What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Afghanistan and Eritrea?

0.0009 hectares per person, with Eritrea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Eritrea?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Eritrea: Cropland per person over the long-term

Afghanistan

0.1754 hectares per person

in 2025

Eritrea

0.1763 hectares per person

in 2025

Afghanistan rank

92nd

Eritrea rank

91st

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Afghanistan
Eritrea

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 0.1763 hectares per person against 0.1754 hectares per person in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0009 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 92nd and Eritrea ranks 91st of 202 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Eritrea	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.55 hectares per person	0.3736 hectares per person	1.17 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1100s	1.51 hectares per person	0.372 hectares per person	1.14 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1200s	1.48 hectares per person	0.3704 hectares per person	1.11 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1300s	1.44 hectares per person	0.3688 hectares per person	1.07 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1400s	1.4 hectares per person	0.3672 hectares per person	1.03 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1500s	1.35 hectares per person	0.3655 hectares per person	0.983 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1600s	1.29 hectares per person	0.3639 hectares per person	0.9272 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1700s	1.22 hectares per person	0.3622 hectares per person	0.8587 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1710s	1.21 hectares per person	0.362 hectares per person	0.8509 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1720s	1.2 hectares per person	0.3619 hectares per person	0.8429 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1730s	1.2 hectares per person	0.3617 hectares per person	0.8346 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1740s	1.19 hectares per person	0.3615 hectares per person	0.8261 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1750s	1.18 hectares per person	0.3614 hectares per person	0.8174 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1760s	1.17 hectares per person	0.3612 hectares per person	0.8084 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1770s	1.16 hectares per person	0.361 hectares per person	0.7991 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1780s	1.15 hectares per person	0.3609 hectares per person	0.7894 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1790s	1.14 hectares per person	0.3607 hectares per person	0.7794 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1800s	1.13 hectares per person	0.3605 hectares per person	0.769 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1810s	1.12 hectares per person	0.3604 hectares per person	0.7583 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1820s	1.11 hectares per person	0.3602 hectares per person	0.7471 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1830s	1.1 hectares per person	0.36 hectares per person	0.7353 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1840s	1.08 hectares per person	0.3598 hectares per person	0.7231 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1850s	1.07 hectares per person	0.3597 hectares per person	0.7102 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1860s	1.06 hectares per person	0.3595 hectares per person	0.6967 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1870s	1.04 hectares per person	0.3593 hectares per person	0.6825 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1880s	1.03 hectares per person	0.3592 hectares per person	0.6674 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1890s	1.01 hectares per person	0.359 hectares per person	0.6513 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1900s	0.9929 hectares per person	0.3588 hectares per person	0.6341 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1910s	0.9742 hectares per person	0.3586 hectares per person	0.6156 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1920s	0.954 hectares per person	0.3585 hectares per person	0.5955 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1930s	0.9319 hectares per person	0.3583 hectares per person	0.5736 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1940s	0.9075 hectares per person	0.3581 hectares per person	0.5494 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1950s	0.8664 hectares per person	0.3579 hectares per person	0.5085 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1960s	0.8002 hectares per person	0.3037 hectares per person	0.4965 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1970s	0.6259 hectares per person	0.3157 hectares per person	0.3103 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1980s	0.6119 hectares per person	0.2558 hectares per person	0.356 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1990s	0.443 hectares per person	0.201 hectares per person	0.2419 hectares per person	Afghanistan
2000s	0.2947 hectares per person	0.1903 hectares per person	0.1045 hectares per person	Afghanistan
2010s	0.2219 hectares per person	0.2018 hectares per person	0.0201 hectares per person	Afghanistan
2020s	0.1863 hectares per person	0.1847 hectares per person	0.0016 hectares per person	Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Afghanistan or Eritrea?: Eritrea, at 0.1763 hectares per person against 0.1754 hectares per person in Afghanistan as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Afghanistan and Eritrea?: 0.0009 hectares per person, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Eritrea?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Afghanistan and Eritrea rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Afghanistan ranks 92nd and Eritrea ranks 91st of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cropland per person over the long-term
Unit: hectares per person
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.