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

0.0154 hectares per person, with Benin ahead.

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

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 Tonga: Cropland per person over the long-term

Benin

0.3448 hectares per person

in 2025

Tonga

0.3294 hectares per person

in 2025

Benin rank

36th

Tonga rank

38th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Benin
Tonga

How they compare

Benin currently reports 0.3448 hectares per person against 0.3294 hectares per person in Tonga, a difference of 0.0154 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Tonga ahead.

Benin ranks 36th and Tonga ranks 38th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 5 and Tonga in 35.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Tonga	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4099 hectares per person	1.06 hectares per person	0.6544 hectares per person	Tonga
1100s	0.4089 hectares per person	1.03 hectares per person	0.6213 hectares per person	Tonga
1200s	0.4079 hectares per person	0.9936 hectares per person	0.5857 hectares per person	Tonga
1300s	0.4069 hectares per person	0.9541 hectares per person	0.5473 hectares per person	Tonga
1400s	0.4058 hectares per person	0.9111 hectares per person	0.5053 hectares per person	Tonga
1500s	0.4048 hectares per person	0.8636 hectares per person	0.4588 hectares per person	Tonga
1600s	0.4038 hectares per person	0.8101 hectares per person	0.4064 hectares per person	Tonga
1700s	0.4027 hectares per person	0.7485 hectares per person	0.3458 hectares per person	Tonga
1710s	0.4026 hectares per person	0.7418 hectares per person	0.3392 hectares per person	Tonga
1720s	0.4025 hectares per person	0.7349 hectares per person	0.3324 hectares per person	Tonga
1730s	0.4024 hectares per person	0.7279 hectares per person	0.3255 hectares per person	Tonga
1740s	0.4023 hectares per person	0.7208 hectares per person	0.3185 hectares per person	Tonga
1750s	0.4022 hectares per person	0.7135 hectares per person	0.3113 hectares per person	Tonga
1760s	0.4021 hectares per person	0.7061 hectares per person	0.304 hectares per person	Tonga
1770s	0.402 hectares per person	0.6985 hectares per person	0.2965 hectares per person	Tonga
1780s	0.4019 hectares per person	0.6907 hectares per person	0.2889 hectares per person	Tonga
1790s	0.4018 hectares per person	0.6828 hectares per person	0.281 hectares per person	Tonga
1800s	0.4017 hectares per person	0.6747 hectares per person	0.273 hectares per person	Tonga
1810s	0.4016 hectares per person	0.6664 hectares per person	0.2648 hectares per person	Tonga
1820s	0.4014 hectares per person	0.6578 hectares per person	0.2564 hectares per person	Tonga
1830s	0.4013 hectares per person	0.6491 hectares per person	0.2477 hectares per person	Tonga
1840s	0.4012 hectares per person	0.64 hectares per person	0.2388 hectares per person	Tonga
1850s	0.4011 hectares per person	0.6308 hectares per person	0.2296 hectares per person	Tonga
1860s	0.401 hectares per person	0.6212 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	Tonga
1870s	0.4009 hectares per person	0.6114 hectares per person	0.2104 hectares per person	Tonga
1880s	0.4008 hectares per person	0.6012 hectares per person	0.2004 hectares per person	Tonga
1890s	0.4007 hectares per person	0.5906 hectares per person	0.1899 hectares per person	Tonga
1900s	0.4006 hectares per person	0.5797 hectares per person	0.1791 hectares per person	Tonga
1910s	0.4005 hectares per person	0.5683 hectares per person	0.1678 hectares per person	Tonga
1920s	0.4004 hectares per person	0.5565 hectares per person	0.1561 hectares per person	Tonga
1930s	0.4003 hectares per person	0.5442 hectares per person	0.1439 hectares per person	Tonga
1940s	0.4002 hectares per person	0.5312 hectares per person	0.131 hectares per person	Tonga
1950s	0.4 hectares per person	0.511 hectares per person	0.111 hectares per person	Tonga
1960s	0.4056 hectares per person	0.4599 hectares per person	0.0543 hectares per person	Tonga
1970s	0.4352 hectares per person	0.4011 hectares per person	0.034 hectares per person	Benin
1980s	0.3916 hectares per person	0.3708 hectares per person	0.0208 hectares per person	Benin
1990s	0.3441 hectares per person	0.3449 hectares per person	0.0008 hectares per person	Tonga
2000s	0.3663 hectares per person	0.3113 hectares per person	0.0551 hectares per person	Benin
2010s	0.3362 hectares per person	0.331 hectares per person	0.0052 hectares per person	Benin
2020s	0.3463 hectares per person	0.3312 hectares per person	0.0151 hectares per person	Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Benin or Tonga?: Benin, at 0.3448 hectares per person against 0.3294 hectares per person in Tonga as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Benin and Tonga?: 0.0154 hectares per person, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Tonga?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Benin and Tonga rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Benin ranks 36th and Tonga ranks 38th 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.