Which has higher cropland and pasture per person, Sweden or Yemen?

Yemen, at 0.0619 against 0.0603 in Sweden as of 2010.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Yemen?

22 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2010.

Where does this data come from?

Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cropland and pasture per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Sweden vs Yemen: Cropland and pasture per person

Sweden

0.0603

in 2010

Yemen

0.0619

in 2010

Sweden rank

131st

Yemen rank

129th

Cropland and pasture per person over time

Sweden
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 0.0619 against 0.0603 in Sweden, a difference of 0.0016.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.

Sweden ranks 131st and Yemen ranks 129th of 178 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sweden	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1800s	0.1095	0.242	0.1325	Yemen
1810s	0.1067	0.2419	0.1352	Yemen
1820s	0.1072	0.2406	0.1334	Yemen
1830s	0.1054	0.237	0.1315	Yemen
1840s	0.1035	0.2338	0.1303	Yemen
1850s	0.103	0.2308	0.1278	Yemen
1860s	0.0988	0.2272	0.1283	Yemen
1870s	0.0965	0.2227	0.1261	Yemen
1880s	0.0956	0.2194	0.1239	Yemen
1890s	0.0911	0.2151	0.124	Yemen
1900s	0.089	0.2108	0.1217	Yemen
1910s	0.0875	0.2069	0.1194	Yemen
1920s	0.0854	0.2038	0.1184	Yemen
1930s	0.0836	0.1981	0.1145	Yemen
1940s	0.0825	0.1957	0.1132	Yemen
1950s	0.0882	0.1861	0.0979	Yemen
1960s	0.087	0.199	0.112	Yemen
1970s	0.0707	0.1851	0.1144	Yemen
1980s	0.0685	0.1508	0.0823	Yemen
1990s	0.0666	0.1135	0.0469	Yemen
2000s	0.0636	0.0794	0.0157	Yemen
2010s	0.0603	0.0619	0.0016	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland and pasture per person, Sweden or Yemen?: Yemen, at 0.0619 against 0.0603 in Sweden as of 2010.
What is the difference in cropland and pasture per person between Sweden and Yemen?: 0.0016, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Yemen?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2010.
How do Sweden and Yemen rank globally for cropland and pasture per person?: Sweden ranks 131st and Yemen ranks 129th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cropland and pasture per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sweden vs Yemen: Cropland and pasture per person. Statizoid, drawing on Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/cropland-pasture-per-person/sweden/yemen-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/cropland-pasture-per-person/sweden/yemen-rep/">Sweden vs Yemen: Cropland and pasture per person</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Cropland and pasture per person
Source: Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 178 places, 3,796 data points, 1800–2010
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Pasture – land used for livestock grazing – and cropland are measured in hectares per person. The sum of pasture and cropland is the total land used for agriculture.