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

0.0379 hectares per person, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary 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.

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

Hungary

0.4226 hectares per person

in 2025

United States

0.4605 hectares per person

in 2025

Hungary rank

25th

United States rank

22nd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Hungary
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.4605 hectares per person against 0.4226 hectares per person in Hungary, a difference of 0.0379 hectares per person.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Hungary's.

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

Hungary ranks 25th and United States ranks 22nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 4 and United States in 36.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Hungary	United States	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.32 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.1164 hectares per person	Hungary
1100s	1.29 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.0895 hectares per person	Hungary
1200s	1.26 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.06 hectares per person	Hungary
1300s	1.23 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.028 hectares per person	Hungary
1400s	1.19 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.0088 hectares per person	United States
1500s	1.15 hectares per person	1.2 hectares per person	0.0485 hectares per person	United States
1600s	1.1 hectares per person	1.34 hectares per person	0.2364 hectares per person	United States
1700s	1.04 hectares per person	1.38 hectares per person	0.3412 hectares per person	United States
1710s	1.04 hectares per person	1.36 hectares per person	0.3279 hectares per person	United States
1720s	1.03 hectares per person	1.37 hectares per person	0.3394 hectares per person	United States
1730s	1.02 hectares per person	1.39 hectares per person	0.3666 hectares per person	United States
1740s	1.01 hectares per person	1.42 hectares per person	0.4099 hectares per person	United States
1750s	1.01 hectares per person	1.48 hectares per person	0.4711 hectares per person	United States
1760s	0.9986 hectares per person	1.52 hectares per person	0.5198 hectares per person	United States
1770s	0.9905 hectares per person	1.57 hectares per person	0.5821 hectares per person	United States
1780s	0.9821 hectares per person	1.64 hectares per person	0.6605 hectares per person	United States
1790s	0.9735 hectares per person	1.73 hectares per person	0.7581 hectares per person	United States
1800s	0.9645 hectares per person	1.81 hectares per person	0.8409 hectares per person	United States
1810s	0.9551 hectares per person	1.85 hectares per person	0.8899 hectares per person	United States
1820s	0.9454 hectares per person	1.86 hectares per person	0.9195 hectares per person	United States
1830s	0.929 hectares per person	1.88 hectares per person	0.9513 hectares per person	United States
1840s	0.9136 hectares per person	1.87 hectares per person	0.9613 hectares per person	United States
1850s	0.8982 hectares per person	1.75 hectares per person	0.8528 hectares per person	United States
1860s	0.8824 hectares per person	1.86 hectares per person	0.9726 hectares per person	United States
1870s	0.8574 hectares per person	1.73 hectares per person	0.8704 hectares per person	United States
1880s	0.8335 hectares per person	1.99 hectares per person	1.16 hectares per person	United States
1890s	0.8031 hectares per person	1.99 hectares per person	1.19 hectares per person	United States
1900s	0.7686 hectares per person	1.89 hectares per person	1.13 hectares per person	United States
1910s	0.7424 hectares per person	1.82 hectares per person	1.08 hectares per person	United States
1920s	0.7256 hectares per person	1.68 hectares per person	0.9586 hectares per person	United States
1930s	0.7093 hectares per person	1.5 hectares per person	0.7878 hectares per person	United States
1940s	0.6841 hectares per person	1.35 hectares per person	0.67 hectares per person	United States
1950s	0.6171 hectares per person	1.14 hectares per person	0.5222 hectares per person	United States
1960s	0.6028 hectares per person	0.9534 hectares per person	0.3506 hectares per person	United States
1970s	0.5882 hectares per person	0.8865 hectares per person	0.2982 hectares per person	United States
1980s	0.5673 hectares per person	0.8002 hectares per person	0.2329 hectares per person	United States
1990s	0.5429 hectares per person	0.6963 hectares per person	0.1534 hectares per person	United States
2000s	0.5135 hectares per person	0.5893 hectares per person	0.0758 hectares per person	United States
2010s	0.4755 hectares per person	0.5004 hectares per person	0.0249 hectares per person	United States
2020s	0.4333 hectares per person	0.4691 hectares per person	0.0358 hectares per person	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Hungary or United States?: United States, at 0.4605 hectares per person against 0.4226 hectares per person in Hungary as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Hungary and United States?: 0.0379 hectares per person, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and United States?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Hungary and United States rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Hungary ranks 25th 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.