What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between French Guiana and Yemen?

0.0002 hectares per person, with French Guiana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and Yemen?

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.

French Guiana vs Yemen: Cropland per person over the long-term

French Guiana

0.0404 hectares per person

in 2025

Yemen

0.0402 hectares per person

in 2025

French Guiana rank

167th

Yemen rank

168th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

French Guiana
Yemen

How they compare

French Guiana currently reports 0.0404 hectares per person against 0.0402 hectares per person in Yemen, a difference of 0.0002 hectares per person.

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

French Guiana ranks 167th and Yemen ranks 168th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, French Guiana averaged higher in 3 and Yemen in 37.

Head to head by decade

Decade	French Guiana	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.8631 hectares per person	0.8723 hectares per person	0.0092 hectares per person	Yemen
1100s	0.832 hectares per person	0.842 hectares per person	0.01 hectares per person	Yemen
1200s	0.7985 hectares per person	0.8094 hectares per person	0.0109 hectares per person	Yemen
1300s	0.7619 hectares per person	0.774 hectares per person	0.0121 hectares per person	Yemen
1400s	0.7214 hectares per person	0.7349 hectares per person	0.0136 hectares per person	Yemen
1500s	0.6757 hectares per person	0.6912 hectares per person	0.0155 hectares per person	Yemen
1600s	0.6228 hectares per person	0.6411 hectares per person	0.0183 hectares per person	Yemen
1700s	0.559 hectares per person	0.5817 hectares per person	0.0227 hectares per person	Yemen
1710s	0.5518 hectares per person	0.5751 hectares per person	0.0233 hectares per person	Yemen
1720s	0.5444 hectares per person	0.5683 hectares per person	0.0239 hectares per person	Yemen
1730s	0.5368 hectares per person	0.5613 hectares per person	0.0246 hectares per person	Yemen
1740s	0.5289 hectares per person	0.5542 hectares per person	0.0253 hectares per person	Yemen
1750s	0.5208 hectares per person	0.5468 hectares per person	0.026 hectares per person	Yemen
1760s	0.5125 hectares per person	0.5393 hectares per person	0.0268 hectares per person	Yemen
1770s	0.5038 hectares per person	0.5315 hectares per person	0.0277 hectares per person	Yemen
1780s	0.4949 hectares per person	0.5236 hectares per person	0.0287 hectares per person	Yemen
1790s	0.4856 hectares per person	0.5153 hectares per person	0.0297 hectares per person	Yemen
1800s	0.476 hectares per person	0.5068 hectares per person	0.0308 hectares per person	Yemen
1810s	0.4659 hectares per person	0.498 hectares per person	0.0321 hectares per person	Yemen
1820s	0.4554 hectares per person	0.4889 hectares per person	0.0335 hectares per person	Yemen
1830s	0.4444 hectares per person	0.4794 hectares per person	0.035 hectares per person	Yemen
1840s	0.4328 hectares per person	0.4695 hectares per person	0.0367 hectares per person	Yemen
1850s	0.4206 hectares per person	0.4592 hectares per person	0.0386 hectares per person	Yemen
1860s	0.4076 hectares per person	0.4484 hectares per person	0.0408 hectares per person	Yemen
1870s	0.3937 hectares per person	0.4371 hectares per person	0.0434 hectares per person	Yemen
1880s	0.3787 hectares per person	0.4251 hectares per person	0.0464 hectares per person	Yemen
1890s	0.3625 hectares per person	0.4124 hectares per person	0.0499 hectares per person	Yemen
1900s	0.3447 hectares per person	0.3989 hectares per person	0.0542 hectares per person	Yemen
1910s	0.3248 hectares per person	0.3844 hectares per person	0.0596 hectares per person	Yemen
1920s	0.3021 hectares per person	0.3688 hectares per person	0.0666 hectares per person	Yemen
1930s	0.2754 hectares per person	0.3516 hectares per person	0.0762 hectares per person	Yemen
1940s	0.2421 hectares per person	0.3326 hectares per person	0.0905 hectares per person	Yemen
1950s	0.1612 hectares per person	0.3003 hectares per person	0.1391 hectares per person	Yemen
1960s	0.0674 hectares per person	0.2454 hectares per person	0.1779 hectares per person	Yemen
1970s	0.0457 hectares per person	0.214 hectares per person	0.1683 hectares per person	Yemen
1980s	0.0672 hectares per person	0.1544 hectares per person	0.0872 hectares per person	Yemen
1990s	0.0935 hectares per person	0.1152 hectares per person	0.0217 hectares per person	Yemen
2000s	0.0811 hectares per person	0.0776 hectares per person	0.0034 hectares per person	French Guiana
2010s	0.0682 hectares per person	0.0535 hectares per person	0.0147 hectares per person	French Guiana
2020s	0.0495 hectares per person	0.0427 hectares per person	0.0068 hectares per person	French Guiana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, French Guiana or Yemen?: French Guiana, at 0.0404 hectares per person against 0.0402 hectares per person in Yemen as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between French Guiana and Yemen?: 0.0002 hectares per person, with French Guiana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for French Guiana and Yemen?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do French Guiana and Yemen rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: French Guiana ranks 167th and Yemen ranks 168th 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.