Americas vs Somalia: Agricultural land — Share in Land area
Agricultural land — Share in Land area over time
- Americas
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 70.34 % against 28.68 % in Americas, a difference of 41.66 %.
That makes Somalia's figure about 2.5 times Americas's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 24th and Somalia ranks 20th of 31 groups.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.09 % | 70.02 % | 41.93 % | Somalia |
| 1970s | 29.02 % | 70.09 % | 41.07 % | Somalia |
| 1980s | 30.08 % | 70.17 % | 40.09 % | Somalia |
| 1990s | 29.95 % | 70.22 % | 40.27 % | Somalia |
| 2000s | 29.75 % | 70.29 % | 40.55 % | Somalia |
| 2010s | 29.73 % | 70.31 % | 40.58 % | Somalia |
| 2020s | 28.73 % | 70.34 % | 41.61 % | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land — share in land area, Americas or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 70.34 % against 28.68 % in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in agricultural land — share in land area between Americas and Somalia?
- 41.66 %, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Somalia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Somalia rank globally for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Americas ranks 24th and Somalia ranks 20th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.