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

0.0005 hectares per person, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia 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.

Colombia vs Saudi Arabia: Cropland per person over the long-term

Colombia

0.0953 hectares per person

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

0.0958 hectares per person

in 2025

Colombia rank

140th

Saudi Arabia rank

138th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Colombia
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.0958 hectares per person against 0.0953 hectares per person in Colombia, a difference of 0.0005 hectares per person.

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

Colombia ranks 140th and Saudi Arabia ranks 138th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 34 and Saudi Arabia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Colombia	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.9255 hectares per person	0.8723 hectares per person	0.0532 hectares per person	Colombia
1100s	0.897 hectares per person	0.842 hectares per person	0.0549 hectares per person	Colombia
1200s	0.8664 hectares per person	0.8094 hectares per person	0.057 hectares per person	Colombia
1300s	0.8332 hectares per person	0.774 hectares per person	0.0592 hectares per person	Colombia
1400s	0.7966 hectares per person	0.7349 hectares per person	0.0617 hectares per person	Colombia
1500s	0.7557 hectares per person	0.6912 hectares per person	0.0645 hectares per person	Colombia
1600s	0.7088 hectares per person	0.6412 hectares per person	0.0677 hectares per person	Colombia
1700s	0.6531 hectares per person	0.5817 hectares per person	0.0713 hectares per person	Colombia
1710s	0.6468 hectares per person	0.5751 hectares per person	0.0717 hectares per person	Colombia
1720s	0.6404 hectares per person	0.5683 hectares per person	0.0721 hectares per person	Colombia
1730s	0.6338 hectares per person	0.5613 hectares per person	0.0725 hectares per person	Colombia
1740s	0.6271 hectares per person	0.5542 hectares per person	0.0729 hectares per person	Colombia
1750s	0.6202 hectares per person	0.5468 hectares per person	0.0733 hectares per person	Colombia
1760s	0.613 hectares per person	0.5393 hectares per person	0.0737 hectares per person	Colombia
1770s	0.6057 hectares per person	0.5315 hectares per person	0.0741 hectares per person	Colombia
1780s	0.5981 hectares per person	0.5236 hectares per person	0.0745 hectares per person	Colombia
1790s	0.5902 hectares per person	0.5153 hectares per person	0.0749 hectares per person	Colombia
1800s	0.5821 hectares per person	0.5068 hectares per person	0.0753 hectares per person	Colombia
1810s	0.5736 hectares per person	0.498 hectares per person	0.0756 hectares per person	Colombia
1820s	0.5649 hectares per person	0.4889 hectares per person	0.076 hectares per person	Colombia
1830s	0.5557 hectares per person	0.4794 hectares per person	0.0763 hectares per person	Colombia
1840s	0.5461 hectares per person	0.4695 hectares per person	0.0766 hectares per person	Colombia
1850s	0.5361 hectares per person	0.4592 hectares per person	0.0769 hectares per person	Colombia
1860s	0.5254 hectares per person	0.4484 hectares per person	0.077 hectares per person	Colombia
1870s	0.5142 hectares per person	0.4371 hectares per person	0.0771 hectares per person	Colombia
1880s	0.5022 hectares per person	0.4251 hectares per person	0.0771 hectares per person	Colombia
1890s	0.4893 hectares per person	0.4124 hectares per person	0.0769 hectares per person	Colombia
1900s	0.4753 hectares per person	0.3989 hectares per person	0.0764 hectares per person	Colombia
1910s	0.46 hectares per person	0.3844 hectares per person	0.0755 hectares per person	Colombia
1920s	0.4428 hectares per person	0.3688 hectares per person	0.0741 hectares per person	Colombia
1930s	0.4231 hectares per person	0.3516 hectares per person	0.0715 hectares per person	Colombia
1940s	0.3996 hectares per person	0.3326 hectares per person	0.0669 hectares per person	Colombia
1950s	0.3385 hectares per person	0.3003 hectares per person	0.0382 hectares per person	Colombia
1960s	0.2665 hectares per person	0.2632 hectares per person	0.0033 hectares per person	Colombia
1970s	0.2092 hectares per person	0.2268 hectares per person	0.0176 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1980s	0.1714 hectares per person	0.199 hectares per person	0.0276 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1990s	0.1243 hectares per person	0.2072 hectares per person	0.0829 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
2000s	0.0872 hectares per person	0.162 hectares per person	0.0748 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
2010s	0.0771 hectares per person	0.1197 hectares per person	0.0427 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
2020s	0.0927 hectares per person	0.1 hectares per person	0.0073 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, Colombia or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 0.0958 hectares per person against 0.0953 hectares per person in Colombia as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Colombia and Saudi Arabia?: 0.0005 hectares per person, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Saudi Arabia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Colombia and Saudi Arabia rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Colombia ranks 140th 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: 18 September 2026

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