What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Finland and Romania?

0.0155 hectares per person, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Romania?

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.

Finland vs Romania: Cropland per person over the long-term

Finland

0.3916 hectares per person

in 2025

Romania

0.4071 hectares per person

in 2025

Finland rank

30th

Romania rank

27th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Finland
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 0.4071 hectares per person against 0.3916 hectares per person in Finland, a difference of 0.0155 hectares per person.

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

Finland ranks 30th and Romania ranks 27th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 37 and Romania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.08 hectares per person	1.04 hectares per person	0.0454 hectares per person	Finland
1100s	1.06 hectares per person	1.02 hectares per person	0.0444 hectares per person	Finland
1200s	1.04 hectares per person	0.994 hectares per person	0.0434 hectares per person	Finland
1300s	1.01 hectares per person	0.9681 hectares per person	0.0423 hectares per person	Finland
1400s	0.9802 hectares per person	0.9392 hectares per person	0.041 hectares per person	Finland
1500s	0.9457 hectares per person	0.9062 hectares per person	0.0396 hectares per person	Finland
1600s	0.9054 hectares per person	0.8675 hectares per person	0.0379 hectares per person	Finland
1700s	0.8562 hectares per person	0.8204 hectares per person	0.0358 hectares per person	Finland
1710s	0.8506 hectares per person	0.815 hectares per person	0.0356 hectares per person	Finland
1720s	0.8449 hectares per person	0.8095 hectares per person	0.0354 hectares per person	Finland
1730s	0.839 hectares per person	0.8039 hectares per person	0.0351 hectares per person	Finland
1740s	0.8329 hectares per person	0.7981 hectares per person	0.0348 hectares per person	Finland
1750s	0.8267 hectares per person	0.7921 hectares per person	0.0346 hectares per person	Finland
1760s	0.8202 hectares per person	0.7859 hectares per person	0.0343 hectares per person	Finland
1770s	0.8136 hectares per person	0.7795 hectares per person	0.034 hectares per person	Finland
1780s	0.8067 hectares per person	0.7729 hectares per person	0.0338 hectares per person	Finland
1790s	0.7995 hectares per person	0.7661 hectares per person	0.0335 hectares per person	Finland
1800s	0.7922 hectares per person	0.759 hectares per person	0.0331 hectares per person	Finland
1810s	0.7845 hectares per person	0.7517 hectares per person	0.0328 hectares per person	Finland
1820s	0.7765 hectares per person	0.744 hectares per person	0.0325 hectares per person	Finland
1830s	0.7682 hectares per person	0.736 hectares per person	0.0321 hectares per person	Finland
1840s	0.7594 hectares per person	0.7277 hectares per person	0.0318 hectares per person	Finland
1850s	0.7503 hectares per person	0.7189 hectares per person	0.0314 hectares per person	Finland
1860s	0.7407 hectares per person	0.7097 hectares per person	0.031 hectares per person	Finland
1870s	0.7306 hectares per person	0.7 hectares per person	0.0306 hectares per person	Finland
1880s	0.7199 hectares per person	0.6898 hectares per person	0.0301 hectares per person	Finland
1890s	0.7085 hectares per person	0.6788 hectares per person	0.0296 hectares per person	Finland
1900s	0.6963 hectares per person	0.6672 hectares per person	0.0291 hectares per person	Finland
1910s	0.6832 hectares per person	0.6546 hectares per person	0.0286 hectares per person	Finland
1920s	0.669 hectares per person	0.641 hectares per person	0.028 hectares per person	Finland
1930s	0.6535 hectares per person	0.6262 hectares per person	0.0273 hectares per person	Finland
1940s	0.6364 hectares per person	0.6057 hectares per person	0.0307 hectares per person	Finland
1950s	0.6076 hectares per person	0.5705 hectares per person	0.0371 hectares per person	Finland
1960s	0.5935 hectares per person	0.5413 hectares per person	0.0522 hectares per person	Finland
1970s	0.5246 hectares per person	0.4948 hectares per person	0.0299 hectares per person	Finland
1980s	0.4711 hectares per person	0.465 hectares per person	0.0061 hectares per person	Finland
1990s	0.4366 hectares per person	0.4365 hectares per person	0.0001 hectares per person	Finland
2000s	0.4256 hectares per person	0.4362 hectares per person	0.0106 hectares per person	Romania
2010s	0.4102 hectares per person	0.4364 hectares per person	0.0262 hectares per person	Romania
2020s	0.3959 hectares per person	0.4196 hectares per person	0.0237 hectares per person	Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Finland or Romania?: Romania, at 0.4071 hectares per person against 0.3916 hectares per person in Finland as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Finland and Romania?: 0.0155 hectares per person, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Romania?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Finland and Romania rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Finland ranks 30th and Romania ranks 27th 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.