Gabon vs Samoa: Cropland — Area per capita

Gabon
0.19 ha/cap
in 2024
Samoa
0.2 ha/cap
in 2024
Gabon rank
94th
Samoa rank
91st

Cropland — Area per capita over time

  • Gabon
  • Samoa
0.20.30.40.50.6196119922024

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 0.2 ha/cap against 0.19 ha/cap in Gabon, a difference of 0.01 ha/cap.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.

Gabon ranks 94th and Samoa ranks 91st of 232 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 6 and Samoa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gabon Samoa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.3722 ha/cap 0.4644 ha/cap 0.0922 ha/cap Samoa
1970s 0.557 ha/cap 0.435 ha/cap 0.122 ha/cap Gabon
1980s 0.548 ha/cap 0.441 ha/cap 0.107 ha/cap Gabon
1990s 0.44 ha/cap 0.286 ha/cap 0.154 ha/cap Gabon
2000s 0.345 ha/cap 0.208 ha/cap 0.137 ha/cap Gabon
2010s 0.25 ha/cap 0.247 ha/cap 0.003 ha/cap Gabon
2020s 0.202 ha/cap 0.2 ha/cap 0.002 ha/cap Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland — area per capita, Gabon or Samoa?
Samoa, at 0.2 ha/cap against 0.19 ha/cap in Gabon as of 2024.
What is the difference in cropland — area per capita between Gabon and Samoa?
0.01 ha/cap, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Samoa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Gabon and Samoa rank globally for cropland — area per capita?
Gabon 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

Indicator
Cropland — Area per capita
Unit
ha/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
266 places, 15,610 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.