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

0.0028 hectares per person, with Afghanistan ahead.

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

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 Uganda: Cropland per person over the long-term

Afghanistan

0.1754 hectares per person

in 2025

Uganda

0.1726 hectares per person

in 2025

Afghanistan rank

92nd

Uganda rank

94th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Afghanistan
Uganda

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.1754 hectares per person against 0.1726 hectares per person in Uganda, a difference of 0.0028 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 92nd and Uganda ranks 94th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 39 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.55 hectares per person	0.5855 hectares per person	0.9604 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1100s	1.51 hectares per person	0.5862 hectares per person	0.9278 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1200s	1.48 hectares per person	0.5869 hectares per person	0.8923 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1300s	1.44 hectares per person	0.5876 hectares per person	0.8532 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1400s	1.4 hectares per person	0.5882 hectares per person	0.8095 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1500s	1.35 hectares per person	0.5889 hectares per person	0.7597 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1600s	1.29 hectares per person	0.5895 hectares per person	0.7015 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1700s	1.22 hectares per person	0.5902 hectares per person	0.6307 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1710s	1.21 hectares per person	0.5903 hectares per person	0.6227 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1720s	1.2 hectares per person	0.5903 hectares per person	0.6144 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1730s	1.2 hectares per person	0.5904 hectares per person	0.6059 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1740s	1.19 hectares per person	0.5905 hectares per person	0.5972 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1750s	1.18 hectares per person	0.5905 hectares per person	0.5882 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1760s	1.17 hectares per person	0.5906 hectares per person	0.579 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1770s	1.16 hectares per person	0.5907 hectares per person	0.5694 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1780s	1.15 hectares per person	0.5907 hectares per person	0.5595 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1790s	1.14 hectares per person	0.5908 hectares per person	0.5493 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1800s	1.13 hectares per person	0.5909 hectares per person	0.5387 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1810s	1.12 hectares per person	0.5909 hectares per person	0.5277 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1820s	1.11 hectares per person	0.591 hectares per person	0.5163 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1830s	1.1 hectares per person	0.5911 hectares per person	0.5043 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1840s	1.08 hectares per person	0.5911 hectares per person	0.4918 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1850s	1.07 hectares per person	0.5912 hectares per person	0.4787 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1860s	1.06 hectares per person	0.5913 hectares per person	0.465 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1870s	1.04 hectares per person	0.5913 hectares per person	0.4505 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1880s	1.03 hectares per person	0.5914 hectares per person	0.4351 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1890s	1.01 hectares per person	0.5914 hectares per person	0.4188 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1900s	0.9929 hectares per person	0.5915 hectares per person	0.4014 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1910s	0.9742 hectares per person	0.5916 hectares per person	0.3827 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1920s	0.954 hectares per person	0.5916 hectares per person	0.3624 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1930s	0.9319 hectares per person	0.5917 hectares per person	0.3402 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1940s	0.9075 hectares per person	0.5918 hectares per person	0.3157 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1950s	0.8664 hectares per person	0.5919 hectares per person	0.2745 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1960s	0.8002 hectares per person	0.5793 hectares per person	0.2209 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1970s	0.6259 hectares per person	0.4975 hectares per person	0.1285 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1980s	0.6119 hectares per person	0.4387 hectares per person	0.1732 hectares per person	Afghanistan
1990s	0.443 hectares per person	0.3482 hectares per person	0.0948 hectares per person	Afghanistan
2000s	0.2947 hectares per person	0.2889 hectares per person	0.0058 hectares per person	Afghanistan
2010s	0.2219 hectares per person	0.2356 hectares per person	0.0137 hectares per person	Uganda
2020s	0.1863 hectares per person	0.1859 hectares per person	0.0005 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 Uganda?: Afghanistan, at 0.1754 hectares per person against 0.1726 hectares per person in Uganda as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Afghanistan and Uganda?: 0.0028 hectares per person, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Uganda?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Afghanistan and Uganda rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Afghanistan ranks 92nd and Uganda ranks 94th 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.