Afghanistan vs Samoa: Cropland — Area per capita
Cropland — Area per capita over time
- Afghanistan
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.2 ha/cap against 0.19 ha/cap in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.01 ha/cap.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 94th and Samoa ranks 91st of 232 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 5 and Samoa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7878 ha/cap | 0.4644 ha/cap | 0.3233 ha/cap | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 0.642 ha/cap | 0.435 ha/cap | 0.207 ha/cap | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 0.697 ha/cap | 0.441 ha/cap | 0.256 ha/cap | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 0.505 ha/cap | 0.286 ha/cap | 0.219 ha/cap | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 0.335 ha/cap | 0.208 ha/cap | 0.127 ha/cap | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 0.241 ha/cap | 0.247 ha/cap | 0.006 ha/cap | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.2 ha/cap | 0.2 ha/cap | 0 ha/cap | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cropland — area per capita, Afghanistan or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 0.2 ha/cap against 0.19 ha/cap in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cropland — area per capita between Afghanistan and Samoa?
- 0.01 ha/cap, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Samoa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Samoa rank globally for cropland — area per capita?
- Afghanistan ranks 94th and Samoa ranks 91st of 232 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cropland — 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
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.