What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between China and Mauritania?

0.0016 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Mauritania?

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.

China vs Mauritania: Cropland per person over the long-term

China

0.0974 hectares per person

in 2025

Mauritania

0.099 hectares per person

in 2025

China rank

136th

Mauritania rank

135th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

China
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.099 hectares per person against 0.0974 hectares per person in China, a difference of 0.0016 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was China ahead.

China ranks 136th and Mauritania ranks 135th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, China averaged higher in 9 and Mauritania in 31.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.5635 hectares per person	0.3 hectares per person	0.2634 hectares per person	China
1100s	0.5463 hectares per person	0.313 hectares per person	0.2333 hectares per person	China
1200s	0.5351 hectares per person	0.3252 hectares per person	0.2099 hectares per person	China
1300s	0.5296 hectares per person	0.3461 hectares per person	0.1835 hectares per person	China
1400s	0.523 hectares per person	0.3752 hectares per person	0.1478 hectares per person	China
1500s	0.5109 hectares per person	0.3906 hectares per person	0.1204 hectares per person	China
1600s	0.4978 hectares per person	0.4439 hectares per person	0.0539 hectares per person	China
1700s	0.5113 hectares per person	0.4946 hectares per person	0.0167 hectares per person	China
1710s	0.5101 hectares per person	0.5042 hectares per person	0.0059 hectares per person	China
1720s	0.4648 hectares per person	0.5134 hectares per person	0.0486 hectares per person	Mauritania
1730s	0.4461 hectares per person	0.5221 hectares per person	0.0761 hectares per person	Mauritania
1740s	0.4001 hectares per person	0.5305 hectares per person	0.1304 hectares per person	Mauritania
1750s	0.3261 hectares per person	0.5385 hectares per person	0.2124 hectares per person	Mauritania
1760s	0.2983 hectares per person	0.5462 hectares per person	0.2479 hectares per person	Mauritania
1770s	0.2704 hectares per person	0.5536 hectares per person	0.2832 hectares per person	Mauritania
1780s	0.2214 hectares per person	0.5607 hectares per person	0.3393 hectares per person	Mauritania
1790s	0.2106 hectares per person	0.5675 hectares per person	0.3569 hectares per person	Mauritania
1800s	0.2216 hectares per person	0.574 hectares per person	0.3525 hectares per person	Mauritania
1810s	0.1973 hectares per person	0.5803 hectares per person	0.383 hectares per person	Mauritania
1820s	0.2001 hectares per person	0.5864 hectares per person	0.3863 hectares per person	Mauritania
1830s	0.1845 hectares per person	0.5922 hectares per person	0.4077 hectares per person	Mauritania
1840s	0.1755 hectares per person	0.5978 hectares per person	0.4224 hectares per person	Mauritania
1850s	0.169 hectares per person	0.6033 hectares per person	0.4343 hectares per person	Mauritania
1860s	0.1725 hectares per person	0.5855 hectares per person	0.413 hectares per person	Mauritania
1870s	0.2027 hectares per person	0.5682 hectares per person	0.3655 hectares per person	Mauritania
1880s	0.2012 hectares per person	0.5515 hectares per person	0.3502 hectares per person	Mauritania
1890s	0.2003 hectares per person	0.5299 hectares per person	0.3296 hectares per person	Mauritania
1900s	0.1932 hectares per person	0.4561 hectares per person	0.2629 hectares per person	Mauritania
1910s	0.1929 hectares per person	0.4006 hectares per person	0.2077 hectares per person	Mauritania
1920s	0.182 hectares per person	0.3625 hectares per person	0.1805 hectares per person	Mauritania
1930s	0.1845 hectares per person	0.3555 hectares per person	0.171 hectares per person	Mauritania
1940s	0.1902 hectares per person	0.3485 hectares per person	0.1583 hectares per person	Mauritania
1950s	0.198 hectares per person	0.3261 hectares per person	0.1281 hectares per person	Mauritania
1960s	0.1692 hectares per person	0.28 hectares per person	0.1108 hectares per person	Mauritania
1970s	0.1542 hectares per person	0.1693 hectares per person	0.0152 hectares per person	Mauritania
1980s	0.1386 hectares per person	0.1693 hectares per person	0.0307 hectares per person	Mauritania
1990s	0.1185 hectares per person	0.1934 hectares per person	0.0749 hectares per person	Mauritania
2000s	0.1044 hectares per person	0.1496 hectares per person	0.0452 hectares per person	Mauritania
2010s	0.0987 hectares per person	0.1207 hectares per person	0.022 hectares per person	Mauritania
2020s	0.0974 hectares per person	0.1033 hectares per person	0.0059 hectares per person	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, China or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 0.099 hectares per person against 0.0974 hectares per person in China as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between China and Mauritania?: 0.0016 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Mauritania?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do China and Mauritania rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: China ranks 136th and Mauritania ranks 135th 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.