What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Belize and Burkina Faso?

0.0046 hectares per person, with Belize ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Burkina Faso?

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.

Belize vs Burkina Faso: Cropland per person over the long-term

Belize

0.3834 hectares per person

in 2025

Burkina Faso

0.3788 hectares per person

in 2025

Belize rank

32nd

Burkina Faso rank

33rd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Belize
Burkina Faso

How they compare

Belize currently reports 0.3834 hectares per person against 0.3788 hectares per person in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.0046 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Belize ahead.

Belize ranks 32nd and Burkina Faso ranks 33rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 11 and Burkina Faso in 29.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	Burkina Faso	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.9002 hectares per person	0.6161 hectares per person	0.2841 hectares per person	Belize
1100s	0.8721 hectares per person	0.617 hectares per person	0.2552 hectares per person	Belize
1200s	0.8422 hectares per person	0.6178 hectares per person	0.2243 hectares per person	Belize
1300s	0.8099 hectares per person	0.6187 hectares per person	0.1912 hectares per person	Belize
1400s	0.7748 hectares per person	0.6195 hectares per person	0.1552 hectares per person	Belize
1500s	0.7362 hectares per person	0.6204 hectares per person	0.1158 hectares per person	Belize
1600s	0.6931 hectares per person	0.6213 hectares per person	0.0718 hectares per person	Belize
1700s	0.6438 hectares per person	0.6221 hectares per person	0.0217 hectares per person	Belize
1710s	0.6384 hectares per person	0.6222 hectares per person	0.0162 hectares per person	Belize
1720s	0.633 hectares per person	0.6223 hectares per person	0.0107 hectares per person	Belize
1730s	0.6274 hectares per person	0.6224 hectares per person	0.005 hectares per person	Belize
1740s	0.6218 hectares per person	0.6224 hectares per person	0.0007 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1750s	0.616 hectares per person	0.6225 hectares per person	0.0065 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1760s	0.6101 hectares per person	0.6226 hectares per person	0.0125 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1770s	0.6042 hectares per person	0.6227 hectares per person	0.0185 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1780s	0.5981 hectares per person	0.6228 hectares per person	0.0247 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1790s	0.5918 hectares per person	0.6229 hectares per person	0.031 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1800s	0.5855 hectares per person	0.623 hectares per person	0.0375 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1810s	0.579 hectares per person	0.623 hectares per person	0.0441 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1820s	0.5723 hectares per person	0.6231 hectares per person	0.0508 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1830s	0.5655 hectares per person	0.6232 hectares per person	0.0577 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1840s	0.5586 hectares per person	0.6233 hectares per person	0.0647 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1850s	0.5514 hectares per person	0.6234 hectares per person	0.072 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1860s	0.5441 hectares per person	0.6235 hectares per person	0.0794 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1870s	0.5365 hectares per person	0.6236 hectares per person	0.087 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1880s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.6236 hectares per person	0.0949 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1890s	0.5207 hectares per person	0.6237 hectares per person	0.103 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1900s	0.5125 hectares per person	0.6238 hectares per person	0.1113 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1910s	0.504 hectares per person	0.6239 hectares per person	0.1199 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1920s	0.4951 hectares per person	0.624 hectares per person	0.1288 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1930s	0.486 hectares per person	0.6241 hectares per person	0.1381 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1940s	0.4765 hectares per person	0.6241 hectares per person	0.1477 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1950s	0.4619 hectares per person	0.6243 hectares per person	0.1623 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1960s	0.4132 hectares per person	0.5865 hectares per person	0.1734 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1970s	0.36 hectares per person	0.4962 hectares per person	0.1363 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1980s	0.352 hectares per person	0.4333 hectares per person	0.0813 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1990s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.4521 hectares per person	0.0093 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
2000s	0.3646 hectares per person	0.4381 hectares per person	0.0735 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
2010s	0.3376 hectares per person	0.4117 hectares per person	0.0742 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
2020s	0.368 hectares per person	0.3876 hectares per person	0.0196 hectares per person	Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Belize or Burkina Faso?: Belize, at 0.3834 hectares per person against 0.3788 hectares per person in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Belize and Burkina Faso?: 0.0046 hectares per person, with Belize ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Burkina Faso?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Belize and Burkina Faso rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Belize ranks 32nd and Burkina Faso ranks 33rd 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.