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

0.0013 hectares per person, with Somalia ahead.

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

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 Somalia: Cropland per person over the long-term

Costa Rica

0.0914 hectares per person

in 2025

Somalia

0.0927 hectares per person

in 2025

Costa Rica rank

144th

Somalia rank

143rd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Costa Rica
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.0927 hectares per person against 0.0914 hectares per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0013 hectares per person.

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

Costa Rica ranks 144th and Somalia ranks 143rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 38 and Somalia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.8815 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.8815 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1100s	0.8521 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.8521 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1200s	0.8204 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.8204 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1300s	0.786 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.786 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1400s	0.7483 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.7483 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1500s	0.7065 hectares per person	0.3387 hectares per person	0.3678 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1600s	0.6589 hectares per person	0.3365 hectares per person	0.3224 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1700s	0.6033 hectares per person	0.3343 hectares per person	0.269 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1710s	0.5971 hectares per person	0.3341 hectares per person	0.2631 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1720s	0.5909 hectares per person	0.3338 hectares per person	0.257 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1730s	0.5844 hectares per person	0.3336 hectares per person	0.2508 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1740s	0.5779 hectares per person	0.3334 hectares per person	0.2445 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1750s	0.5712 hectares per person	0.3332 hectares per person	0.238 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1760s	0.5643 hectares per person	0.3329 hectares per person	0.2313 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1770s	0.5572 hectares per person	0.3327 hectares per person	0.2245 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1780s	0.55 hectares per person	0.3325 hectares per person	0.2175 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1790s	0.5426 hectares per person	0.3323 hectares per person	0.2103 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1800s	0.5349 hectares per person	0.332 hectares per person	0.2029 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1810s	0.5271 hectares per person	0.3318 hectares per person	0.1953 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1820s	0.519 hectares per person	0.3316 hectares per person	0.1874 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1830s	0.5106 hectares per person	0.3314 hectares per person	0.1793 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1840s	0.502 hectares per person	0.3311 hectares per person	0.1708 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1850s	0.493 hectares per person	0.3309 hectares per person	0.1621 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1860s	0.4837 hectares per person	0.3307 hectares per person	0.153 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1870s	0.4741 hectares per person	0.3305 hectares per person	0.1436 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1880s	0.464 hectares per person	0.3302 hectares per person	0.1338 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1890s	0.4534 hectares per person	0.33 hectares per person	0.1235 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1900s	0.4424 hectares per person	0.3298 hectares per person	0.1126 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1910s	0.4308 hectares per person	0.3295 hectares per person	0.1012 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1920s	0.4185 hectares per person	0.3293 hectares per person	0.0892 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1930s	0.4054 hectares per person	0.3291 hectares per person	0.0763 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1940s	0.3915 hectares per person	0.3288 hectares per person	0.0626 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1950s	0.3692 hectares per person	0.3285 hectares per person	0.0407 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1960s	0.3126 hectares per person	0.3034 hectares per person	0.0092 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1970s	0.2395 hectares per person	0.2404 hectares per person	0.0008 hectares per person	Somalia
1980s	0.1925 hectares per person	0.1497 hectares per person	0.0428 hectares per person	Costa Rica
1990s	0.1461 hectares per person	0.1349 hectares per person	0.0112 hectares per person	Costa Rica
2000s	0.1187 hectares per person	0.1071 hectares per person	0.0115 hectares per person	Costa Rica
2010s	0.1117 hectares per person	0.1088 hectares per person	0.0029 hectares per person	Costa Rica
2020s	0.0952 hectares per person	0.0965 hectares per person	0.0012 hectares per person	Somalia

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 Somalia?: Somalia, at 0.0927 hectares per person against 0.0914 hectares per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Costa Rica and Somalia?: 0.0013 hectares per person, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Somalia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and Somalia rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Costa Rica ranks 144th and Somalia ranks 143rd 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.