What is the difference in land area — area, per capita between Benin and Sierra Leone?

0 1000 ha per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Sierra Leone?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Land area — Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Benin vs Sierra Leone: Land area — Area, per capita

Benin

0.0008 1000 ha per person

in 2024

Sierra Leone

0.0008 1000 ha per person

in 2024

Benin rank

117th

Sierra Leone rank

114th

Land area — Area, per capita over time

Benin
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.0008 1000 ha per person against 0.0008 1000 ha per person in Benin, a difference of 0 1000 ha per person.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 117th and Sierra Leone ranks 114th of 190 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0041 1000 ha per person	0.0029 1000 ha per person	0.0012 1000 ha per person	Benin
1970s	0.0033 1000 ha per person	0.0025 1000 ha per person	0.0009 1000 ha per person	Benin
1980s	0.0025 1000 ha per person	0.002 1000 ha per person	0.0005 1000 ha per person	Benin
1990s	0.0019 1000 ha per person	0.0017 1000 ha per person	0.0001 1000 ha per person	Benin
2000s	0.0014 1000 ha per person	0.0014 1000 ha per person	0 1000 ha per person	Benin
2010s	0.001 1000 ha per person	0.001 1000 ha per person	0 1000 ha per person	Sierra Leone
2020s	0.0008 1000 ha per person	0.0009 1000 ha per person	0.0001 1000 ha per person	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land area — area, per capita, Benin or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 0.0008 1000 ha per person against 0.0008 1000 ha per person in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in land area — area, per capita between Benin and Sierra Leone?: 0 1000 ha per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Sierra Leone?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Benin and Sierra Leone rank globally for land area — area, per capita?: Benin ranks 117th and Sierra Leone ranks 114th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Land area — Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Benin vs Sierra Leone: Land area — Area, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/land-area-area-per-capita/benin/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/land-area-area-per-capita/benin/sierra-leone/">Benin vs Sierra Leone: Land area — Area, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Land area — Area, per capita
Unit: 1000 ha per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 193 places, 11,206 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Land area — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.