Namibia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Land area — Area, per capita

Namibia
0.0272 1000 ha per person
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.0017 1000 ha per person
in 2024
Namibia rank
4th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
1st

Land area — Area, per capita over time

  • Namibia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
00.050.10.15196119922024

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0.0272 1000 ha per person against 0.0017 1000 ha per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0255 1000 ha per person.

That makes Namibia's figure about 15.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Namibia ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st of 190 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1244 1000 ha per person 0.0083 1000 ha per person 0.1162 1000 ha per person Namibia
1970s 0.0957 1000 ha per person 0.0064 1000 ha per person 0.0893 1000 ha per person Namibia
1980s 0.0755 1000 ha per person 0.0048 1000 ha per person 0.0707 1000 ha per person Namibia
1990s 0.0526 1000 ha per person 0.0036 1000 ha per person 0.049 1000 ha per person Namibia
2000s 0.0422 1000 ha per person 0.0028 1000 ha per person 0.0394 1000 ha per person Namibia
2010s 0.0351 1000 ha per person 0.0022 1000 ha per person 0.033 1000 ha per person Namibia
2020s 0.0286 1000 ha per person 0.0018 1000 ha per person 0.0268 1000 ha per person Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land area — area, per capita, Namibia or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Namibia, at 0.0272 1000 ha per person against 0.0017 1000 ha per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in land area — area, per capita between Namibia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.0255 1000 ha per person, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for land area — area, per capita?
Namibia ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st 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.