What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Burundi and New Zealand?

0.0007 hectares per person, with Burundi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and New Zealand?

106 years are reported by both, from 1200 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.

Burundi vs New Zealand: Cropland per person over the long-term

Burundi

0.1334 hectares per person

in 2025

New Zealand

0.1327 hectares per person

in 2025

Burundi rank

113th

New Zealand rank

115th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Burundi
New Zealand

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 0.1334 hectares per person against 0.1327 hectares per person in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0007 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1200 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 113th and New Zealand ranks 115th of 202 countries.

Across the 38 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 31 and New Zealand in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1200s	0.3421 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.3421 hectares per person	Burundi
1300s	0.3399 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.3399 hectares per person	Burundi
1400s	0.3377 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.3377 hectares per person	Burundi
1500s	0.3355 hectares per person	0.0022 hectares per person	0.3333 hectares per person	Burundi
1600s	0.3332 hectares per person	0.0028 hectares per person	0.3304 hectares per person	Burundi
1700s	0.3309 hectares per person	0.0035 hectares per person	0.3274 hectares per person	Burundi
1710s	0.3307 hectares per person	0.0044 hectares per person	0.3263 hectares per person	Burundi
1720s	0.3305 hectares per person	0.0055 hectares per person	0.325 hectares per person	Burundi
1730s	0.3302 hectares per person	0.0068 hectares per person	0.3234 hectares per person	Burundi
1740s	0.33 hectares per person	0.0085 hectares per person	0.3215 hectares per person	Burundi
1750s	0.3298 hectares per person	0.0107 hectares per person	0.3191 hectares per person	Burundi
1760s	0.3296 hectares per person	0.0133 hectares per person	0.3162 hectares per person	Burundi
1770s	0.3293 hectares per person	0.0167 hectares per person	0.3127 hectares per person	Burundi
1780s	0.3291 hectares per person	0.0208 hectares per person	0.3083 hectares per person	Burundi
1790s	0.3288 hectares per person	0.026 hectares per person	0.3028 hectares per person	Burundi
1800s	0.3286 hectares per person	0.0326 hectares per person	0.2961 hectares per person	Burundi
1810s	0.3284 hectares per person	0.0407 hectares per person	0.2877 hectares per person	Burundi
1820s	0.3281 hectares per person	0.0509 hectares per person	0.2773 hectares per person	Burundi
1830s	0.3279 hectares per person	0.0636 hectares per person	0.2643 hectares per person	Burundi
1840s	0.3277 hectares per person	0.0795 hectares per person	0.2482 hectares per person	Burundi
1850s	0.3274 hectares per person	0.0993 hectares per person	0.2281 hectares per person	Burundi
1860s	0.3272 hectares per person	0.1242 hectares per person	0.203 hectares per person	Burundi
1870s	0.327 hectares per person	0.2385 hectares per person	0.0884 hectares per person	Burundi
1880s	0.3267 hectares per person	0.3529 hectares per person	0.0262 hectares per person	New Zealand
1890s	0.3265 hectares per person	0.4673 hectares per person	0.1408 hectares per person	New Zealand
1900s	0.3263 hectares per person	0.8011 hectares per person	0.4748 hectares per person	New Zealand
1910s	0.326 hectares per person	0.6961 hectares per person	0.37 hectares per person	New Zealand
1920s	0.3258 hectares per person	0.5911 hectares per person	0.2653 hectares per person	New Zealand
1930s	0.3255 hectares per person	0.4861 hectares per person	0.1605 hectares per person	New Zealand
1940s	0.3253 hectares per person	0.3811 hectares per person	0.0558 hectares per person	New Zealand
1950s	0.325 hectares per person	0.2289 hectares per person	0.0961 hectares per person	Burundi
1960s	0.3256 hectares per person	0.1572 hectares per person	0.1684 hectares per person	Burundi
1970s	0.3327 hectares per person	0.1385 hectares per person	0.1942 hectares per person	Burundi
1980s	0.2723 hectares per person	0.1432 hectares per person	0.1291 hectares per person	Burundi
1990s	0.222 hectares per person	0.121 hectares per person	0.101 hectares per person	Burundi
2000s	0.1841 hectares per person	0.118 hectares per person	0.0661 hectares per person	Burundi
2010s	0.1432 hectares per person	0.1284 hectares per person	0.0148 hectares per person	Burundi
2020s	0.134 hectares per person	0.1304 hectares per person	0.0036 hectares per person	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Burundi or New Zealand?: Burundi, at 0.1334 hectares per person against 0.1327 hectares per person in New Zealand as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Burundi and New Zealand?: 0.0007 hectares per person, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and New Zealand?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1200 to 2025.
How do Burundi and New Zealand rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Burundi ranks 113th and New Zealand ranks 115th 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.