What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Brazil and Guinea-Bissau?

0.018 hectares per person, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Guinea-Bissau?

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.

Brazil vs Guinea-Bissau: Cropland per person over the long-term

Brazil

0.2864 hectares per person

in 2025

Guinea-Bissau

0.2684 hectares per person

in 2025

Brazil rank

50th

Guinea-Bissau rank

53rd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Brazil
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.2864 hectares per person against 0.2684 hectares per person in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.018 hectares per person.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.

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

Brazil ranks 50th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 53rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Guinea-Bissau in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0259 hectares per person	0.4553 hectares per person	0.4294 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1100s	0.034 hectares per person	0.4549 hectares per person	0.4208 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1200s	0.0441 hectares per person	0.4544 hectares per person	0.4103 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1300s	0.0659 hectares per person	0.454 hectares per person	0.3881 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1400s	0.1058 hectares per person	0.4535 hectares per person	0.3477 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1500s	0.1131 hectares per person	0.4531 hectares per person	0.34 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1600s	0.1107 hectares per person	0.4526 hectares per person	0.342 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1700s	0.1448 hectares per person	0.4522 hectares per person	0.3073 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1710s	0.138 hectares per person	0.4521 hectares per person	0.3141 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1720s	0.1311 hectares per person	0.4521 hectares per person	0.321 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1730s	0.1242 hectares per person	0.452 hectares per person	0.3279 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1740s	0.1172 hectares per person	0.452 hectares per person	0.3348 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1750s	0.1103 hectares per person	0.452 hectares per person	0.3416 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1760s	0.1036 hectares per person	0.4519 hectares per person	0.3483 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1770s	0.0971 hectares per person	0.4519 hectares per person	0.3548 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1780s	0.0908 hectares per person	0.4518 hectares per person	0.361 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1790s	0.0848 hectares per person	0.4518 hectares per person	0.367 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1800s	0.0792 hectares per person	0.4517 hectares per person	0.3726 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1810s	0.072 hectares per person	0.4517 hectares per person	0.3796 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1820s	0.0698 hectares per person	0.4516 hectares per person	0.3818 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1830s	0.0744 hectares per person	0.4516 hectares per person	0.3772 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1840s	0.0775 hectares per person	0.4515 hectares per person	0.3741 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1850s	0.0797 hectares per person	0.4515 hectares per person	0.3718 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1860s	0.0814 hectares per person	0.4515 hectares per person	0.3701 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1870s	0.0827 hectares per person	0.4514 hectares per person	0.3687 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1880s	0.0936 hectares per person	0.4514 hectares per person	0.3578 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1890s	0.0965 hectares per person	0.4513 hectares per person	0.3548 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1900s	0.1009 hectares per person	0.4513 hectares per person	0.3504 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1910s	0.1069 hectares per person	0.4512 hectares per person	0.3444 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1920s	0.1087 hectares per person	0.4512 hectares per person	0.3425 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1930s	0.1123 hectares per person	0.4511 hectares per person	0.3389 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1940s	0.1213 hectares per person	0.4511 hectares per person	0.3298 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1950s	0.1323 hectares per person	0.451 hectares per person	0.3188 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1960s	0.1408 hectares per person	0.4312 hectares per person	0.2905 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	0.1412 hectares per person	0.3865 hectares per person	0.2453 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1980s	0.1419 hectares per person	0.3762 hectares per person	0.2343 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	0.1816 hectares per person	0.3671 hectares per person	0.1855 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	0.2138 hectares per person	0.3901 hectares per person	0.1762 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	0.2662 hectares per person	0.3416 hectares per person	0.0754 hectares per person	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	0.2859 hectares per person	0.2752 hectares per person	0.0107 hectares per person	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Brazil or Guinea-Bissau?: Brazil, at 0.2864 hectares per person against 0.2684 hectares per person in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Brazil and Guinea-Bissau?: 0.018 hectares per person, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Guinea-Bissau?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Brazil and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Brazil ranks 50th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 53rd 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.