Namibia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Agricultural land — Area, per capita
Namibia
0.0128 1000 ha per person
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.0007 1000 ha per person
in 2024
Namibia rank
3rd
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
1st
Agricultural land — Area, per capita over time
- Namibia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 0.0128 1000 ha per person against 0.0007 1000 ha per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0121 1000 ha per person.
That makes Namibia's figure about 17.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.
Namibia ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st of 186 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0584 1000 ha per person | 0.0032 1000 ha per person | 0.0552 1000 ha per person | Namibia |
| 1970s | 0.0449 1000 ha per person | 0.0025 1000 ha per person | 0.0425 1000 ha per person | Namibia |
| 1980s | 0.0355 1000 ha per person | 0.0019 1000 ha per person | 0.0336 1000 ha per person | Namibia |
| 1990s | 0.0248 1000 ha per person | 0.0014 1000 ha per person | 0.0233 1000 ha per person | Namibia |
| 2000s | 0.0199 1000 ha per person | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 0.0188 1000 ha per person | Namibia |
| 2010s | 0.0166 1000 ha per person | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 0.0156 1000 ha per person | Namibia |
| 2020s | 0.0135 1000 ha per person | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 0.0127 1000 ha per person | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land — area, per capita, Namibia or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Namibia, at 0.0128 1000 ha per person against 0.0007 1000 ha per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in agricultural land — area, per capita between Namibia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 0.0121 1000 ha per person, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Namibia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for agricultural land — area, per capita?
- Namibia ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st 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.