What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Gabon and Sierra Leone?

0.0008 hectares per person, with Gabon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Sierra Leone?

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.

Gabon vs Sierra Leone: Cropland per person over the long-term

Gabon

0.2184 hectares per person

in 2025

Sierra Leone

0.2176 hectares per person

in 2025

Gabon rank

68th

Sierra Leone rank

70th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Gabon
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 0.2184 hectares per person against 0.2176 hectares per person in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0008 hectares per person.

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

Gabon ranks 68th and Sierra Leone ranks 70th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 11 and Sierra Leone in 29.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.3194 hectares per person	0.7998 hectares per person	0.4805 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1100s	0.3166 hectares per person	0.7713 hectares per person	0.4547 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1200s	0.3138 hectares per person	0.7404 hectares per person	0.4266 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1300s	0.3109 hectares per person	0.7067 hectares per person	0.3958 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1400s	0.308 hectares per person	0.6695 hectares per person	0.3615 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1500s	0.305 hectares per person	0.6276 hectares per person	0.3226 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1600s	0.302 hectares per person	0.5792 hectares per person	0.2772 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1700s	0.2989 hectares per person	0.5209 hectares per person	0.2221 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1710s	0.2985 hectares per person	0.5143 hectares per person	0.2158 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1720s	0.2982 hectares per person	0.5076 hectares per person	0.2093 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1730s	0.2979 hectares per person	0.5006 hectares per person	0.2027 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1740s	0.2976 hectares per person	0.4935 hectares per person	0.1959 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1750s	0.2973 hectares per person	0.4861 hectares per person	0.1889 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1760s	0.297 hectares per person	0.4786 hectares per person	0.1816 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1770s	0.2966 hectares per person	0.4707 hectares per person	0.1741 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1780s	0.2963 hectares per person	0.4626 hectares per person	0.1663 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1790s	0.296 hectares per person	0.4543 hectares per person	0.1582 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1800s	0.2957 hectares per person	0.4455 hectares per person	0.1498 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1810s	0.2954 hectares per person	0.4365 hectares per person	0.1411 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1820s	0.295 hectares per person	0.427 hectares per person	0.132 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1830s	0.2947 hectares per person	0.4171 hectares per person	0.1224 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1840s	0.2944 hectares per person	0.3988 hectares per person	0.1043 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1850s	0.2941 hectares per person	0.3804 hectares per person	0.0863 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1860s	0.2938 hectares per person	0.362 hectares per person	0.0683 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1870s	0.2934 hectares per person	0.3437 hectares per person	0.0503 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1880s	0.2931 hectares per person	0.3253 hectares per person	0.0322 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1890s	0.2928 hectares per person	0.307 hectares per person	0.0142 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
1900s	0.2925 hectares per person	0.2886 hectares per person	0.0038 hectares per person	Gabon
1910s	0.2921 hectares per person	0.2703 hectares per person	0.0219 hectares per person	Gabon
1920s	0.2918 hectares per person	0.2519 hectares per person	0.0399 hectares per person	Gabon
1930s	0.2915 hectares per person	0.2336 hectares per person	0.0579 hectares per person	Gabon
1940s	0.2911 hectares per person	0.2152 hectares per person	0.0759 hectares per person	Gabon
1950s	0.2907 hectares per person	0.1886 hectares per person	0.1021 hectares per person	Gabon
1960s	0.3709 hectares per person	0.1745 hectares per person	0.1964 hectares per person	Gabon
1970s	0.5659 hectares per person	0.1632 hectares per person	0.4027 hectares per person	Gabon
1980s	0.5644 hectares per person	0.153 hectares per person	0.4114 hectares per person	Gabon
1990s	0.4553 hectares per person	0.1415 hectares per person	0.3138 hectares per person	Gabon
2000s	0.3574 hectares per person	0.2396 hectares per person	0.1178 hectares per person	Gabon
2010s	0.2661 hectares per person	0.2682 hectares per person	0.0021 hectares per person	Sierra Leone
2020s	0.224 hectares per person	0.2279 hectares per person	0.0039 hectares per person	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Gabon or Sierra Leone?: Gabon, at 0.2184 hectares per person against 0.2176 hectares per person in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Gabon and Sierra Leone?: 0.0008 hectares per person, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Sierra Leone?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Gabon and Sierra Leone rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Gabon ranks 68th and Sierra Leone ranks 70th 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.