What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Eritrea and Portugal?

0.0012 hectares per person, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Portugal?

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.

Eritrea vs Portugal: Cropland per person over the long-term

Eritrea

0.1763 hectares per person

in 2025

Portugal

0.1775 hectares per person

in 2025

Eritrea rank

91st

Portugal rank

88th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Eritrea
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.1775 hectares per person against 0.1763 hectares per person in Eritrea, a difference of 0.0012 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Portugal ahead.

Eritrea ranks 91st and Portugal ranks 88th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.3736 hectares per person	0.5009 hectares per person	0.1272 hectares per person	Portugal
1100s	0.372 hectares per person	0.4932 hectares per person	0.1212 hectares per person	Portugal
1200s	0.3704 hectares per person	0.485 hectares per person	0.1146 hectares per person	Portugal
1300s	0.3688 hectares per person	0.4762 hectares per person	0.1074 hectares per person	Portugal
1400s	0.3672 hectares per person	0.4667 hectares per person	0.0996 hectares per person	Portugal
1500s	0.3655 hectares per person	0.4564 hectares per person	0.0909 hectares per person	Portugal
1600s	0.3639 hectares per person	0.4451 hectares per person	0.0812 hectares per person	Portugal
1700s	0.3622 hectares per person	0.4325 hectares per person	0.0702 hectares per person	Portugal
1710s	0.362 hectares per person	0.4391 hectares per person	0.077 hectares per person	Portugal
1720s	0.3619 hectares per person	0.4341 hectares per person	0.0722 hectares per person	Portugal
1730s	0.3617 hectares per person	0.4327 hectares per person	0.071 hectares per person	Portugal
1740s	0.3615 hectares per person	0.4312 hectares per person	0.0697 hectares per person	Portugal
1750s	0.3614 hectares per person	0.4298 hectares per person	0.0684 hectares per person	Portugal
1760s	0.3612 hectares per person	0.4284 hectares per person	0.0672 hectares per person	Portugal
1770s	0.361 hectares per person	0.4269 hectares per person	0.0659 hectares per person	Portugal
1780s	0.3609 hectares per person	0.4254 hectares per person	0.0645 hectares per person	Portugal
1790s	0.3607 hectares per person	0.4239 hectares per person	0.0632 hectares per person	Portugal
1800s	0.3605 hectares per person	0.4223 hectares per person	0.0618 hectares per person	Portugal
1810s	0.3604 hectares per person	0.4208 hectares per person	0.0604 hectares per person	Portugal
1820s	0.3602 hectares per person	0.4192 hectares per person	0.059 hectares per person	Portugal
1830s	0.36 hectares per person	0.4169 hectares per person	0.0569 hectares per person	Portugal
1840s	0.3598 hectares per person	0.4153 hectares per person	0.0554 hectares per person	Portugal
1850s	0.3597 hectares per person	0.413 hectares per person	0.0533 hectares per person	Portugal
1860s	0.3595 hectares per person	0.411 hectares per person	0.0515 hectares per person	Portugal
1870s	0.3593 hectares per person	0.409 hectares per person	0.0496 hectares per person	Portugal
1880s	0.3592 hectares per person	0.4051 hectares per person	0.0459 hectares per person	Portugal
1890s	0.359 hectares per person	0.3996 hectares per person	0.0406 hectares per person	Portugal
1900s	0.3588 hectares per person	0.3942 hectares per person	0.0353 hectares per person	Portugal
1910s	0.3586 hectares per person	0.3929 hectares per person	0.0342 hectares per person	Portugal
1920s	0.3585 hectares per person	0.3888 hectares per person	0.0303 hectares per person	Portugal
1930s	0.3583 hectares per person	0.3966 hectares per person	0.0383 hectares per person	Portugal
1940s	0.3581 hectares per person	0.3945 hectares per person	0.0364 hectares per person	Portugal
1950s	0.3579 hectares per person	0.3763 hectares per person	0.0184 hectares per person	Portugal
1960s	0.3037 hectares per person	0.3635 hectares per person	0.0598 hectares per person	Portugal
1970s	0.3157 hectares per person	0.3554 hectares per person	0.0397 hectares per person	Portugal
1980s	0.2558 hectares per person	0.3309 hectares per person	0.0751 hectares per person	Portugal
1990s	0.201 hectares per person	0.291 hectares per person	0.0899 hectares per person	Portugal
2000s	0.1903 hectares per person	0.213 hectares per person	0.0227 hectares per person	Portugal
2010s	0.2018 hectares per person	0.1751 hectares per person	0.0267 hectares per person	Eritrea
2020s	0.1847 hectares per person	0.1763 hectares per person	0.0085 hectares per person	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Eritrea or Portugal?: Portugal, at 0.1775 hectares per person against 0.1763 hectares per person in Eritrea as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Eritrea and Portugal?: 0.0012 hectares per person, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Portugal?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Eritrea and Portugal rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Eritrea ranks 91st and Portugal ranks 88th 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.