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

0.0014 hectares per person, with Belgium ahead.

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

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 Suriname: Cropland per person over the long-term

Belgium

0.0782 hectares per person

in 2025

Suriname

0.0768 hectares per person

in 2025

Belgium rank

149th

Suriname rank

150th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Belgium
Suriname

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.0782 hectares per person against 0.0768 hectares per person in Suriname, a difference of 0.0014 hectares per person.

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

Belgium ranks 149th and Suriname ranks 150th of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.2269 hectares per person	0.8635 hectares per person	0.6366 hectares per person	Suriname
1100s	0.2222 hectares per person	0.8325 hectares per person	0.6103 hectares per person	Suriname
1200s	0.2171 hectares per person	0.799 hectares per person	0.5819 hectares per person	Suriname
1300s	0.2115 hectares per person	0.7624 hectares per person	0.5509 hectares per person	Suriname
1400s	0.2051 hectares per person	0.7219 hectares per person	0.5168 hectares per person	Suriname
1500s	0.1979 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.4784 hectares per person	Suriname
1600s	0.1895 hectares per person	0.6236 hectares per person	0.4341 hectares per person	Suriname
1700s	0.1792 hectares per person	0.56 hectares per person	0.3808 hectares per person	Suriname
1710s	0.178 hectares per person	0.5528 hectares per person	0.3748 hectares per person	Suriname
1720s	0.1768 hectares per person	0.5454 hectares per person	0.3686 hectares per person	Suriname
1730s	0.1756 hectares per person	0.5378 hectares per person	0.3622 hectares per person	Suriname
1740s	0.1743 hectares per person	0.53 hectares per person	0.3557 hectares per person	Suriname
1750s	0.173 hectares per person	0.522 hectares per person	0.349 hectares per person	Suriname
1760s	0.1716 hectares per person	0.5136 hectares per person	0.342 hectares per person	Suriname
1770s	0.1703 hectares per person	0.505 hectares per person	0.3348 hectares per person	Suriname
1780s	0.1688 hectares per person	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3273 hectares per person	Suriname
1790s	0.1673 hectares per person	0.4869 hectares per person	0.3196 hectares per person	Suriname
1800s	0.1658 hectares per person	0.4773 hectares per person	0.3116 hectares per person	Suriname
1810s	0.1642 hectares per person	0.4673 hectares per person	0.3032 hectares per person	Suriname
1820s	0.1625 hectares per person	0.4569 hectares per person	0.2944 hectares per person	Suriname
1830s	0.1574 hectares per person	0.446 hectares per person	0.2886 hectares per person	Suriname
1840s	0.1513 hectares per person	0.4345 hectares per person	0.2831 hectares per person	Suriname
1850s	0.1476 hectares per person	0.4223 hectares per person	0.2747 hectares per person	Suriname
1860s	0.1452 hectares per person	0.4094 hectares per person	0.2643 hectares per person	Suriname
1870s	0.142 hectares per person	0.3957 hectares per person	0.2536 hectares per person	Suriname
1880s	0.1378 hectares per person	0.3809 hectares per person	0.2431 hectares per person	Suriname
1890s	0.1335 hectares per person	0.3649 hectares per person	0.2314 hectares per person	Suriname
1900s	0.1294 hectares per person	0.3473 hectares per person	0.2178 hectares per person	Suriname
1910s	0.1253 hectares per person	0.3277 hectares per person	0.2024 hectares per person	Suriname
1920s	0.1211 hectares per person	0.3055 hectares per person	0.1844 hectares per person	Suriname
1930s	0.1174 hectares per person	0.2794 hectares per person	0.1621 hectares per person	Suriname
1940s	0.1141 hectares per person	0.2474 hectares per person	0.1333 hectares per person	Suriname
1950s	0.1085 hectares per person	0.1732 hectares per person	0.0646 hectares per person	Suriname
1960s	0.1022 hectares per person	0.1117 hectares per person	0.0095 hectares per person	Suriname
1970s	0.0956 hectares per person	0.1163 hectares per person	0.0207 hectares per person	Suriname
1980s	0.0734 hectares per person	0.1604 hectares per person	0.087 hectares per person	Suriname
1990s	0.0804 hectares per person	0.1545 hectares per person	0.0741 hectares per person	Suriname
2000s	0.083 hectares per person	0.1173 hectares per person	0.0343 hectares per person	Suriname
2010s	0.0779 hectares per person	0.1212 hectares per person	0.0433 hectares per person	Suriname
2020s	0.0784 hectares per person	0.0938 hectares per person	0.0154 hectares per person	Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Belgium or Suriname?: Belgium, at 0.0782 hectares per person against 0.0768 hectares per person in Suriname as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Belgium and Suriname?: 0.0014 hectares per person, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Suriname?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Suriname rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Belgium ranks 149th and Suriname ranks 150th 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.