Botswana vs Mauritania: Land area — Area, per capita

Botswana
0.0225 1000 ha per person
in 2024
Mauritania
0.0199 1000 ha per person
in 2024
Botswana rank
9th
Mauritania rank
11th

Land area — Area, per capita over time

  • Botswana
  • Mauritania
0.0250.050.0750.10.125196119922024

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.0225 1000 ha per person against 0.0199 1000 ha per person in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0026 1000 ha per person.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

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

Botswana ranks 9th and Mauritania ranks 11th of 190 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Mauritania Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1003 1000 ha per person 0.1091 1000 ha per person 0.0088 1000 ha per person Mauritania
1970s 0.0805 1000 ha per person 0.0823 1000 ha per person 0.0018 1000 ha per person Mauritania
1980s 0.0519 1000 ha per person 0.0617 1000 ha per person 0.0098 1000 ha per person Mauritania
1990s 0.0386 1000 ha per person 0.046 1000 ha per person 0.0074 1000 ha per person Mauritania
2000s 0.0311 1000 ha per person 0.0355 1000 ha per person 0.0044 1000 ha per person Mauritania
2010s 0.026 1000 ha per person 0.0265 1000 ha per person 0.0006 1000 ha per person Mauritania
2020s 0.0232 1000 ha per person 0.0212 1000 ha per person 0.0021 1000 ha per person Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land area — area, per capita, Botswana or Mauritania?
Botswana, at 0.0225 1000 ha per person against 0.0199 1000 ha per person in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in land area — area, per capita between Botswana and Mauritania?
0.0026 1000 ha per person, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Mauritania?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Mauritania rank globally for land area — area, per capita?
Botswana ranks 9th and Mauritania ranks 11th 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.

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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

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.