Australia vs Canada: Cropland per person over the long term
Australia
1.13
in 2025
Canada
0.962
in 2025
Australia rank
2nd
Canada rank
4th
Cropland per person over the long term over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.13 against 0.962 in Canada, a difference of 0.168.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Canada ahead.
Australia ranks 2nd and Canada ranks 4th of 199 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Canada in 33.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1200s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1300s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1400s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1500s | 0 | 0.0046 | 0.0046 | Canada |
| 1600s | 0 | 0.0485 | 0.0485 | Canada |
| 1700s | 0 | 0.0933 | 0.0933 | Canada |
| 1710s | 0 | 0.109 | 0.109 | Canada |
| 1720s | 0 | 0.1248 | 0.1248 | Canada |
| 1730s | 0 | 0.1429 | 0.1429 | Canada |
| 1740s | 0 | 0.1637 | 0.1637 | Canada |
| 1750s | 0 | 0.1877 | 0.1877 | Canada |
| 1760s | 0 | 0.2154 | 0.2154 | Canada |
| 1770s | 0 | 0.2476 | 0.2476 | Canada |
| 1780s | 0 | 0.2851 | 0.2851 | Canada |
| 1790s | 0.0282 | 0.3291 | 0.3008 | Canada |
| 1800s | 0.057 | 0.3991 | 0.3421 | Canada |
| 1810s | 0.0867 | 0.4623 | 0.3756 | Canada |
| 1820s | 0.1183 | 0.5324 | 0.414 | Canada |
| 1830s | 0.1591 | 0.6143 | 0.4551 | Canada |
| 1840s | 0.2132 | 0.7114 | 0.4982 | Canada |
| 1850s | 0.3123 | 0.8245 | 0.5122 | Canada |
| 1860s | 0.3776 | 0.9615 | 0.5839 | Canada |
| 1870s | 0.4804 | 1.26 | 0.7806 | Canada |
| 1880s | 0.786 | 1.34 | 0.556 | Canada |
| 1890s | 0.68 | 1.5 | 0.8174 | Canada |
| 1900s | 0.9102 | 1.52 | 0.6124 | Canada |
| 1910s | 0.9784 | 2 | 1.02 | Canada |
| 1920s | 0.8757 | 2.28 | 1.41 | Canada |
| 1930s | 1.67 | 2.25 | 0.5788 | Canada |
| 1940s | 1.47 | 2.26 | 0.7933 | Canada |
| 1950s | 1.31 | 2.08 | 0.7638 | Canada |
| 1960s | 1.5 | 1.93 | 0.4282 | Canada |
| 1970s | 1.15 | 1.71 | 0.5599 | Canada |
| 1980s | 1.21 | 1.6 | 0.3829 | Canada |
| 1990s | 1.02 | 1.42 | 0.3984 | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.19 | 1.24 | 0.0504 | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.26 | 1.07 | 0.192 | Australia |
| 2020s | 1.16 | 0.9911 | 0.1686 | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cropland per person over the long term, Australia or Canada?
- Australia, at 1.13 against 0.962 in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in cropland per person over the long term between Australia and Canada?
- 0.168, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for cropland per person over the long term?
- Australia ranks 2nd and Canada ranks 4th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- 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.