
in 2025
Sweden rank
121st
Uganda rank
122nd
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Sweden
- Uganda
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.283 hectares per person against 0.2735 hectares per person in Uganda, a difference of 0.0095 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 121st and Uganda ranks 122nd of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 26 and Uganda in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 5.26 hectares per person | 4.91 hectares per person | 0.3559 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1100s | 5.09 hectares per person | 4.75 hectares per person | 0.3351 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1200s | 4.9 hectares per person | 4.59 hectares per person | 0.3124 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1300s | 4.69 hectares per person | 4.4 hectares per person | 0.2873 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1400s | 4.46 hectares per person | 4.2 hectares per person | 0.2592 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1500s | 4.2 hectares per person | 3.98 hectares per person | 0.2269 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1600s | 3.9 hectares per person | 3.71 hectares per person | 0.1889 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1700s | 3.54 hectares per person | 3.4 hectares per person | 0.1419 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1710s | 3.5 hectares per person | 3.36 hectares per person | 0.1365 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1720s | 3.46 hectares per person | 3.33 hectares per person | 0.1309 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1730s | 3.41 hectares per person | 3.29 hectares per person | 0.1252 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1740s | 3.37 hectares per person | 3.25 hectares per person | 0.1193 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1750s | 3.32 hectares per person | 3.21 hectares per person | 0.1131 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1760s | 3.27 hectares per person | 3.17 hectares per person | 0.1006 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1770s | 3.23 hectares per person | 3.13 hectares per person | 0.1026 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1780s | 3.18 hectares per person | 3.08 hectares per person | 0.1014 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1790s | 3.13 hectares per person | 3.04 hectares per person | 0.0996 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1800s | 3.08 hectares per person | 2.99 hectares per person | 0.0942 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1810s | 3.04 hectares per person | 2.94 hectares per person | 0.102 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1820s | 2.97 hectares per person | 2.89 hectares per person | 0.0881 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1830s | 2.91 hectares per person | 2.83 hectares per person | 0.0753 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1840s | 2.84 hectares per person | 2.78 hectares per person | 0.0661 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1850s | 2.77 hectares per person | 2.72 hectares per person | 0.0527 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1860s | 2.69 hectares per person | 2.65 hectares per person | 0.033 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1870s | 2.61 hectares per person | 2.58 hectares per person | 0.0237 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1880s | 2.51 hectares per person | 2.51 hectares per person | 0.0027 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1890s | 2.41 hectares per person | 2.43 hectares per person | 0.0242 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 1900s | 2.3 hectares per person | 2.35 hectares per person | 0.0476 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 1910s | 2.18 hectares per person | 2.25 hectares per person | 0.0711 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 1920s | 2.05 hectares per person | 2.14 hectares per person | 0.0963 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 1930s | 1.89 hectares per person | 2.02 hectares per person | 0.1275 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 1940s | 1.7 hectares per person | 1.87 hectares per person | 0.1659 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 1950s | 1.22 hectares per person | 1.53 hectares per person | 0.3134 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 1960s | 0.5106 hectares per person | 1.22 hectares per person | 0.706 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 1970s | 0.4566 hectares per person | 0.9661 hectares per person | 0.5096 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 1980s | 0.4245 hectares per person | 0.7886 hectares per person | 0.3641 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 1990s | 0.378 hectares per person | 0.6024 hectares per person | 0.2244 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 2000s | 0.3434 hectares per person | 0.4737 hectares per person | 0.1303 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 2010s | 0.311 hectares per person | 0.3735 hectares per person | 0.0625 hectares per person | Uganda |
| 2020s | 0.2888 hectares per person | 0.2944 hectares per person | 0.0056 hectares per person | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Sweden or Uganda?
- Sweden, at 0.283 hectares per person against 0.2735 hectares per person in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Sweden and Uganda?
- 0.0095 hectares per person, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Uganda?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Sweden and Uganda rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Sweden ranks 121st and Uganda ranks 122nd 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.