What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Guinea and United States?

0.0915 hectares per person, with Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and United States?

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.

Guinea vs United States: Cropland per person over the long-term

Guinea

0.552 hectares per person

in 2025

United States

0.4605 hectares per person

in 2025

Guinea rank

19th

United States rank

22nd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Guinea
United States

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 0.552 hectares per person against 0.4605 hectares per person in United States, a difference of 0.0915 hectares per person.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.2 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was United States ahead.

Guinea ranks 19th and United States ranks 22nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 1 and United States in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	United States	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.8627 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.3409 hectares per person	United States
1100s	0.8648 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.3384 hectares per person	United States
1200s	0.8669 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.3361 hectares per person	United States
1300s	0.869 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.3332 hectares per person	United States
1400s	0.8711 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.3312 hectares per person	United States
1500s	0.8731 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.3268 hectares per person	United States
1600s	0.8752 hectares per person	1.34 hectares per person	0.4635 hectares per person	United States
1700s	0.8772 hectares per person	1.38 hectares per person	0.5064 hectares per person	United States
1710s	0.8774 hectares per person	1.36 hectares per person	0.4861 hectares per person	United States
1720s	0.8776 hectares per person	1.37 hectares per person	0.4904 hectares per person	United States
1730s	0.8778 hectares per person	1.39 hectares per person	0.5102 hectares per person	United States
1740s	0.878 hectares per person	1.42 hectares per person	0.5459 hectares per person	United States
1750s	0.8782 hectares per person	1.48 hectares per person	0.5993 hectares per person	United States
1760s	0.8784 hectares per person	1.52 hectares per person	0.6399 hectares per person	United States
1770s	0.8786 hectares per person	1.57 hectares per person	0.6939 hectares per person	United States
1780s	0.8788 hectares per person	1.64 hectares per person	0.7638 hectares per person	United States
1790s	0.879 hectares per person	1.73 hectares per person	0.8525 hectares per person	United States
1800s	0.8793 hectares per person	1.81 hectares per person	0.9261 hectares per person	United States
1810s	0.8795 hectares per person	1.85 hectares per person	0.9656 hectares per person	United States
1820s	0.8797 hectares per person	1.86 hectares per person	0.9852 hectares per person	United States
1830s	0.8799 hectares per person	1.88 hectares per person	1 hectares per person	United States
1840s	0.8801 hectares per person	1.87 hectares per person	0.9948 hectares per person	United States
1850s	0.8803 hectares per person	1.75 hectares per person	0.8707 hectares per person	United States
1860s	0.8805 hectares per person	1.86 hectares per person	0.9746 hectares per person	United States
1870s	0.8807 hectares per person	1.73 hectares per person	0.8471 hectares per person	United States
1880s	0.8809 hectares per person	1.99 hectares per person	1.11 hectares per person	United States
1890s	0.8811 hectares per person	1.99 hectares per person	1.11 hectares per person	United States
1900s	0.8813 hectares per person	1.89 hectares per person	1.01 hectares per person	United States
1910s	0.8815 hectares per person	1.82 hectares per person	0.9423 hectares per person	United States
1920s	0.8817 hectares per person	1.68 hectares per person	0.8025 hectares per person	United States
1930s	0.8819 hectares per person	1.5 hectares per person	0.6153 hectares per person	United States
1940s	0.8821 hectares per person	1.35 hectares per person	0.472 hectares per person	United States
1950s	0.8824 hectares per person	1.14 hectares per person	0.2569 hectares per person	United States
1960s	0.8187 hectares per person	0.9534 hectares per person	0.1347 hectares per person	United States
1970s	0.7279 hectares per person	0.8865 hectares per person	0.1586 hectares per person	United States
1980s	0.6363 hectares per person	0.8002 hectares per person	0.1639 hectares per person	United States
1990s	0.4479 hectares per person	0.6963 hectares per person	0.2484 hectares per person	United States
2000s	0.3637 hectares per person	0.5893 hectares per person	0.2256 hectares per person	United States
2010s	0.4889 hectares per person	0.5004 hectares per person	0.0115 hectares per person	United States
2020s	0.5416 hectares per person	0.4691 hectares per person	0.0726 hectares per person	Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Guinea or United States?: Guinea, at 0.552 hectares per person against 0.4605 hectares per person in United States as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Guinea and United States?: 0.0915 hectares per person, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and United States?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Guinea and United States rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Guinea ranks 19th and United States ranks 22nd 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: 18 September 2026

Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.