Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre in Comoros
Comoros: Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre was 0.0795 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.0795 1000 ha per square kilometre
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
7th
of 186 countries
All-time high
0.0809 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 2018
All-time low
0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre in Comoros, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agricultural land — area, per square kilometre in Comoros is 0.0795 1000 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — area, per square kilometre in Comoros peaked at 0.0809 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Comoros 7th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre in Comoros, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0591 1000 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0591 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0591 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0607 1000 ha per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0613 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0613 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0613 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0618 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0618 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0634 1000 ha per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0645 1000 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0656 1000 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0666 1000 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0677 1000 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0677 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0682 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0688 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0699 1000 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0704 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0709 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0715 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0715 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0715 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0715 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0715 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0715 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0715 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0712 1000 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0713 1000 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0735 1000 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0732 1000 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0726 1000 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0786 1000 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0779 1000 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0809 1000 ha per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0802 1000 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0796 1000 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0788 1000 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0784 1000 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0795 1000 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 0.0795 1000 ha per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0471 1000 ha per square kilometre, 1.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 0.0795 1000 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0487 1000 ha per square kilometre, 1.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0516 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0575 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0613 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0649 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0613 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0682 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0709 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0688 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0715 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0751 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0712 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0809 1000 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0791 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0784 1000 ha per square kilometre | 0.0796 1000 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 4 Turkmenistan 0.0842 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 5 Saudi Arabia 0.081 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 6 Uganda 0.0803 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 8 South Africa 0.0794 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 9 Kazakhstan 0.0792 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
- 10 Nigeria 0.0771 1000 ha per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Comoros
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.264 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.59 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — area, per square kilometre in Comoros?
- Agricultural land — area, per square kilometre in Comoros was 0.0795 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest agricultural land — area, per square kilometre recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0809 1000 ha per square kilometre in 2018.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — area, per square kilometre recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.051 1000 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Comoros rank for agricultural land — area, per square kilometre?
- Comoros ranks 7th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is agricultural land — area, per square kilometre rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Agricultural land — Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Agricultural land — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agricultural land — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Agricultural land — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Agricultural land — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.