What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Ghana and Malaysia?

0.0066 hectares per person, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Malaysia?

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.

Ghana vs Malaysia: Cropland per person over the long-term

Ghana

0.2298 hectares per person

in 2025

Malaysia

0.2364 hectares per person

in 2025

Ghana rank

63rd

Malaysia rank

60th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Ghana
Malaysia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.2364 hectares per person against 0.2298 hectares per person in Ghana, a difference of 0.0066 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 63rd and Malaysia ranks 60th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 35 and Malaysia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4964 hectares per person	0.3166 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1100s	0.4964 hectares per person	0.3166 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1200s	0.4963 hectares per person	0.3165 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1300s	0.4963 hectares per person	0.3165 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1400s	0.4963 hectares per person	0.3165 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1500s	0.4962 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1600s	0.4962 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1700s	0.4962 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1710s	0.4962 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1720s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1730s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1740s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1750s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1760s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1770s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1780s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1790s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1800s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1810s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1820s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1830s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1840s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1850s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1860s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1870s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3164 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	Ghana
1880s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.3163 hectares per person	0.1798 hectares per person	Ghana
1890s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.4228 hectares per person	0.0733 hectares per person	Ghana
1900s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.4216 hectares per person	0.0745 hectares per person	Ghana
1910s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.4608 hectares per person	0.0353 hectares per person	Ghana
1920s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.5649 hectares per person	0.0688 hectares per person	Malaysia
1930s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.4547 hectares per person	0.0414 hectares per person	Ghana
1940s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.4262 hectares per person	0.0699 hectares per person	Ghana
1950s	0.4961 hectares per person	0.4404 hectares per person	0.0557 hectares per person	Ghana
1960s	0.4384 hectares per person	0.3385 hectares per person	0.0999 hectares per person	Ghana
1970s	0.3506 hectares per person	0.335 hectares per person	0.0156 hectares per person	Ghana
1980s	0.3089 hectares per person	0.3383 hectares per person	0.0294 hectares per person	Malaysia
1990s	0.287 hectares per person	0.3243 hectares per person	0.0373 hectares per person	Malaysia
2000s	0.2815 hectares per person	0.2647 hectares per person	0.0168 hectares per person	Ghana
2010s	0.2564 hectares per person	0.2598 hectares per person	0.0033 hectares per person	Malaysia
2020s	0.2369 hectares per person	0.2438 hectares per person	0.0069 hectares per person	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Ghana or Malaysia?: Malaysia, at 0.2364 hectares per person against 0.2298 hectares per person in Ghana as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Ghana and Malaysia?: 0.0066 hectares per person, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Malaysia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Ghana and Malaysia rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Ghana ranks 63rd and Malaysia ranks 60th 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.