What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Czechia and South Africa?

0.0076 hectares per person, with Czechia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and South Africa?

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.

Czechia vs South Africa: Cropland per person over the long-term

Czechia

0.226 hectares per person

in 2025

South Africa

0.2184 hectares per person

in 2025

Czechia rank

67th

South Africa rank

69th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Czechia
South Africa

How they compare

Czechia currently reports 0.226 hectares per person against 0.2184 hectares per person in South Africa, a difference of 0.0076 hectares per person.

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

Czechia ranks 67th and South Africa ranks 69th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Czechia averaged higher in 13 and South Africa in 27.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Czechia	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.7676 hectares per person	0.0465 hectares per person	0.7211 hectares per person	Czechia
1100s	0.7517 hectares per person	0.0581 hectares per person	0.6936 hectares per person	Czechia
1200s	0.7344 hectares per person	0.0726 hectares per person	0.6618 hectares per person	Czechia
1300s	0.7153 hectares per person	0.0908 hectares per person	0.6246 hectares per person	Czechia
1400s	0.694 hectares per person	0.1135 hectares per person	0.5805 hectares per person	Czechia
1500s	0.6696 hectares per person	0.1418 hectares per person	0.5278 hectares per person	Czechia
1600s	0.641 hectares per person	0.1773 hectares per person	0.4637 hectares per person	Czechia
1700s	0.6062 hectares per person	0.2216 hectares per person	0.3846 hectares per person	Czechia
1710s	0.6022 hectares per person	0.277 hectares per person	0.3252 hectares per person	Czechia
1720s	0.5982 hectares per person	0.3462 hectares per person	0.2519 hectares per person	Czechia
1730s	0.594 hectares per person	0.4328 hectares per person	0.1612 hectares per person	Czechia
1740s	0.5897 hectares per person	0.541 hectares per person	0.0487 hectares per person	Czechia
1750s	0.5853 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.091 hectares per person	South Africa
1760s	0.5807 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.0956 hectares per person	South Africa
1770s	0.576 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1003 hectares per person	South Africa
1780s	0.5711 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1052 hectares per person	South Africa
1790s	0.5661 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1102 hectares per person	South Africa
1800s	0.5608 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1154 hectares per person	South Africa
1810s	0.5554 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1209 hectares per person	South Africa
1820s	0.5497 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1265 hectares per person	South Africa
1830s	0.5437 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1326 hectares per person	South Africa
1840s	0.5375 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1388 hectares per person	South Africa
1850s	0.5308 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1455 hectares per person	South Africa
1860s	0.5226 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1537 hectares per person	South Africa
1870s	0.5154 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1609 hectares per person	South Africa
1880s	0.5083 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.168 hectares per person	South Africa
1890s	0.4996 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1767 hectares per person	South Africa
1900s	0.4907 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1855 hectares per person	South Africa
1910s	0.4812 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.1951 hectares per person	South Africa
1920s	0.4523 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.2239 hectares per person	South Africa
1930s	0.435 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.2413 hectares per person	South Africa
1940s	0.4181 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.2582 hectares per person	South Africa
1950s	0.3912 hectares per person	0.6763 hectares per person	0.2851 hectares per person	South Africa
1960s	0.3751 hectares per person	0.6224 hectares per person	0.2473 hectares per person	South Africa
1970s	0.3585 hectares per person	0.4867 hectares per person	0.1282 hectares per person	South Africa
1980s	0.3395 hectares per person	0.3845 hectares per person	0.045 hectares per person	South Africa
1990s	0.3282 hectares per person	0.3315 hectares per person	0.0034 hectares per person	South Africa
2000s	0.276 hectares per person	0.2867 hectares per person	0.0108 hectares per person	South Africa
2010s	0.2376 hectares per person	0.2389 hectares per person	0.0013 hectares per person	South Africa
2020s	0.2283 hectares per person	0.2224 hectares per person	0.0059 hectares per person	Czechia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Czechia or South Africa?: Czechia, at 0.226 hectares per person against 0.2184 hectares per person in South Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Czechia and South Africa?: 0.0076 hectares per person, with Czechia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and South Africa?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Czechia and South Africa rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Czechia ranks 67th and South Africa ranks 69th 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.