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

0.0065 hectares per person, with Costa Rica ahead.

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

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 Georgia: Cropland per person over the long-term

Costa Rica

0.0914 hectares per person

in 2025

Georgia

0.0849 hectares per person

in 2025

Costa Rica rank

144th

Georgia rank

147th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Costa Rica
Georgia

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0914 hectares per person against 0.0849 hectares per person in Georgia, a difference of 0.0065 hectares per person.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Georgia's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Georgia ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 144th and Georgia ranks 147th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Georgia in 37.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Georgia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.8815 hectares per person	2.16 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	Georgia
1100s	0.8521 hectares per person	2.08 hectares per person	1.23 hectares per person	Georgia
1200s	0.8204 hectares per person	2 hectares per person	1.18 hectares per person	Georgia
1300s	0.786 hectares per person	1.91 hectares per person	1.12 hectares per person	Georgia
1400s	0.7483 hectares per person	1.8 hectares per person	1.06 hectares per person	Georgia
1500s	0.7065 hectares per person	1.69 hectares per person	0.9839 hectares per person	Georgia
1600s	0.6589 hectares per person	1.56 hectares per person	0.8998 hectares per person	Georgia
1700s	0.6033 hectares per person	1.4 hectares per person	0.7964 hectares per person	Georgia
1710s	0.5971 hectares per person	1.38 hectares per person	0.7846 hectares per person	Georgia
1720s	0.5909 hectares per person	1.36 hectares per person	0.7723 hectares per person	Georgia
1730s	0.5844 hectares per person	1.34 hectares per person	0.7598 hectares per person	Georgia
1740s	0.5779 hectares per person	1.32 hectares per person	0.7468 hectares per person	Georgia
1750s	0.5712 hectares per person	1.3 hectares per person	0.7333 hectares per person	Georgia
1760s	0.5643 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.7194 hectares per person	Georgia
1770s	0.5572 hectares per person	1.26 hectares per person	0.705 hectares per person	Georgia
1780s	0.55 hectares per person	1.24 hectares per person	0.6899 hectares per person	Georgia
1790s	0.5426 hectares per person	1.22 hectares per person	0.6743 hectares per person	Georgia
1800s	0.5349 hectares per person	1.19 hectares per person	0.6579 hectares per person	Georgia
1810s	0.5271 hectares per person	1.17 hectares per person	0.6408 hectares per person	Georgia
1820s	0.519 hectares per person	1.14 hectares per person	0.6228 hectares per person	Georgia
1830s	0.5106 hectares per person	1.11 hectares per person	0.6038 hectares per person	Georgia
1840s	0.502 hectares per person	1.09 hectares per person	0.5836 hectares per person	Georgia
1850s	0.493 hectares per person	1.06 hectares per person	0.5622 hectares per person	Georgia
1860s	0.4837 hectares per person	1.02 hectares per person	0.5392 hectares per person	Georgia
1870s	0.4741 hectares per person	0.9885 hectares per person	0.5144 hectares per person	Georgia
1880s	0.464 hectares per person	0.9515 hectares per person	0.4875 hectares per person	Georgia
1890s	0.4534 hectares per person	0.9113 hectares per person	0.4579 hectares per person	Georgia
1900s	0.4424 hectares per person	0.8673 hectares per person	0.4249 hectares per person	Georgia
1910s	0.4308 hectares per person	0.8183 hectares per person	0.3875 hectares per person	Georgia
1920s	0.4185 hectares per person	0.7626 hectares per person	0.3441 hectares per person	Georgia
1930s	0.4054 hectares per person	0.6972 hectares per person	0.2918 hectares per person	Georgia
1940s	0.3915 hectares per person	0.6166 hectares per person	0.2252 hectares per person	Georgia
1950s	0.3692 hectares per person	0.4291 hectares per person	0.0599 hectares per person	Georgia
1960s	0.3126 hectares per person	0.2692 hectares per person	0.0434 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1970s	0.2395 hectares per person	0.2342 hectares per person	0.0053 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1980s	0.1925 hectares per person	0.2167 hectares per person	0.0242 hectares per person	Georgia
1990s	0.1461 hectares per person	0.2142 hectares per person	0.0681 hectares per person	Georgia
2000s	0.1187 hectares per person	0.1682 hectares per person	0.0495 hectares per person	Georgia
2010s	0.1117 hectares per person	0.1123 hectares per person	0.0007 hectares per person	Georgia
2020s	0.0952 hectares per person	0.0869 hectares per person	0.0083 hectares per person	Costa Rica

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 Georgia?: Costa Rica, at 0.0914 hectares per person against 0.0849 hectares per person in Georgia as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Costa Rica and Georgia?: 0.0065 hectares per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Georgia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and Georgia rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Costa Rica ranks 144th and Georgia ranks 147th 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.