Egypt vs Equatorial Guinea: Agricultural land — Share in Land area

Egypt
4.25 %
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
3.44 %
in 2024
Egypt rank
205th
Equatorial Guinea rank
208th

Agricultural land — Share in Land area over time

  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
0246196119922024

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 4.25 % against 3.44 % in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.81 %.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.2 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Egypt ranks 205th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 208th of 220 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and Equatorial Guinea in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 2.67 % 5.01 % 2.34 % Equatorial Guinea
1970s 2.76 % 4.5 % 1.75 % Equatorial Guinea
1980s 2.51 % 3.96 % 1.44 % Equatorial Guinea
1990s 3.09 % 3.69 % 0.602 % Equatorial Guinea
2000s 3.49 % 3.65 % 0.162 % Equatorial Guinea
2010s 3.77 % 3.57 % 0.202 % Egypt
2020s 4.1 % 3.5 % 0.602 % Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land — share in land area, Egypt or Equatorial Guinea?
Egypt, at 4.25 % against 3.44 % in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in agricultural land — share in land area between Egypt and Equatorial Guinea?
0.81 %, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Equatorial Guinea?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for agricultural land — share in land area?
Egypt ranks 205th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 208th of 220 countries.
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

Indicator
Agricultural land — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
273 places, 16,066 data points, 1961–2024
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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.