Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe: Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre

Sri Lanka
0.0486 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Zimbabwe
0.0481 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka rank
58th
Zimbabwe rank
60th

Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre over time

  • Sri Lanka
  • Zimbabwe
00.010.020.030.040.05196119922023

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0486 1000 ha per square kilometre against 0.0481 1000 ha per square kilometre in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 58th and Zimbabwe ranks 60th of 186 countries.

Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0334 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0405 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0071 1000 ha per square kilometre Zimbabwe
1970s 0.0379 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.042 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre Zimbabwe
1980s 0.0371 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.044 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0069 1000 ha per square kilometre Zimbabwe
1990s 0.0372 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0458 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0086 1000 ha per square kilometre Zimbabwe
2000s 0.0387 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0477 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.009 1000 ha per square kilometre Zimbabwe
2010s 0.0441 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0481 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0041 1000 ha per square kilometre Zimbabwe
2020s 0.0462 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0481 1000 ha per square kilometre 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land — area, per square kilometre, Sri Lanka or Zimbabwe?
Sri Lanka, at 0.0486 1000 ha per square kilometre against 0.0481 1000 ha per square kilometre in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land — area, per square kilometre between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe?
0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe rank globally for agricultural land — area, per square kilometre?
Sri Lanka ranks 58th and Zimbabwe ranks 60th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre
Unit
1000 ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 10,889 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Agricultural land — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.