What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Bulgaria and Central African Republic?

0.0266 hectares per person, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Central African Republic?

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.

Bulgaria vs Central African Republic: Cropland per person over the long-term

Bulgaria

0.5407 hectares per person

in 2025

Central African Republic

0.5673 hectares per person

in 2025

Bulgaria rank

20th

Central African Republic rank

17th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Bulgaria
Central African Republic

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 0.5673 hectares per person against 0.5407 hectares per person in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0266 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 20th and Central African Republic ranks 17th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 7 and Central African Republic in 33.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Central African Republic	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.21 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	1.21 hectares per person	Bulgaria
1100s	1.19 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	1.19 hectares per person	Bulgaria
1200s	1.16 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	1.16 hectares per person	Bulgaria
1300s	1.13 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	1.13 hectares per person	Bulgaria
1400s	1.09 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	1.09 hectares per person	Bulgaria
1500s	1.06 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	1.06 hectares per person	Bulgaria
1600s	1.01 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.1345 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1700s	0.9558 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.1924 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1710s	0.9625 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.186 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1720s	0.9561 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.1928 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1730s	0.9494 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.1997 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1740s	0.9425 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.2069 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1750s	0.9354 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.2143 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1760s	0.9281 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.2219 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1770s	0.9206 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.2297 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1780s	0.9128 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.2378 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1790s	0.9047 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.2462 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1800s	0.8964 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.2548 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1810s	0.8877 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.2638 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1820s	0.8786 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.2732 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1830s	0.8691 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.283 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1840s	0.8592 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.2932 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1850s	0.8489 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.3038 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1860s	0.8379 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.3151 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1870s	0.8262 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.3271 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1880s	0.8144 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.3392 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1890s	0.7984 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.3555 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1900s	0.7773 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.3769 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1910s	0.7581 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.3964 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1920s	0.736 hectares per person	1.15 hectares per person	0.4188 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1930s	0.7103 hectares per person	1.16 hectares per person	0.4448 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1940s	0.6234 hectares per person	1.16 hectares per person	0.532 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1950s	0.5952 hectares per person	1.16 hectares per person	0.5606 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1960s	0.5583 hectares per person	1.09 hectares per person	0.5272 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1970s	0.5066 hectares per person	0.9426 hectares per person	0.436 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1980s	0.4638 hectares per person	0.7596 hectares per person	0.2957 hectares per person	Central African Republic
1990s	0.4971 hectares per person	0.5941 hectares per person	0.097 hectares per person	Central African Republic
2000s	0.4489 hectares per person	0.4779 hectares per person	0.0291 hectares per person	Central African Republic
2010s	0.4955 hectares per person	0.4274 hectares per person	0.0681 hectares per person	Bulgaria
2020s	0.5321 hectares per person	0.5398 hectares per person	0.0077 hectares per person	Central African Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Bulgaria or Central African Republic?: Central African Republic, at 0.5673 hectares per person against 0.5407 hectares per person in Bulgaria as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Bulgaria and Central African Republic?: 0.0266 hectares per person, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Central African Republic?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bulgaria and Central African Republic rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Bulgaria ranks 20th and Central African Republic ranks 17th 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.