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
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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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Indicator
Agricultural land — Area, per capita
Unit
1000 ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 11,050 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.