What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Congo and Iraq?

0.0046 hectares per person, with Iraq ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Iraq?

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.

Congo vs Iraq: Cropland per person over the long-term

Congo

0.1172 hectares per person

in 2025

Iraq

0.1218 hectares per person

in 2025

Congo rank

122nd

Iraq rank

120th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Congo
Iraq

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.1218 hectares per person against 0.1172 hectares per person in Congo, a difference of 0.0046 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iraq ahead.

Congo ranks 122nd and Iraq ranks 120th of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.526 hectares per person	1.05 hectares per person	0.5259 hectares per person	Iraq
1100s	0.5262 hectares per person	1.03 hectares per person	0.5035 hectares per person	Iraq
1200s	0.5264 hectares per person	1.01 hectares per person	0.4799 hectares per person	Iraq
1300s	0.5267 hectares per person	0.9813 hectares per person	0.4546 hectares per person	Iraq
1400s	0.5269 hectares per person	0.9543 hectares per person	0.4274 hectares per person	Iraq
1500s	0.5271 hectares per person	0.925 hectares per person	0.3979 hectares per person	Iraq
1600s	0.5273 hectares per person	0.8925 hectares per person	0.3651 hectares per person	Iraq
1700s	0.5276 hectares per person	0.8555 hectares per person	0.3279 hectares per person	Iraq
1710s	0.5276 hectares per person	0.8515 hectares per person	0.3239 hectares per person	Iraq
1720s	0.5276 hectares per person	0.8474 hectares per person	0.3198 hectares per person	Iraq
1730s	0.5276 hectares per person	0.8432 hectares per person	0.3156 hectares per person	Iraq
1740s	0.5277 hectares per person	0.839 hectares per person	0.3113 hectares per person	Iraq
1750s	0.5277 hectares per person	0.8347 hectares per person	0.307 hectares per person	Iraq
1760s	0.5277 hectares per person	0.8302 hectares per person	0.3025 hectares per person	Iraq
1770s	0.5277 hectares per person	0.8257 hectares per person	0.298 hectares per person	Iraq
1780s	0.5277 hectares per person	0.8211 hectares per person	0.2933 hectares per person	Iraq
1790s	0.5278 hectares per person	0.8164 hectares per person	0.2886 hectares per person	Iraq
1800s	0.5278 hectares per person	0.8115 hectares per person	0.2837 hectares per person	Iraq
1810s	0.5278 hectares per person	0.8065 hectares per person	0.2787 hectares per person	Iraq
1820s	0.5278 hectares per person	0.8014 hectares per person	0.2736 hectares per person	Iraq
1830s	0.5279 hectares per person	0.7961 hectares per person	0.2682 hectares per person	Iraq
1840s	0.5279 hectares per person	0.7906 hectares per person	0.2628 hectares per person	Iraq
1850s	0.5279 hectares per person	0.785 hectares per person	0.2571 hectares per person	Iraq
1860s	0.5279 hectares per person	0.7791 hectares per person	0.2512 hectares per person	Iraq
1870s	0.5279 hectares per person	0.773 hectares per person	0.245 hectares per person	Iraq
1880s	0.528 hectares per person	0.7665 hectares per person	0.2386 hectares per person	Iraq
1890s	0.528 hectares per person	0.7598 hectares per person	0.2318 hectares per person	Iraq
1900s	0.528 hectares per person	0.7526 hectares per person	0.2245 hectares per person	Iraq
1910s	0.528 hectares per person	0.7448 hectares per person	0.2168 hectares per person	Iraq
1920s	0.5281 hectares per person	0.7364 hectares per person	0.2084 hectares per person	Iraq
1930s	0.5281 hectares per person	0.7138 hectares per person	0.1858 hectares per person	Iraq
1940s	0.5281 hectares per person	0.721 hectares per person	0.1929 hectares per person	Iraq
1950s	0.5281 hectares per person	0.6715 hectares per person	0.1433 hectares per person	Iraq
1960s	0.4682 hectares per person	0.5863 hectares per person	0.1182 hectares per person	Iraq
1970s	0.352 hectares per person	0.453 hectares per person	0.1011 hectares per person	Iraq
1980s	0.261 hectares per person	0.3565 hectares per person	0.0955 hectares per person	Iraq
1990s	0.1904 hectares per person	0.2603 hectares per person	0.0699 hectares per person	Iraq
2000s	0.1487 hectares per person	0.1709 hectares per person	0.0222 hectares per person	Iraq
2010s	0.1251 hectares per person	0.1401 hectares per person	0.0149 hectares per person	Iraq
2020s	0.1156 hectares per person	0.127 hectares per person	0.0115 hectares per person	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Congo or Iraq?: Iraq, at 0.1218 hectares per person against 0.1172 hectares per person in Congo as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Congo and Iraq?: 0.0046 hectares per person, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Iraq?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Congo and Iraq rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Congo ranks 122nd and Iraq ranks 120th 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.