Australia vs World: Agricultural land — Area, per capita
Australia
0.0134 1000 ha per person
in 2024
World
0.0006 1000 ha per person
in 2024
Australia rank
2nd
World rank
2nd
Agricultural land — Area, per capita over time
- Australia
- World
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.0134 1000 ha per person against 0.0006 1000 ha per person in World, a difference of 0.0128 1000 ha per person.
That makes Australia's figure about 23.4 times World's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 2nd and World ranks 2nd of 186 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.043 1000 ha per person | 0.0014 1000 ha per person | 0.0416 1000 ha per person | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.0364 1000 ha per person | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 0.0353 1000 ha per person | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.0307 1000 ha per person | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 0.0298 1000 ha per person | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.0258 1000 ha per person | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 0.025 1000 ha per person | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.0208 1000 ha per person | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 0.0201 1000 ha per person | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.0156 1000 ha per person | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 0.015 1000 ha per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.0138 1000 ha per person | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 0.0132 1000 ha per person | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land — area, per capita, Australia or World?
- Australia, at 0.0134 1000 ha per person against 0.0006 1000 ha per person in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in agricultural land — area, per capita between Australia and World?
- 0.0128 1000 ha per person, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and World?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and World rank globally for agricultural land — area, per capita?
- Australia ranks 2nd and World ranks 2nd of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land — Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Agricultural land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.