Botswana vs Niger: Land use over the long-term

Botswana
25.60 million hectares
in 2025
Niger
28.78 million hectares
in 2025
Botswana rank
28th
Niger rank
27th

Land use over the long-term over time

  • Botswana
  • Niger
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 28.78 million hectares against 25.60 million hectares in Botswana, a difference of 3.18 million hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 28th and Niger ranks 27th of 202 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use over the long-term
Unit
hectares
Source
HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
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Total grazingland area for each separate country over time.