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

0.0037 hectares per person, with Croatia ahead.

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

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 Zimbabwe: Cropland per person over the long-term

Croatia

0.2319 hectares per person

in 2025

Zimbabwe

0.2282 hectares per person

in 2025

Croatia rank

62nd

Zimbabwe rank

65th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Croatia
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 0.2319 hectares per person against 0.2282 hectares per person in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0037 hectares per person.

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

Croatia ranks 62nd and Zimbabwe ranks 65th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 33 and Zimbabwe in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4833 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2261 hectares per person	Croatia
1100s	0.4733 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2161 hectares per person	Croatia
1200s	0.4624 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.2052 hectares per person	Croatia
1300s	0.4504 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1932 hectares per person	Croatia
1400s	0.4369 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Croatia
1500s	0.4216 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1644 hectares per person	Croatia
1600s	0.4036 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1464 hectares per person	Croatia
1700s	0.3817 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1244 hectares per person	Croatia
1710s	0.3792 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.122 hectares per person	Croatia
1720s	0.3766 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1194 hectares per person	Croatia
1730s	0.374 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1168 hectares per person	Croatia
1740s	0.3713 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1141 hectares per person	Croatia
1750s	0.3685 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1113 hectares per person	Croatia
1760s	0.3656 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1084 hectares per person	Croatia
1770s	0.3626 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1054 hectares per person	Croatia
1780s	0.3596 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1024 hectares per person	Croatia
1790s	0.3564 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0992 hectares per person	Croatia
1800s	0.3531 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0959 hectares per person	Croatia
1810s	0.3497 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0925 hectares per person	Croatia
1820s	0.3461 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0889 hectares per person	Croatia
1830s	0.3424 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0852 hectares per person	Croatia
1840s	0.3385 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0813 hectares per person	Croatia
1850s	0.3345 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0772 hectares per person	Croatia
1860s	0.3302 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.073 hectares per person	Croatia
1870s	0.3257 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0685 hectares per person	Croatia
1880s	0.3209 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0637 hectares per person	Croatia
1890s	0.3158 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0586 hectares per person	Croatia
1900s	0.3104 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0532 hectares per person	Croatia
1910s	0.3045 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0473 hectares per person	Croatia
1920s	0.2982 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.041 hectares per person	Croatia
1930s	0.2913 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0341 hectares per person	Croatia
1940s	0.2837 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0265 hectares per person	Croatia
1950s	0.2708 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.0136 hectares per person	Croatia
1960s	0.2569 hectares per person	0.2608 hectares per person	0.004 hectares per person	Zimbabwe
1970s	0.2472 hectares per person	0.2874 hectares per person	0.0402 hectares per person	Zimbabwe
1980s	0.2334 hectares per person	0.2941 hectares per person	0.0607 hectares per person	Zimbabwe
1990s	0.2534 hectares per person	0.2847 hectares per person	0.0312 hectares per person	Zimbabwe
2000s	0.21 hectares per person	0.304 hectares per person	0.0939 hectares per person	Zimbabwe
2010s	0.213 hectares per person	0.2828 hectares per person	0.0698 hectares per person	Zimbabwe
2020s	0.2231 hectares per person	0.238 hectares per person	0.0149 hectares per person	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Croatia or Zimbabwe?: Croatia, at 0.2319 hectares per person against 0.2282 hectares per person in Zimbabwe as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Croatia and Zimbabwe?: 0.0037 hectares per person, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Zimbabwe?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Croatia and Zimbabwe rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Croatia ranks 62nd and Zimbabwe ranks 65th 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.