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

0.013 hectares per person, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon 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.

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

Cameroon

0.2814 hectares per person

in 2025

Guinea-Bissau

0.2684 hectares per person

in 2025

Cameroon rank

51st

Guinea-Bissau rank

53rd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Cameroon
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 0.2814 hectares per person against 0.2684 hectares per person in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.013 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 51st and Guinea-Bissau ranks 53rd of 202 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.04 hectares per person	0.4553 hectares per person	0.583 hectares per person	Cameroon
1100s	1.04 hectares per person	0.4549 hectares per person	0.5862 hectares per person	Cameroon
1200s	1.04 hectares per person	0.4544 hectares per person	0.5894 hectares per person	Cameroon
1300s	1.05 hectares per person	0.454 hectares per person	0.5926 hectares per person	Cameroon
1400s	1.05 hectares per person	0.4535 hectares per person	0.5958 hectares per person	Cameroon
1500s	1.05 hectares per person	0.4531 hectares per person	0.599 hectares per person	Cameroon
1600s	1.05 hectares per person	0.4526 hectares per person	0.6022 hectares per person	Cameroon
1700s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4522 hectares per person	0.6053 hectares per person	Cameroon
1710s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4521 hectares per person	0.6056 hectares per person	Cameroon
1720s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4521 hectares per person	0.606 hectares per person	Cameroon
1730s	1.06 hectares per person	0.452 hectares per person	0.6063 hectares per person	Cameroon
1740s	1.06 hectares per person	0.452 hectares per person	0.6066 hectares per person	Cameroon
1750s	1.06 hectares per person	0.452 hectares per person	0.6069 hectares per person	Cameroon
1760s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4519 hectares per person	0.6072 hectares per person	Cameroon
1770s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4519 hectares per person	0.6075 hectares per person	Cameroon
1780s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4518 hectares per person	0.6078 hectares per person	Cameroon
1790s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4518 hectares per person	0.6082 hectares per person	Cameroon
1800s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4517 hectares per person	0.6085 hectares per person	Cameroon
1810s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4517 hectares per person	0.6088 hectares per person	Cameroon
1820s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4516 hectares per person	0.6091 hectares per person	Cameroon
1830s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4516 hectares per person	0.6094 hectares per person	Cameroon
1840s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4515 hectares per person	0.6097 hectares per person	Cameroon
1850s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4515 hectares per person	0.61 hectares per person	Cameroon
1860s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4515 hectares per person	0.6104 hectares per person	Cameroon
1870s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4514 hectares per person	0.6107 hectares per person	Cameroon
1880s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4514 hectares per person	0.611 hectares per person	Cameroon
1890s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4513 hectares per person	0.6113 hectares per person	Cameroon
1900s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4513 hectares per person	0.6116 hectares per person	Cameroon
1910s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4512 hectares per person	0.6119 hectares per person	Cameroon
1920s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4512 hectares per person	0.6122 hectares per person	Cameroon
1930s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4511 hectares per person	0.6125 hectares per person	Cameroon
1940s	1.06 hectares per person	0.4511 hectares per person	0.6129 hectares per person	Cameroon
1950s	1.06 hectares per person	0.451 hectares per person	0.6133 hectares per person	Cameroon
1960s	0.9997 hectares per person	0.4312 hectares per person	0.5684 hectares per person	Cameroon
1970s	0.8636 hectares per person	0.3865 hectares per person	0.4771 hectares per person	Cameroon
1980s	0.72 hectares per person	0.3762 hectares per person	0.3438 hectares per person	Cameroon
1990s	0.5419 hectares per person	0.3671 hectares per person	0.1748 hectares per person	Cameroon
2000s	0.4199 hectares per person	0.3901 hectares per person	0.0298 hectares per person	Cameroon
2010s	0.3452 hectares per person	0.3416 hectares per person	0.0036 hectares per person	Cameroon
2020s	0.2912 hectares per person	0.2752 hectares per person	0.016 hectares per person	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Cameroon or Guinea-Bissau?: Cameroon, at 0.2814 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 Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?: 0.013 hectares per person, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Cameroon ranks 51st 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: 28 August 2026

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