What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Egypt and Jordan?

0.0049 hectares per person, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Jordan?

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.

Egypt vs Jordan: Cropland per person over the long-term

Egypt

0.0388 hectares per person

in 2025

Jordan

0.0339 hectares per person

in 2025

Egypt rank

169th

Jordan rank

172nd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Egypt
Jordan

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 0.0388 hectares per person against 0.0339 hectares per person in Jordan, a difference of 0.0049 hectares per person.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Jordan's.

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

Egypt ranks 169th and Jordan ranks 172nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Jordan in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Jordan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.8974 hectares per person	0.8021 hectares per person	Jordan
1100s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.8687 hectares per person	0.7734 hectares per person	Jordan
1200s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.8379 hectares per person	0.7426 hectares per person	Jordan
1300s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.8046 hectares per person	0.7093 hectares per person	Jordan
1400s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.7681 hectares per person	0.6727 hectares per person	Jordan
1500s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.7274 hectares per person	0.6321 hectares per person	Jordan
1600s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.6812 hectares per person	0.5859 hectares per person	Jordan
1700s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.6267 hectares per person	0.5314 hectares per person	Jordan
1710s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.6207 hectares per person	0.5253 hectares per person	Jordan
1720s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.6145 hectares per person	0.5191 hectares per person	Jordan
1730s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.6081 hectares per person	0.5128 hectares per person	Jordan
1740s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.6016 hectares per person	0.5063 hectares per person	Jordan
1750s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.5949 hectares per person	0.4996 hectares per person	Jordan
1760s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.5881 hectares per person	0.4927 hectares per person	Jordan
1770s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.581 hectares per person	0.4857 hectares per person	Jordan
1780s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.5737 hectares per person	0.4784 hectares per person	Jordan
1790s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.5662 hectares per person	0.4709 hectares per person	Jordan
1800s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.5585 hectares per person	0.4632 hectares per person	Jordan
1810s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.5505 hectares per person	0.4552 hectares per person	Jordan
1820s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.5422 hectares per person	0.4468 hectares per person	Jordan
1830s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.5335 hectares per person	0.4382 hectares per person	Jordan
1840s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.5245 hectares per person	0.4291 hectares per person	Jordan
1850s	0.0953 hectares per person	0.515 hectares per person	0.4197 hectares per person	Jordan
1860s	0.0892 hectares per person	0.5051 hectares per person	0.4159 hectares per person	Jordan
1870s	0.0892 hectares per person	0.4946 hectares per person	0.4054 hectares per person	Jordan
1880s	0.0892 hectares per person	0.4834 hectares per person	0.3942 hectares per person	Jordan
1890s	0.0884 hectares per person	0.4714 hectares per person	0.383 hectares per person	Jordan
1900s	0.0884 hectares per person	0.4585 hectares per person	0.3701 hectares per person	Jordan
1910s	0.089 hectares per person	0.4443 hectares per person	0.3553 hectares per person	Jordan
1920s	0.0965 hectares per person	0.4285 hectares per person	0.332 hectares per person	Jordan
1930s	0.0975 hectares per person	0.4104 hectares per person	0.3128 hectares per person	Jordan
1940s	0.094 hectares per person	0.3886 hectares per person	0.2945 hectares per person	Jordan
1950s	0.0938 hectares per person	0.3399 hectares per person	0.2462 hectares per person	Jordan
1960s	0.0868 hectares per person	0.2572 hectares per person	0.1704 hectares per person	Jordan
1970s	0.0711 hectares per person	0.1648 hectares per person	0.0938 hectares per person	Jordan
1980s	0.0505 hectares per person	0.1224 hectares per person	0.0719 hectares per person	Jordan
1990s	0.0487 hectares per person	0.0671 hectares per person	0.0184 hectares per person	Jordan
2000s	0.0457 hectares per person	0.0504 hectares per person	0.0047 hectares per person	Jordan
2010s	0.0408 hectares per person	0.0421 hectares per person	0.0014 hectares per person	Jordan
2020s	0.0388 hectares per person	0.0349 hectares per person	0.0039 hectares per person	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Egypt or Jordan?: Egypt, at 0.0388 hectares per person against 0.0339 hectares per person in Jordan as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Egypt and Jordan?: 0.0049 hectares per person, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Jordan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Egypt and Jordan rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Egypt ranks 169th and Jordan ranks 172nd 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.