Benin vs Eritrea: Land area in hectares

Benin
11.28 million hectares
in 2023
Eritrea
12.12 million hectares
in 2023
Benin rank
101st
Eritrea rank
98th

Land area in hectares over time

  • Benin
  • Eritrea
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M196119922023

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 12.12 million hectares against 11.28 million hectares in Benin, a difference of 841,800 hectares.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 101st and Eritrea ranks 98th of 233 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in hectares
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
239 places, 13,636 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Total land area, measured in hectares. 100 hectares is one square kilometer. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.