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

0.0072 hectares per person, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon 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.

Cameroon vs Nicaragua: Cropland per person over the long-term

Cameroon

0.2814 hectares per person

in 2025

Nicaragua

0.2742 hectares per person

in 2025

Cameroon rank

51st

Nicaragua rank

52nd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Cameroon
Nicaragua

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 0.2814 hectares per person against 0.2742 hectares per person in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0072 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 Nicaragua ranks 52nd of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.04 hectares per person	0.9699 hectares per person	0.0684 hectares per person	Cameroon
1100s	1.04 hectares per person	0.9465 hectares per person	0.0946 hectares per person	Cameroon
1200s	1.04 hectares per person	0.9219 hectares per person	0.1219 hectares per person	Cameroon
1300s	1.05 hectares per person	0.8959 hectares per person	0.1507 hectares per person	Cameroon
1400s	1.05 hectares per person	0.8683 hectares per person	0.181 hectares per person	Cameroon
1500s	1.05 hectares per person	0.8389 hectares per person	0.2132 hectares per person	Cameroon
1600s	1.05 hectares per person	0.8072 hectares per person	0.2476 hectares per person	Cameroon
1700s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7728 hectares per person	0.2847 hectares per person	Cameroon
1710s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7692 hectares per person	0.2886 hectares per person	Cameroon
1720s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7655 hectares per person	0.2925 hectares per person	Cameroon
1730s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7618 hectares per person	0.2965 hectares per person	Cameroon
1740s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7581 hectares per person	0.3005 hectares per person	Cameroon
1750s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7543 hectares per person	0.3045 hectares per person	Cameroon
1760s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7506 hectares per person	0.3086 hectares per person	Cameroon
1770s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7467 hectares per person	0.3127 hectares per person	Cameroon
1780s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7429 hectares per person	0.3168 hectares per person	Cameroon
1790s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7389 hectares per person	0.321 hectares per person	Cameroon
1800s	1.06 hectares per person	0.735 hectares per person	0.3252 hectares per person	Cameroon
1810s	1.06 hectares per person	0.731 hectares per person	0.3295 hectares per person	Cameroon
1820s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7269 hectares per person	0.3338 hectares per person	Cameroon
1830s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7229 hectares per person	0.3382 hectares per person	Cameroon
1840s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7187 hectares per person	0.3425 hectares per person	Cameroon
1850s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7145 hectares per person	0.347 hectares per person	Cameroon
1860s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7103 hectares per person	0.3515 hectares per person	Cameroon
1870s	1.06 hectares per person	0.706 hectares per person	0.356 hectares per person	Cameroon
1880s	1.06 hectares per person	0.7017 hectares per person	0.3606 hectares per person	Cameroon
1890s	1.06 hectares per person	0.6973 hectares per person	0.3653 hectares per person	Cameroon
1900s	1.06 hectares per person	0.6929 hectares per person	0.37 hectares per person	Cameroon
1910s	1.06 hectares per person	0.6884 hectares per person	0.3748 hectares per person	Cameroon
1920s	1.06 hectares per person	0.6838 hectares per person	0.3796 hectares per person	Cameroon
1930s	1.06 hectares per person	0.6792 hectares per person	0.3845 hectares per person	Cameroon
1940s	1.06 hectares per person	0.6745 hectares per person	0.3895 hectares per person	Cameroon
1950s	1.06 hectares per person	0.6676 hectares per person	0.3968 hectares per person	Cameroon
1960s	0.9997 hectares per person	0.5878 hectares per person	0.4119 hectares per person	Cameroon
1970s	0.8636 hectares per person	0.4457 hectares per person	0.4179 hectares per person	Cameroon
1980s	0.72 hectares per person	0.3785 hectares per person	0.3415 hectares per person	Cameroon
1990s	0.5419 hectares per person	0.3822 hectares per person	0.1597 hectares per person	Cameroon
2000s	0.4199 hectares per person	0.4 hectares per person	0.0199 hectares per person	Cameroon
2010s	0.3452 hectares per person	0.3 hectares per person	0.0452 hectares per person	Cameroon
2020s	0.2912 hectares per person	0.2784 hectares per person	0.0128 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 Nicaragua?: Cameroon, at 0.2814 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 Cameroon and Nicaragua?: 0.0072 hectares per person, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Nicaragua?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Cameroon and Nicaragua rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Cameroon ranks 51st 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.