What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Belgium and Equatorial Guinea?

0.0099 hectares per person, with Belgium ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Equatorial Guinea?

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.

Belgium vs Equatorial Guinea: Cropland per person over the long-term

Belgium

0.0782 hectares per person

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea

0.0683 hectares per person

in 2025

Belgium rank

149th

Equatorial Guinea rank

151st

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Belgium
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.0782 hectares per person against 0.0683 hectares per person in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0099 hectares per person.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

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

Belgium ranks 149th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 151st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and Equatorial Guinea in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.2269 hectares per person	2.26 hectares per person	2.04 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1100s	0.2222 hectares per person	2.51 hectares per person	2.29 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1200s	0.2171 hectares per person	2.79 hectares per person	2.57 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1300s	0.2115 hectares per person	2.05 hectares per person	1.84 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1400s	0.2051 hectares per person	1.94 hectares per person	1.73 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1500s	0.1979 hectares per person	1.85 hectares per person	1.66 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1600s	0.1895 hectares per person	1.9 hectares per person	1.71 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1700s	0.1792 hectares per person	1.94 hectares per person	1.76 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1710s	0.178 hectares per person	1.97 hectares per person	1.8 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1720s	0.1768 hectares per person	2.01 hectares per person	1.83 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1730s	0.1756 hectares per person	2.04 hectares per person	1.87 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1740s	0.1743 hectares per person	2.07 hectares per person	1.9 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1750s	0.173 hectares per person	2.1 hectares per person	1.93 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1760s	0.1716 hectares per person	2.13 hectares per person	1.96 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1770s	0.1703 hectares per person	2.16 hectares per person	1.99 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1780s	0.1688 hectares per person	2.18 hectares per person	2.01 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1790s	0.1673 hectares per person	2.2 hectares per person	2.04 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1800s	0.1658 hectares per person	2.23 hectares per person	2.06 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1810s	0.1642 hectares per person	2.25 hectares per person	2.08 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1820s	0.1625 hectares per person	2.27 hectares per person	2.11 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1830s	0.1574 hectares per person	2.29 hectares per person	2.13 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1840s	0.1513 hectares per person	2.3 hectares per person	2.15 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1850s	0.1476 hectares per person	2.32 hectares per person	2.17 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1860s	0.1452 hectares per person	2.16 hectares per person	2.02 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1870s	0.142 hectares per person	2.14 hectares per person	2 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1880s	0.1378 hectares per person	2.15 hectares per person	2.01 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1890s	0.1335 hectares per person	2.12 hectares per person	1.99 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1900s	0.1294 hectares per person	2.1 hectares per person	1.97 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1910s	0.1253 hectares per person	2.08 hectares per person	1.96 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1920s	0.1211 hectares per person	2.06 hectares per person	1.94 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1930s	0.1174 hectares per person	2.08 hectares per person	1.96 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1940s	0.1141 hectares per person	0.5833 hectares per person	0.4692 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1950s	0.1085 hectares per person	0.573 hectares per person	0.4644 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1960s	0.1022 hectares per person	0.5047 hectares per person	0.4025 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	0.0956 hectares per person	0.4622 hectares per person	0.3666 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	0.0734 hectares per person	0.3301 hectares per person	0.2566 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	0.0804 hectares per person	0.2049 hectares per person	0.1245 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	0.083 hectares per person	0.1368 hectares per person	0.0538 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	0.0779 hectares per person	0.0893 hectares per person	0.0114 hectares per person	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	0.0784 hectares per person	0.0706 hectares per person	0.0077 hectares per person	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Belgium or Equatorial Guinea?: Belgium, at 0.0782 hectares per person against 0.0683 hectares per person in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Belgium and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.0099 hectares per person, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Equatorial Guinea?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Belgium ranks 149th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 151st 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.