What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Algeria and Gambia?

0.0014 hectares per person, with Algeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Gambia?

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.

Algeria vs Gambia: Cropland per person over the long-term

Algeria

0.1882 hectares per person

in 2025

Gambia

0.1868 hectares per person

in 2025

Algeria rank

84th

Gambia rank

85th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Algeria
Gambia

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 0.1882 hectares per person against 0.1868 hectares per person in Gambia, a difference of 0.0014 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Gambia ahead.

Algeria ranks 84th and Gambia ranks 85th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 6 and Gambia in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Algeria	Gambia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.5123 hectares per person	2.16 hectares per person	1.65 hectares per person	Gambia
1100s	0.5123 hectares per person	2.08 hectares per person	1.57 hectares per person	Gambia
1200s	0.5123 hectares per person	2 hectares per person	1.49 hectares per person	Gambia
1300s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.91 hectares per person	1.39 hectares per person	Gambia
1400s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.81 hectares per person	1.29 hectares per person	Gambia
1500s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.69 hectares per person	1.18 hectares per person	Gambia
1600s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.56 hectares per person	1.05 hectares per person	Gambia
1700s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.4 hectares per person	0.8895 hectares per person	Gambia
1710s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.38 hectares per person	0.8716 hectares per person	Gambia
1720s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.37 hectares per person	0.8531 hectares per person	Gambia
1730s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.35 hectares per person	0.8342 hectares per person	Gambia
1740s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.33 hectares per person	0.8147 hectares per person	Gambia
1750s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.31 hectares per person	0.7946 hectares per person	Gambia
1760s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.29 hectares per person	0.7739 hectares per person	Gambia
1770s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.26 hectares per person	0.7525 hectares per person	Gambia
1780s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.24 hectares per person	0.7303 hectares per person	Gambia
1790s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.22 hectares per person	0.7074 hectares per person	Gambia
1800s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.6835 hectares per person	Gambia
1810s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.17 hectares per person	0.6586 hectares per person	Gambia
1820s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.14 hectares per person	0.6327 hectares per person	Gambia
1830s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.12 hectares per person	0.6054 hectares per person	Gambia
1840s	0.5123 hectares per person	1.09 hectares per person	0.5768 hectares per person	Gambia
1850s	0.5241 hectares per person	1.06 hectares per person	0.5349 hectares per person	Gambia
1860s	0.5254 hectares per person	1.03 hectares per person	0.5016 hectares per person	Gambia
1870s	0.5268 hectares per person	0.9928 hectares per person	0.466 hectares per person	Gambia
1880s	0.5284 hectares per person	0.9562 hectares per person	0.4277 hectares per person	Gambia
1890s	0.5302 hectares per person	0.9164 hectares per person	0.3862 hectares per person	Gambia
1900s	0.5322 hectares per person	0.8729 hectares per person	0.3407 hectares per person	Gambia
1910s	0.5344 hectares per person	0.8246 hectares per person	0.2902 hectares per person	Gambia
1920s	0.5369 hectares per person	0.7698 hectares per person	0.233 hectares per person	Gambia
1930s	0.5396 hectares per person	0.7059 hectares per person	0.1663 hectares per person	Gambia
1940s	0.5426 hectares per person	0.6276 hectares per person	0.085 hectares per person	Gambia
1950s	0.5689 hectares per person	0.4521 hectares per person	0.1168 hectares per person	Algeria
1960s	0.5484 hectares per person	0.3201 hectares per person	0.2283 hectares per person	Algeria
1970s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.3099 hectares per person	0.1329 hectares per person	Algeria
1980s	0.3404 hectares per person	0.257 hectares per person	0.0834 hectares per person	Algeria
1990s	0.2822 hectares per person	0.1859 hectares per person	0.0963 hectares per person	Algeria
2000s	0.2513 hectares per person	0.209 hectares per person	0.0423 hectares per person	Algeria
2010s	0.2159 hectares per person	0.236 hectares per person	0.0201 hectares per person	Gambia
2020s	0.1926 hectares per person	0.1955 hectares per person	0.0029 hectares per person	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Algeria or Gambia?: Algeria, at 0.1882 hectares per person against 0.1868 hectares per person in Gambia as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Algeria and Gambia?: 0.0014 hectares per person, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Gambia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Algeria and Gambia rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Algeria ranks 84th and Gambia ranks 85th 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: 18 September 2026

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