What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Benin and Montserrat?

0.03 hectares per person, with Montserrat ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Montserrat?

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.

Benin vs Montserrat: Cropland per person over the long-term

Benin

0.3448 hectares per person

in 2025

Montserrat

0.3748 hectares per person

in 2025

Benin rank

36th

Montserrat rank

34th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Benin
Montserrat

How they compare

Montserrat currently reports 0.3748 hectares per person against 0.3448 hectares per person in Benin, a difference of 0.03 hectares per person.

That makes Montserrat's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

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

Benin ranks 36th and Montserrat ranks 34th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 37 and Montserrat in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Montserrat	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4099 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4099 hectares per person	Benin
1100s	0.4089 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4089 hectares per person	Benin
1200s	0.4079 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4079 hectares per person	Benin
1300s	0.4069 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4069 hectares per person	Benin
1400s	0.4058 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4058 hectares per person	Benin
1500s	0.4048 hectares per person	0.3406 hectares per person	0.0641 hectares per person	Benin
1600s	0.4038 hectares per person	0.3385 hectares per person	0.0653 hectares per person	Benin
1700s	0.4027 hectares per person	0.3363 hectares per person	0.0664 hectares per person	Benin
1710s	0.4026 hectares per person	0.3361 hectares per person	0.0665 hectares per person	Benin
1720s	0.4025 hectares per person	0.3359 hectares per person	0.0666 hectares per person	Benin
1730s	0.4024 hectares per person	0.3357 hectares per person	0.0667 hectares per person	Benin
1740s	0.4023 hectares per person	0.3354 hectares per person	0.0668 hectares per person	Benin
1750s	0.4022 hectares per person	0.3352 hectares per person	0.067 hectares per person	Benin
1760s	0.4021 hectares per person	0.335 hectares per person	0.0671 hectares per person	Benin
1770s	0.402 hectares per person	0.3348 hectares per person	0.0672 hectares per person	Benin
1780s	0.4019 hectares per person	0.3346 hectares per person	0.0673 hectares per person	Benin
1790s	0.4018 hectares per person	0.3343 hectares per person	0.0674 hectares per person	Benin
1800s	0.4017 hectares per person	0.3341 hectares per person	0.0675 hectares per person	Benin
1810s	0.4016 hectares per person	0.3339 hectares per person	0.0677 hectares per person	Benin
1820s	0.4014 hectares per person	0.3337 hectares per person	0.0678 hectares per person	Benin
1830s	0.4013 hectares per person	0.3334 hectares per person	0.0679 hectares per person	Benin
1840s	0.4012 hectares per person	0.3332 hectares per person	0.068 hectares per person	Benin
1850s	0.4011 hectares per person	0.333 hectares per person	0.0681 hectares per person	Benin
1860s	0.401 hectares per person	0.3328 hectares per person	0.0682 hectares per person	Benin
1870s	0.4009 hectares per person	0.3326 hectares per person	0.0684 hectares per person	Benin
1880s	0.4008 hectares per person	0.3323 hectares per person	0.0685 hectares per person	Benin
1890s	0.4007 hectares per person	0.3321 hectares per person	0.0686 hectares per person	Benin
1900s	0.4006 hectares per person	0.3319 hectares per person	0.0687 hectares per person	Benin
1910s	0.4005 hectares per person	0.3317 hectares per person	0.0688 hectares per person	Benin
1920s	0.4004 hectares per person	0.3314 hectares per person	0.069 hectares per person	Benin
1930s	0.4003 hectares per person	0.3312 hectares per person	0.0691 hectares per person	Benin
1940s	0.4002 hectares per person	0.331 hectares per person	0.0692 hectares per person	Benin
1950s	0.4 hectares per person	0.3306 hectares per person	0.0694 hectares per person	Benin
1960s	0.4056 hectares per person	0.2449 hectares per person	0.1607 hectares per person	Benin
1970s	0.4352 hectares per person	0.1107 hectares per person	0.3244 hectares per person	Benin
1980s	0.3916 hectares per person	0.1591 hectares per person	0.2324 hectares per person	Benin
1990s	0.3441 hectares per person	0.2213 hectares per person	0.1228 hectares per person	Benin
2000s	0.3663 hectares per person	0.4237 hectares per person	0.0573 hectares per person	Montserrat
2010s	0.3362 hectares per person	0.3922 hectares per person	0.056 hectares per person	Montserrat
2020s	0.3463 hectares per person	0.378 hectares per person	0.0317 hectares per person	Montserrat

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Benin or Montserrat?: Montserrat, at 0.3748 hectares per person against 0.3448 hectares per person in Benin as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Benin and Montserrat?: 0.03 hectares per person, with Montserrat ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Montserrat?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Benin and Montserrat rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Benin ranks 36th and Montserrat ranks 34th 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.