Ecuador vs Madagascar: Breakdown of habitable land area

Ecuador

179,970 hectares

in 2019

Madagascar

167,840 hectares

in 2019

Ecuador rank

70th

Madagascar rank

73rd

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

Ecuador currently reports 179,970 hectares against 167,840 hectares in Madagascar, a difference of 12,130 hectares.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 70th and Madagascar ranks 73rd of 235 countries.

Indicator: Breakdown of habitable land area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 1,175 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Habitable land is defined as ice- and barren-free land. Agricultural land is the sum of croplands and pasture for grazing.