What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between American Samoa and Bangladesh?

0.0053 hectares per person, with American Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and Bangladesh?

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.

American Samoa vs Bangladesh: Cropland per person over the long-term

American Samoa

0.0571 hectares per person

in 2025

Bangladesh

0.0518 hectares per person

in 2025

American Samoa rank

157th

Bangladesh rank

159th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

American Samoa
Bangladesh

How they compare

American Samoa currently reports 0.0571 hectares per person against 0.0518 hectares per person in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.0053 hectares per person.

That makes American Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.

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

American Samoa ranks 157th and Bangladesh ranks 159th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, American Samoa averaged higher in 33 and Bangladesh in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	American Samoa	Bangladesh	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.8631 hectares per person	0.3274 hectares per person	0.5357 hectares per person	American Samoa
1100s	0.8321 hectares per person	0.3207 hectares per person	0.5114 hectares per person	American Samoa
1200s	0.7985 hectares per person	0.3133 hectares per person	0.4853 hectares per person	American Samoa
1300s	0.7619 hectares per person	0.3051 hectares per person	0.4568 hectares per person	American Samoa
1400s	0.7214 hectares per person	0.296 hectares per person	0.4254 hectares per person	American Samoa
1500s	0.6757 hectares per person	0.2856 hectares per person	0.3901 hectares per person	American Samoa
1600s	0.6229 hectares per person	0.2734 hectares per person	0.3495 hectares per person	American Samoa
1700s	0.5591 hectares per person	0.2586 hectares per person	0.3005 hectares per person	American Samoa
1710s	0.5519 hectares per person	0.2569 hectares per person	0.295 hectares per person	American Samoa
1720s	0.5445 hectares per person	0.2552 hectares per person	0.2893 hectares per person	American Samoa
1730s	0.5369 hectares per person	0.2534 hectares per person	0.2835 hectares per person	American Samoa
1740s	0.529 hectares per person	0.2515 hectares per person	0.2775 hectares per person	American Samoa
1750s	0.5209 hectares per person	0.2497 hectares per person	0.2713 hectares per person	American Samoa
1760s	0.5126 hectares per person	0.2477 hectares per person	0.2649 hectares per person	American Samoa
1770s	0.5039 hectares per person	0.2457 hectares per person	0.2582 hectares per person	American Samoa
1780s	0.495 hectares per person	0.2436 hectares per person	0.2514 hectares per person	American Samoa
1790s	0.4857 hectares per person	0.2415 hectares per person	0.2443 hectares per person	American Samoa
1800s	0.4761 hectares per person	0.2392 hectares per person	0.2369 hectares per person	American Samoa
1810s	0.466 hectares per person	0.2369 hectares per person	0.2291 hectares per person	American Samoa
1820s	0.4555 hectares per person	0.2345 hectares per person	0.221 hectares per person	American Samoa
1830s	0.4445 hectares per person	0.232 hectares per person	0.2125 hectares per person	American Samoa
1840s	0.433 hectares per person	0.2294 hectares per person	0.2036 hectares per person	American Samoa
1850s	0.4207 hectares per person	0.2266 hectares per person	0.1941 hectares per person	American Samoa
1860s	0.4077 hectares per person	0.2237 hectares per person	0.184 hectares per person	American Samoa
1870s	0.3938 hectares per person	0.2206 hectares per person	0.1732 hectares per person	American Samoa
1880s	0.3789 hectares per person	0.2174 hectares per person	0.1615 hectares per person	American Samoa
1890s	0.3627 hectares per person	0.214 hectares per person	0.1487 hectares per person	American Samoa
1900s	0.3449 hectares per person	0.2103 hectares per person	0.1346 hectares per person	American Samoa
1910s	0.325 hectares per person	0.2063 hectares per person	0.1187 hectares per person	American Samoa
1920s	0.3024 hectares per person	0.2021 hectares per person	0.1003 hectares per person	American Samoa
1930s	0.2757 hectares per person	0.1974 hectares per person	0.0784 hectares per person	American Samoa
1940s	0.2426 hectares per person	0.1922 hectares per person	0.0504 hectares per person	American Samoa
1950s	0.1623 hectares per person	0.1835 hectares per person	0.0212 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1960s	0.0841 hectares per person	0.1628 hectares per person	0.0788 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1970s	0.0654 hectares per person	0.132 hectares per person	0.0666 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1980s	0.0505 hectares per person	0.1045 hectares per person	0.054 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1990s	0.0399 hectares per person	0.0779 hectares per person	0.038 hectares per person	Bangladesh
2000s	0.0414 hectares per person	0.0629 hectares per person	0.0215 hectares per person	Bangladesh
2010s	0.0487 hectares per person	0.0549 hectares per person	0.0061 hectares per person	Bangladesh
2020s	0.0527 hectares per person	0.0523 hectares per person	0.0004 hectares per person	American Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, American Samoa or Bangladesh?: American Samoa, at 0.0571 hectares per person against 0.0518 hectares per person in Bangladesh as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between American Samoa and Bangladesh?: 0.0053 hectares per person, with American Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and Bangladesh?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do American Samoa and Bangladesh rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: American Samoa ranks 157th and Bangladesh ranks 159th 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.