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

0.0016 hectares per person, with China ahead.

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

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 Saudi Arabia: Cropland per person over the long-term

China

0.0974 hectares per person

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

0.0958 hectares per person

in 2025

China rank

136th

Saudi Arabia rank

138th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

China
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

China currently reports 0.0974 hectares per person against 0.0958 hectares per person in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.0016 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

China ranks 136th and Saudi Arabia ranks 138th of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.5635 hectares per person	0.8723 hectares per person	0.3088 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1100s	0.5463 hectares per person	0.842 hectares per person	0.2957 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1200s	0.5351 hectares per person	0.8094 hectares per person	0.2743 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1300s	0.5296 hectares per person	0.774 hectares per person	0.2444 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1400s	0.523 hectares per person	0.7349 hectares per person	0.2119 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1500s	0.5109 hectares per person	0.6912 hectares per person	0.1803 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1600s	0.4978 hectares per person	0.6412 hectares per person	0.1433 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1700s	0.5113 hectares per person	0.5817 hectares per person	0.0704 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1710s	0.5101 hectares per person	0.5751 hectares per person	0.065 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1720s	0.4648 hectares per person	0.5683 hectares per person	0.1035 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1730s	0.4461 hectares per person	0.5613 hectares per person	0.1153 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1740s	0.4001 hectares per person	0.5542 hectares per person	0.154 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1750s	0.3261 hectares per person	0.5468 hectares per person	0.2207 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1760s	0.2983 hectares per person	0.5393 hectares per person	0.241 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1770s	0.2704 hectares per person	0.5315 hectares per person	0.2611 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1780s	0.2214 hectares per person	0.5236 hectares per person	0.3021 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1790s	0.2106 hectares per person	0.5153 hectares per person	0.3047 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1800s	0.2216 hectares per person	0.5068 hectares per person	0.2852 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1810s	0.1973 hectares per person	0.498 hectares per person	0.3007 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1820s	0.2001 hectares per person	0.4889 hectares per person	0.2888 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1830s	0.1845 hectares per person	0.4794 hectares per person	0.2949 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1840s	0.1755 hectares per person	0.4695 hectares per person	0.294 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1850s	0.169 hectares per person	0.4592 hectares per person	0.2902 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1860s	0.1725 hectares per person	0.4484 hectares per person	0.2759 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1870s	0.2027 hectares per person	0.4371 hectares per person	0.2344 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1880s	0.2012 hectares per person	0.4251 hectares per person	0.2239 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1890s	0.2003 hectares per person	0.4124 hectares per person	0.2121 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1900s	0.1932 hectares per person	0.3989 hectares per person	0.2057 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1910s	0.1929 hectares per person	0.3844 hectares per person	0.1916 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1920s	0.182 hectares per person	0.3688 hectares per person	0.1868 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1930s	0.1845 hectares per person	0.3516 hectares per person	0.1672 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1940s	0.1902 hectares per person	0.3326 hectares per person	0.1424 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1950s	0.198 hectares per person	0.3003 hectares per person	0.1023 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1960s	0.1692 hectares per person	0.2632 hectares per person	0.094 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1970s	0.1542 hectares per person	0.2268 hectares per person	0.0727 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1980s	0.1386 hectares per person	0.199 hectares per person	0.0604 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1990s	0.1185 hectares per person	0.2072 hectares per person	0.0887 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
2000s	0.1044 hectares per person	0.162 hectares per person	0.0576 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
2010s	0.0987 hectares per person	0.1197 hectares per person	0.021 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
2020s	0.0974 hectares per person	0.1 hectares per person	0.0026 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, China or Saudi Arabia?: China, at 0.0974 hectares per person against 0.0958 hectares per person in Saudi Arabia as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between China and Saudi Arabia?: 0.0016 hectares per person, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Saudi Arabia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do China and Saudi Arabia rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: China ranks 136th and Saudi Arabia ranks 138th 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.