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

0.0122 hectares per person, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nicaragua?

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 Nicaragua: Cropland per person over the long-term

Brazil

0.2864 hectares per person

in 2025

Nicaragua

0.2742 hectares per person

in 2025

Brazil rank

50th

Nicaragua rank

52nd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Brazil
Nicaragua

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.2864 hectares per person against 0.2742 hectares per person in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0122 hectares per person.

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

Brazil ranks 50th and Nicaragua ranks 52nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0259 hectares per person	0.9699 hectares per person	0.944 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1100s	0.034 hectares per person	0.9465 hectares per person	0.9125 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1200s	0.0441 hectares per person	0.9219 hectares per person	0.8778 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1300s	0.0659 hectares per person	0.8959 hectares per person	0.83 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1400s	0.1058 hectares per person	0.8683 hectares per person	0.7625 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1500s	0.1131 hectares per person	0.8389 hectares per person	0.7258 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1600s	0.1107 hectares per person	0.8072 hectares per person	0.6965 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1700s	0.1448 hectares per person	0.7728 hectares per person	0.6279 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1710s	0.138 hectares per person	0.7692 hectares per person	0.6311 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1720s	0.1311 hectares per person	0.7655 hectares per person	0.6344 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1730s	0.1242 hectares per person	0.7618 hectares per person	0.6377 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1740s	0.1172 hectares per person	0.7581 hectares per person	0.6409 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1750s	0.1103 hectares per person	0.7543 hectares per person	0.644 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1760s	0.1036 hectares per person	0.7506 hectares per person	0.647 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1770s	0.0971 hectares per person	0.7467 hectares per person	0.6497 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1780s	0.0908 hectares per person	0.7429 hectares per person	0.6521 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1790s	0.0848 hectares per person	0.7389 hectares per person	0.6541 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1800s	0.0792 hectares per person	0.735 hectares per person	0.6558 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1810s	0.072 hectares per person	0.731 hectares per person	0.6589 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1820s	0.0698 hectares per person	0.7269 hectares per person	0.6571 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1830s	0.0744 hectares per person	0.7229 hectares per person	0.6485 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1840s	0.0775 hectares per person	0.7187 hectares per person	0.6413 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1850s	0.0797 hectares per person	0.7145 hectares per person	0.6349 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1860s	0.0814 hectares per person	0.7103 hectares per person	0.629 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1870s	0.0827 hectares per person	0.706 hectares per person	0.6233 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1880s	0.0936 hectares per person	0.7017 hectares per person	0.6081 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1890s	0.0965 hectares per person	0.6973 hectares per person	0.6008 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1900s	0.1009 hectares per person	0.6929 hectares per person	0.592 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1910s	0.1069 hectares per person	0.6884 hectares per person	0.5815 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1920s	0.1087 hectares per person	0.6838 hectares per person	0.5751 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1930s	0.1123 hectares per person	0.6792 hectares per person	0.5669 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1940s	0.1213 hectares per person	0.6745 hectares per person	0.5532 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1950s	0.1323 hectares per person	0.6676 hectares per person	0.5353 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1960s	0.1408 hectares per person	0.5878 hectares per person	0.447 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1970s	0.1412 hectares per person	0.4457 hectares per person	0.3045 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1980s	0.1419 hectares per person	0.3785 hectares per person	0.2366 hectares per person	Nicaragua
1990s	0.1816 hectares per person	0.3822 hectares per person	0.2006 hectares per person	Nicaragua
2000s	0.2138 hectares per person	0.4 hectares per person	0.1862 hectares per person	Nicaragua
2010s	0.2662 hectares per person	0.3 hectares per person	0.0338 hectares per person	Nicaragua
2020s	0.2859 hectares per person	0.2784 hectares per person	0.0075 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 Nicaragua?: Brazil, at 0.2864 hectares per person against 0.2742 hectares per person in Nicaragua as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Brazil and Nicaragua?: 0.0122 hectares per person, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nicaragua?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Brazil and Nicaragua rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Brazil ranks 50th and Nicaragua ranks 52nd 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: 28 August 2026

Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.