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

0.006 hectares per person, with Bhutan ahead.

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

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.

Bangladesh vs Bhutan: Cropland per person over the long-term

Bangladesh

0.0518 hectares per person

in 2025

Bhutan

0.0578 hectares per person

in 2025

Bangladesh rank

159th

Bhutan rank

156th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Bangladesh
Bhutan

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 0.0578 hectares per person against 0.0518 hectares per person in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.006 hectares per person.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.1 times Bangladesh's.

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

Bangladesh ranks 159th and Bhutan ranks 156th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 10 and Bhutan in 30.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Bhutan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.3274 hectares per person	0.244 hectares per person	0.0834 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1100s	0.3207 hectares per person	0.2416 hectares per person	0.0791 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1200s	0.3133 hectares per person	0.2392 hectares per person	0.0741 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1300s	0.3051 hectares per person	0.2369 hectares per person	0.0683 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1400s	0.296 hectares per person	0.2345 hectares per person	0.0615 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1500s	0.2856 hectares per person	0.2322 hectares per person	0.0534 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1600s	0.2734 hectares per person	0.2299 hectares per person	0.0435 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1700s	0.2586 hectares per person	0.2276 hectares per person	0.0309 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1710s	0.2569 hectares per person	0.2395 hectares per person	0.0174 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1720s	0.2552 hectares per person	0.252 hectares per person	0.0032 hectares per person	Bangladesh
1730s	0.2534 hectares per person	0.2653 hectares per person	0.0119 hectares per person	Bhutan
1740s	0.2515 hectares per person	0.2795 hectares per person	0.0279 hectares per person	Bhutan
1750s	0.2497 hectares per person	0.2945 hectares per person	0.0448 hectares per person	Bhutan
1760s	0.2477 hectares per person	0.3105 hectares per person	0.0627 hectares per person	Bhutan
1770s	0.2457 hectares per person	0.3274 hectares per person	0.0817 hectares per person	Bhutan
1780s	0.2436 hectares per person	0.3454 hectares per person	0.1018 hectares per person	Bhutan
1790s	0.2415 hectares per person	0.3645 hectares per person	0.1231 hectares per person	Bhutan
1800s	0.2392 hectares per person	0.3848 hectares per person	0.1456 hectares per person	Bhutan
1810s	0.2369 hectares per person	0.4064 hectares per person	0.1695 hectares per person	Bhutan
1820s	0.2345 hectares per person	0.4377 hectares per person	0.2032 hectares per person	Bhutan
1830s	0.232 hectares per person	0.4467 hectares per person	0.2147 hectares per person	Bhutan
1840s	0.2294 hectares per person	0.4894 hectares per person	0.26 hectares per person	Bhutan
1850s	0.2266 hectares per person	0.4808 hectares per person	0.2542 hectares per person	Bhutan
1860s	0.2237 hectares per person	0.4638 hectares per person	0.2401 hectares per person	Bhutan
1870s	0.2206 hectares per person	0.4484 hectares per person	0.2278 hectares per person	Bhutan
1880s	0.2174 hectares per person	0.453 hectares per person	0.2356 hectares per person	Bhutan
1890s	0.214 hectares per person	0.4228 hectares per person	0.2088 hectares per person	Bhutan
1900s	0.2103 hectares per person	0.4216 hectares per person	0.2113 hectares per person	Bhutan
1910s	0.2063 hectares per person	0.4608 hectares per person	0.2544 hectares per person	Bhutan
1920s	0.2021 hectares per person	0.4661 hectares per person	0.264 hectares per person	Bhutan
1930s	0.1974 hectares per person	0.4547 hectares per person	0.2573 hectares per person	Bhutan
1940s	0.1922 hectares per person	0.4262 hectares per person	0.234 hectares per person	Bhutan
1950s	0.1835 hectares per person	0.3813 hectares per person	0.1978 hectares per person	Bhutan
1960s	0.1628 hectares per person	0.4521 hectares per person	0.2893 hectares per person	Bhutan
1970s	0.132 hectares per person	0.371 hectares per person	0.239 hectares per person	Bhutan
1980s	0.1045 hectares per person	0.3265 hectares per person	0.2221 hectares per person	Bhutan
1990s	0.0779 hectares per person	0.3009 hectares per person	0.223 hectares per person	Bhutan
2000s	0.0629 hectares per person	0.2529 hectares per person	0.19 hectares per person	Bhutan
2010s	0.0549 hectares per person	0.1377 hectares per person	0.0828 hectares per person	Bhutan
2020s	0.0523 hectares per person	0.0801 hectares per person	0.0278 hectares per person	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Bangladesh or Bhutan?: Bhutan, at 0.0578 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 Bangladesh and Bhutan?: 0.006 hectares per person, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Bhutan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bangladesh and Bhutan rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Bangladesh ranks 159th and Bhutan ranks 156th 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.