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

0.0045 hectares per person, with Ireland ahead.

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

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 Ireland: Cropland per person over the long-term

Belgium

0.0782 hectares per person

in 2025

Ireland

0.0827 hectares per person

in 2025

Belgium rank

149th

Ireland rank

148th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Belgium
Ireland

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 0.0827 hectares per person against 0.0782 hectares per person in Belgium, a difference of 0.0045 hectares per person.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 149th and Ireland ranks 148th of 202 countries.

Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.2269 hectares per person	0.836 hectares per person	0.6091 hectares per person	Ireland
1100s	0.2222 hectares per person	0.8025 hectares per person	0.5803 hectares per person	Ireland
1200s	0.2171 hectares per person	0.766 hectares per person	0.5489 hectares per person	Ireland
1300s	0.2115 hectares per person	0.7256 hectares per person	0.5141 hectares per person	Ireland
1400s	0.2051 hectares per person	0.6801 hectares per person	0.475 hectares per person	Ireland
1500s	0.1979 hectares per person	0.6276 hectares per person	0.4296 hectares per person	Ireland
1600s	0.1895 hectares per person	0.5644 hectares per person	0.3749 hectares per person	Ireland
1700s	0.1792 hectares per person	0.4825 hectares per person	0.3033 hectares per person	Ireland
1710s	0.178 hectares per person	0.4727 hectares per person	0.2946 hectares per person	Ireland
1720s	0.1768 hectares per person	0.4624 hectares per person	0.2856 hectares per person	Ireland
1730s	0.1756 hectares per person	0.4516 hectares per person	0.276 hectares per person	Ireland
1740s	0.1743 hectares per person	0.4403 hectares per person	0.266 hectares per person	Ireland
1750s	0.173 hectares per person	0.4284 hectares per person	0.2554 hectares per person	Ireland
1760s	0.1716 hectares per person	0.4158 hectares per person	0.2441 hectares per person	Ireland
1770s	0.1703 hectares per person	0.4024 hectares per person	0.2321 hectares per person	Ireland
1780s	0.1688 hectares per person	0.388 hectares per person	0.2192 hectares per person	Ireland
1790s	0.1673 hectares per person	0.3724 hectares per person	0.2051 hectares per person	Ireland
1800s	0.1658 hectares per person	0.3555 hectares per person	0.1897 hectares per person	Ireland
1810s	0.1642 hectares per person	0.3367 hectares per person	0.1725 hectares per person	Ireland
1820s	0.1625 hectares per person	0.3156 hectares per person	0.1531 hectares per person	Ireland
1830s	0.1574 hectares per person	0.2912 hectares per person	0.1338 hectares per person	Ireland
1840s	0.1513 hectares per person	0.2618 hectares per person	0.1105 hectares per person	Ireland
1850s	0.1476 hectares per person	0.2618 hectares per person	0.1142 hectares per person	Ireland
1860s	0.1452 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	0.0935 hectares per person	Ireland
1870s	0.142 hectares per person	0.2156 hectares per person	0.0736 hectares per person	Ireland
1880s	0.1378 hectares per person	0.2522 hectares per person	0.1145 hectares per person	Ireland
1890s	0.1335 hectares per person	0.249 hectares per person	0.1155 hectares per person	Ireland
1900s	0.1294 hectares per person	0.2458 hectares per person	0.1164 hectares per person	Ireland
1910s	0.1253 hectares per person	0.2426 hectares per person	0.1173 hectares per person	Ireland
1920s	0.1211 hectares per person	0.2405 hectares per person	0.1194 hectares per person	Ireland
1930s	0.1174 hectares per person	0.2384 hectares per person	0.121 hectares per person	Ireland
1940s	0.1141 hectares per person	0.2362 hectares per person	0.1222 hectares per person	Ireland
1950s	0.1085 hectares per person	0.2331 hectares per person	0.1246 hectares per person	Ireland
1960s	0.1022 hectares per person	0.2043 hectares per person	0.1021 hectares per person	Ireland
1970s	0.0956 hectares per person	0.1589 hectares per person	0.0633 hectares per person	Ireland
1980s	0.0734 hectares per person	0.1384 hectares per person	0.065 hectares per person	Ireland
1990s	0.0804 hectares per person	0.1135 hectares per person	0.0331 hectares per person	Ireland
2000s	0.083 hectares per person	0.1191 hectares per person	0.036 hectares per person	Ireland
2010s	0.0779 hectares per person	0.0957 hectares per person	0.0178 hectares per person	Ireland
2020s	0.0784 hectares per person	0.0855 hectares per person	0.0071 hectares per person	Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Belgium or Ireland?: Ireland, at 0.0827 hectares per person against 0.0782 hectares per person in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Belgium and Ireland?: 0.0045 hectares per person, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Ireland?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Ireland rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Belgium ranks 149th and Ireland ranks 148th 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.