Samoa vs South Africa: Cropland — Area per capita
Cropland — Area per capita over time
- Samoa
- South Africa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.2 ha/cap against 0.19 ha/cap in South Africa, a difference of 0.01 ha/cap.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Samoa ranks 99th and South Africa ranks 102nd of 250 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4644 ha/cap | 0.6478 ha/cap | 0.1833 ha/cap | South Africa |
| 1970s | 0.435 ha/cap | 0.498 ha/cap | 0.063 ha/cap | South Africa |
| 1980s | 0.441 ha/cap | 0.373 ha/cap | 0.068 ha/cap | Samoa |
| 1990s | 0.286 ha/cap | 0.312 ha/cap | 0.026 ha/cap | South Africa |
| 2000s | 0.208 ha/cap | 0.276 ha/cap | 0.068 ha/cap | South Africa |
| 2010s | 0.247 ha/cap | 0.224 ha/cap | 0.023 ha/cap | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.2 ha/cap | 0.198 ha/cap | 0.002 ha/cap | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cropland — area per capita, Samoa or South Africa?
- Samoa, at 0.2 ha/cap against 0.19 ha/cap in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cropland — area per capita between Samoa and South Africa?
- 0.01 ha/cap, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and South Africa rank globally for cropland — area per capita?
- Samoa ranks 99th and South Africa ranks 102nd of 250 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.