What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Costa Rica and Cyprus?

0.0018 hectares per person, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Cyprus?

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.

Costa Rica vs Cyprus: Cropland per person over the long-term

Costa Rica

0.0914 hectares per person

in 2025

Cyprus

0.0896 hectares per person

in 2025

Costa Rica rank

144th

Cyprus rank

145th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Costa Rica
Cyprus

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0914 hectares per person against 0.0896 hectares per person in Cyprus, a difference of 0.0018 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 144th and Cyprus ranks 145th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Cyprus in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Cyprus	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.8815 hectares per person	0.7312 hectares per person	0.1504 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1100s	0.8521 hectares per person	0.7277 hectares per person	0.1243 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1200s	0.8204 hectares per person	0.7242 hectares per person	0.0961 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1300s	0.786 hectares per person	0.7207 hectares per person	0.0653 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1400s	0.7483 hectares per person	0.7171 hectares per person	0.0312 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1500s	0.7065 hectares per person	0.7135 hectares per person	0.007 hectares per person	Cyprus
1600s	0.6589 hectares per person	0.7099 hectares per person	0.0509 hectares per person	Cyprus
1700s	0.6033 hectares per person	0.7062 hectares per person	0.1029 hectares per person	Cyprus
1710s	0.5971 hectares per person	0.7058 hectares per person	0.1087 hectares per person	Cyprus
1720s	0.5909 hectares per person	0.7054 hectares per person	0.1146 hectares per person	Cyprus
1730s	0.5844 hectares per person	0.7051 hectares per person	0.1206 hectares per person	Cyprus
1740s	0.5779 hectares per person	0.7047 hectares per person	0.1268 hectares per person	Cyprus
1750s	0.5712 hectares per person	0.7043 hectares per person	0.1332 hectares per person	Cyprus
1760s	0.5643 hectares per person	0.7039 hectares per person	0.1397 hectares per person	Cyprus
1770s	0.5572 hectares per person	0.7036 hectares per person	0.1463 hectares per person	Cyprus
1780s	0.55 hectares per person	0.7032 hectares per person	0.1532 hectares per person	Cyprus
1790s	0.5426 hectares per person	0.7028 hectares per person	0.1602 hectares per person	Cyprus
1800s	0.5349 hectares per person	0.7025 hectares per person	0.1675 hectares per person	Cyprus
1810s	0.5271 hectares per person	0.7021 hectares per person	0.175 hectares per person	Cyprus
1820s	0.519 hectares per person	0.7017 hectares per person	0.1827 hectares per person	Cyprus
1830s	0.5106 hectares per person	0.7013 hectares per person	0.1907 hectares per person	Cyprus
1840s	0.502 hectares per person	0.701 hectares per person	0.199 hectares per person	Cyprus
1850s	0.493 hectares per person	0.7006 hectares per person	0.2076 hectares per person	Cyprus
1860s	0.4837 hectares per person	0.7002 hectares per person	0.2165 hectares per person	Cyprus
1870s	0.4741 hectares per person	0.6998 hectares per person	0.2258 hectares per person	Cyprus
1880s	0.464 hectares per person	0.6995 hectares per person	0.2355 hectares per person	Cyprus
1890s	0.4534 hectares per person	0.6991 hectares per person	0.2456 hectares per person	Cyprus
1900s	0.4424 hectares per person	0.6987 hectares per person	0.2563 hectares per person	Cyprus
1910s	0.4308 hectares per person	0.6983 hectares per person	0.2675 hectares per person	Cyprus
1920s	0.4185 hectares per person	0.6979 hectares per person	0.2795 hectares per person	Cyprus
1930s	0.4054 hectares per person	0.6976 hectares per person	0.2921 hectares per person	Cyprus
1940s	0.3915 hectares per person	0.6972 hectares per person	0.3057 hectares per person	Cyprus
1950s	0.3692 hectares per person	0.6964 hectares per person	0.3272 hectares per person	Cyprus
1960s	0.3126 hectares per person	0.6791 hectares per person	0.3664 hectares per person	Cyprus
1970s	0.2395 hectares per person	0.4239 hectares per person	0.1844 hectares per person	Cyprus
1980s	0.1925 hectares per person	0.2349 hectares per person	0.0424 hectares per person	Cyprus
1990s	0.1461 hectares per person	0.1753 hectares per person	0.0292 hectares per person	Cyprus
2000s	0.1187 hectares per person	0.1408 hectares per person	0.0222 hectares per person	Cyprus
2010s	0.1117 hectares per person	0.1004 hectares per person	0.0112 hectares per person	Costa Rica
2020s	0.0952 hectares per person	0.0962 hectares per person	0.001 hectares per person	Cyprus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Costa Rica or Cyprus?: Costa Rica, at 0.0914 hectares per person against 0.0896 hectares per person in Cyprus as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Costa Rica and Cyprus?: 0.0018 hectares per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Cyprus?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and Cyprus rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Costa Rica ranks 144th and Cyprus ranks 145th 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.