What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Comoros and Madagascar?

0.0004 hectares per person, with Comoros ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Madagascar?

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.

Comoros vs Madagascar: Cropland per person over the long-term

Comoros

0.1254 hectares per person

in 2025

Madagascar

0.125 hectares per person

in 2025

Comoros rank

117th

Madagascar rank

118th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Comoros
Madagascar

How they compare

Comoros currently reports 0.1254 hectares per person against 0.125 hectares per person in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0004 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Madagascar ahead.

Comoros ranks 117th and Madagascar ranks 118th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 1 and Madagascar in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Comoros	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	Madagascar
1100s	0.4255 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0066 hectares per person	Madagascar
1200s	0.4247 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0074 hectares per person	Madagascar
1300s	0.4239 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0082 hectares per person	Madagascar
1400s	0.4231 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.009 hectares per person	Madagascar
1500s	0.4223 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0098 hectares per person	Madagascar
1600s	0.4215 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0106 hectares per person	Madagascar
1700s	0.4207 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0114 hectares per person	Madagascar
1710s	0.4206 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0115 hectares per person	Madagascar
1720s	0.4205 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0115 hectares per person	Madagascar
1730s	0.4205 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0116 hectares per person	Madagascar
1740s	0.4204 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0117 hectares per person	Madagascar
1750s	0.4203 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0118 hectares per person	Madagascar
1760s	0.4202 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0119 hectares per person	Madagascar
1770s	0.4201 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.012 hectares per person	Madagascar
1780s	0.4201 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.012 hectares per person	Madagascar
1790s	0.42 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0121 hectares per person	Madagascar
1800s	0.4199 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0122 hectares per person	Madagascar
1810s	0.4198 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0123 hectares per person	Madagascar
1820s	0.4197 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0124 hectares per person	Madagascar
1830s	0.4196 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0124 hectares per person	Madagascar
1840s	0.4196 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0125 hectares per person	Madagascar
1850s	0.4195 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0126 hectares per person	Madagascar
1860s	0.4194 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0127 hectares per person	Madagascar
1870s	0.4193 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0128 hectares per person	Madagascar
1880s	0.4192 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0129 hectares per person	Madagascar
1890s	0.4192 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0129 hectares per person	Madagascar
1900s	0.4191 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.013 hectares per person	Madagascar
1910s	0.419 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0131 hectares per person	Madagascar
1920s	0.4189 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0132 hectares per person	Madagascar
1930s	0.4188 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0133 hectares per person	Madagascar
1940s	0.4187 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0133 hectares per person	Madagascar
1950s	0.4185 hectares per person	0.4128 hectares per person	0.0057 hectares per person	Comoros
1960s	0.3878 hectares per person	0.3911 hectares per person	0.0033 hectares per person	Madagascar
1970s	0.3153 hectares per person	0.3549 hectares per person	0.0396 hectares per person	Madagascar
1980s	0.2621 hectares per person	0.3204 hectares per person	0.0583 hectares per person	Madagascar
1990s	0.2258 hectares per person	0.2599 hectares per person	0.0341 hectares per person	Madagascar
2000s	0.1937 hectares per person	0.1984 hectares per person	0.0047 hectares per person	Madagascar
2010s	0.154 hectares per person	0.1577 hectares per person	0.0036 hectares per person	Madagascar
2020s	0.1307 hectares per person	0.1325 hectares per person	0.0019 hectares per person	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Comoros or Madagascar?: Comoros, at 0.1254 hectares per person against 0.125 hectares per person in Madagascar as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Comoros and Madagascar?: 0.0004 hectares per person, with Comoros ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Madagascar?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Comoros and Madagascar rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Comoros ranks 117th and Madagascar ranks 118th 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.