What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Croatia and Sweden?

0.0065 hectares per person, with Sweden ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Sweden?

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.

Croatia vs Sweden: Cropland per person over the long-term

Croatia

0.2319 hectares per person

in 2025

Sweden

0.2384 hectares per person

in 2025

Croatia rank

62nd

Sweden rank

59th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Croatia
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.2384 hectares per person against 0.2319 hectares per person in Croatia, a difference of 0.0065 hectares per person.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Croatia ranks 62nd and Sweden ranks 59th of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4833 hectares per person	0.948 hectares per person	0.4648 hectares per person	Sweden
1100s	0.4733 hectares per person	0.9285 hectares per person	0.4552 hectares per person	Sweden
1200s	0.4624 hectares per person	0.9071 hectares per person	0.4447 hectares per person	Sweden
1300s	0.4504 hectares per person	0.8835 hectares per person	0.4332 hectares per person	Sweden
1400s	0.4369 hectares per person	0.8571 hectares per person	0.4202 hectares per person	Sweden
1500s	0.4216 hectares per person	0.827 hectares per person	0.4054 hectares per person	Sweden
1600s	0.4036 hectares per person	0.7917 hectares per person	0.3881 hectares per person	Sweden
1700s	0.3817 hectares per person	0.7487 hectares per person	0.3671 hectares per person	Sweden
1710s	0.3792 hectares per person	0.7438 hectares per person	0.3647 hectares per person	Sweden
1720s	0.3766 hectares per person	0.7388 hectares per person	0.3622 hectares per person	Sweden
1730s	0.374 hectares per person	0.7337 hectares per person	0.3597 hectares per person	Sweden
1740s	0.3713 hectares per person	0.7283 hectares per person	0.3571 hectares per person	Sweden
1750s	0.3685 hectares per person	0.7229 hectares per person	0.3544 hectares per person	Sweden
1760s	0.3656 hectares per person	0.711 hectares per person	0.3454 hectares per person	Sweden
1770s	0.3626 hectares per person	0.7138 hectares per person	0.3512 hectares per person	Sweden
1780s	0.3596 hectares per person	0.7135 hectares per person	0.3539 hectares per person	Sweden
1790s	0.3564 hectares per person	0.7126 hectares per person	0.3562 hectares per person	Sweden
1800s	0.3531 hectares per person	0.7082 hectares per person	0.355 hectares per person	Sweden
1810s	0.3497 hectares per person	0.717 hectares per person	0.3673 hectares per person	Sweden
1820s	0.3461 hectares per person	0.7043 hectares per person	0.3582 hectares per person	Sweden
1830s	0.3424 hectares per person	0.6928 hectares per person	0.3504 hectares per person	Sweden
1840s	0.3385 hectares per person	0.6852 hectares per person	0.3467 hectares per person	Sweden
1850s	0.3345 hectares per person	0.6736 hectares per person	0.3391 hectares per person	Sweden
1860s	0.3302 hectares per person	0.6558 hectares per person	0.3256 hectares per person	Sweden
1870s	0.3257 hectares per person	0.6489 hectares per person	0.3232 hectares per person	Sweden
1880s	0.3209 hectares per person	0.6306 hectares per person	0.3097 hectares per person	Sweden
1890s	0.3158 hectares per person	0.6072 hectares per person	0.2913 hectares per person	Sweden
1900s	0.3104 hectares per person	0.588 hectares per person	0.2776 hectares per person	Sweden
1910s	0.3045 hectares per person	0.57 hectares per person	0.2655 hectares per person	Sweden
1920s	0.2982 hectares per person	0.5525 hectares per person	0.2542 hectares per person	Sweden
1930s	0.2913 hectares per person	0.5326 hectares per person	0.2412 hectares per person	Sweden
1940s	0.2837 hectares per person	0.5135 hectares per person	0.2298 hectares per person	Sweden
1950s	0.2708 hectares per person	0.4782 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Sweden
1960s	0.2569 hectares per person	0.4218 hectares per person	0.165 hectares per person	Sweden
1970s	0.2472 hectares per person	0.369 hectares per person	0.1218 hectares per person	Sweden
1980s	0.2334 hectares per person	0.3486 hectares per person	0.1152 hectares per person	Sweden
1990s	0.2534 hectares per person	0.3185 hectares per person	0.065 hectares per person	Sweden
2000s	0.21 hectares per person	0.2925 hectares per person	0.0824 hectares per person	Sweden
2010s	0.213 hectares per person	0.265 hectares per person	0.052 hectares per person	Sweden
2020s	0.2231 hectares per person	0.2439 hectares per person	0.0208 hectares per person	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Croatia or Sweden?: Sweden, at 0.2384 hectares per person against 0.2319 hectares per person in Croatia as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Croatia and Sweden?: 0.0065 hectares per person, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Sweden?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Croatia and Sweden rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Croatia ranks 62nd and Sweden ranks 59th 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.