What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Ethiopia and Guatemala?

0.0062 hectares per person, with Ethiopia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Guatemala?

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.

Ethiopia vs Guatemala: Cropland per person over the long-term

Ethiopia

0.1523 hectares per person

in 2025

Guatemala

0.1461 hectares per person

in 2025

Ethiopia rank

102nd

Guatemala rank

104th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Ethiopia
Guatemala

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 0.1523 hectares per person against 0.1461 hectares per person in Guatemala, a difference of 0.0062 hectares per person.

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

Ethiopia ranks 102nd and Guatemala ranks 104th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 20 and Guatemala in 20.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Guatemala	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.8823 hectares per person	0.3536 hectares per person	Guatemala
1100s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.8528 hectares per person	0.3242 hectares per person	Guatemala
1200s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.8212 hectares per person	0.2925 hectares per person	Guatemala
1300s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.7869 hectares per person	0.2583 hectares per person	Guatemala
1400s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.7494 hectares per person	0.2207 hectares per person	Guatemala
1500s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.7076 hectares per person	0.179 hectares per person	Guatemala
1600s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.6603 hectares per person	0.1316 hectares per person	Guatemala
1700s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.605 hectares per person	0.0763 hectares per person	Guatemala
1710s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5988 hectares per person	0.0702 hectares per person	Guatemala
1720s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5926 hectares per person	0.0639 hectares per person	Guatemala
1730s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5862 hectares per person	0.0576 hectares per person	Guatemala
1740s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5797 hectares per person	0.051 hectares per person	Guatemala
1750s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.573 hectares per person	0.0444 hectares per person	Guatemala
1760s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5662 hectares per person	0.0375 hectares per person	Guatemala
1770s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5592 hectares per person	0.0305 hectares per person	Guatemala
1780s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.552 hectares per person	0.0234 hectares per person	Guatemala
1790s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5446 hectares per person	0.016 hectares per person	Guatemala
1800s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5371 hectares per person	0.0084 hectares per person	Guatemala
1810s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5293 hectares per person	0.0006 hectares per person	Guatemala
1820s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5212 hectares per person	0.0074 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1830s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.513 hectares per person	0.0157 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1840s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.5044 hectares per person	0.0243 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1850s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.4955 hectares per person	0.0331 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1860s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.4863 hectares per person	0.0423 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1870s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.4768 hectares per person	0.0519 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1880s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.4668 hectares per person	0.0618 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1890s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.4564 hectares per person	0.0722 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1900s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.4455 hectares per person	0.0831 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1910s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.4341 hectares per person	0.0946 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1920s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.422 hectares per person	0.1067 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1930s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.4091 hectares per person	0.1195 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1940s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.3954 hectares per person	0.1332 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1950s	0.5287 hectares per person	0.3737 hectares per person	0.155 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1960s	0.5169 hectares per person	0.323 hectares per person	0.194 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1970s	0.451 hectares per person	0.2591 hectares per person	0.1919 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1980s	0.3343 hectares per person	0.2192 hectares per person	0.1151 hectares per person	Ethiopia
1990s	0.1973 hectares per person	0.1869 hectares per person	0.0104 hectares per person	Ethiopia
2000s	0.169 hectares per person	0.1872 hectares per person	0.0182 hectares per person	Guatemala
2010s	0.173 hectares per person	0.1614 hectares per person	0.0116 hectares per person	Ethiopia
2020s	0.1577 hectares per person	0.1509 hectares per person	0.0069 hectares per person	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Ethiopia or Guatemala?: Ethiopia, at 0.1523 hectares per person against 0.1461 hectares per person in Guatemala as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Ethiopia and Guatemala?: 0.0062 hectares per person, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Guatemala?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Ethiopia and Guatemala rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Ethiopia ranks 102nd and Guatemala ranks 104th 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.