What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Bolivia and United States?

0.06 hectares per person, with Bolivia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and United States?

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.

Bolivia vs United States: Cropland per person over the long-term

Bolivia

0.5205 hectares per person

in 2025

United States

0.4605 hectares per person

in 2025

Bolivia rank

21st

United States rank

22nd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Bolivia
United States

How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 0.5205 hectares per person against 0.4605 hectares per person in United States, a difference of 0.06 hectares per person.

That makes Bolivia's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was United States ahead.

Bolivia ranks 21st and United States ranks 22nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 1 and United States in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia	United States	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.2251 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.9785 hectares per person	United States
1100s	0.2273 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.9759 hectares per person	United States
1200s	0.2371 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.966 hectares per person	United States
1300s	0.2625 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.9397 hectares per person	United States
1400s	0.3194 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.8828 hectares per person	United States
1500s	0.4401 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.7599 hectares per person	United States
1600s	0.4316 hectares per person	1.34 hectares per person	0.9071 hectares per person	United States
1700s	0.4217 hectares per person	1.38 hectares per person	0.9619 hectares per person	United States
1710s	0.4206 hectares per person	1.36 hectares per person	0.9429 hectares per person	United States
1720s	0.4195 hectares per person	1.37 hectares per person	0.9485 hectares per person	United States
1730s	0.4184 hectares per person	1.39 hectares per person	0.9697 hectares per person	United States
1740s	0.4172 hectares per person	1.42 hectares per person	1.01 hectares per person	United States
1750s	0.416 hectares per person	1.48 hectares per person	1.06 hectares per person	United States
1760s	0.4148 hectares per person	1.52 hectares per person	1.1 hectares per person	United States
1770s	0.4135 hectares per person	1.57 hectares per person	1.16 hectares per person	United States
1780s	0.4122 hectares per person	1.64 hectares per person	1.23 hectares per person	United States
1790s	0.4109 hectares per person	1.73 hectares per person	1.32 hectares per person	United States
1800s	0.4096 hectares per person	1.81 hectares per person	1.4 hectares per person	United States
1810s	0.4082 hectares per person	1.85 hectares per person	1.44 hectares per person	United States
1820s	0.4067 hectares per person	1.86 hectares per person	1.46 hectares per person	United States
1830s	0.4052 hectares per person	1.88 hectares per person	1.48 hectares per person	United States
1840s	0.3585 hectares per person	1.87 hectares per person	1.52 hectares per person	United States
1850s	0.3127 hectares per person	1.75 hectares per person	1.44 hectares per person	United States
1860s	0.3982 hectares per person	1.86 hectares per person	1.46 hectares per person	United States
1870s	0.3872 hectares per person	1.73 hectares per person	1.34 hectares per person	United States
1880s	0.3724 hectares per person	1.99 hectares per person	1.62 hectares per person	United States
1890s	0.2991 hectares per person	1.99 hectares per person	1.69 hectares per person	United States
1900s	0.4795 hectares per person	1.89 hectares per person	1.42 hectares per person	United States
1910s	0.4774 hectares per person	1.82 hectares per person	1.35 hectares per person	United States
1920s	0.4143 hectares per person	1.68 hectares per person	1.27 hectares per person	United States
1930s	0.4735 hectares per person	1.5 hectares per person	1.02 hectares per person	United States
1940s	0.4696 hectares per person	1.35 hectares per person	0.8845 hectares per person	United States
1950s	0.3888 hectares per person	1.14 hectares per person	0.7505 hectares per person	United States
1960s	0.3752 hectares per person	0.9534 hectares per person	0.5782 hectares per person	United States
1970s	0.3748 hectares per person	0.8865 hectares per person	0.5117 hectares per person	United States
1980s	0.3554 hectares per person	0.8002 hectares per person	0.4448 hectares per person	United States
1990s	0.356 hectares per person	0.6963 hectares per person	0.3403 hectares per person	United States
2000s	0.4296 hectares per person	0.5893 hectares per person	0.1597 hectares per person	United States
2010s	0.48 hectares per person	0.5004 hectares per person	0.0204 hectares per person	United States
2020s	0.5042 hectares per person	0.4691 hectares per person	0.0351 hectares per person	Bolivia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Bolivia or United States?: Bolivia, at 0.5205 hectares per person against 0.4605 hectares per person in United States as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Bolivia and United States?: 0.06 hectares per person, with Bolivia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and United States?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bolivia and United States rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Bolivia ranks 21st and United States ranks 22nd 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.