What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Iceland and Turkmenistan?

0.0089 hectares per person, with Turkmenistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Turkmenistan?

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.

Iceland vs Turkmenistan: Cropland per person over the long-term

Iceland

0.3095 hectares per person

in 2025

Turkmenistan

0.3184 hectares per person

in 2025

Iceland rank

42nd

Turkmenistan rank

40th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Iceland
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 0.3184 hectares per person against 0.3095 hectares per person in Iceland, a difference of 0.0089 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Turkmenistan ahead.

Iceland ranks 42nd and Turkmenistan ranks 40th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 6 and Turkmenistan in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.6662 hectares per person	1 hectares per person	0.3373 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1100s	0.6681 hectares per person	0.982 hectares per person	0.314 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1200s	0.6699 hectares per person	0.9596 hectares per person	0.2897 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1300s	0.6717 hectares per person	0.936 hectares per person	0.2643 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1400s	0.6735 hectares per person	0.9112 hectares per person	0.2377 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1500s	0.6753 hectares per person	0.8849 hectares per person	0.2096 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1600s	0.6771 hectares per person	0.857 hectares per person	0.1799 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1700s	0.6788 hectares per person	0.8271 hectares per person	0.1483 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1710s	0.679 hectares per person	0.824 hectares per person	0.145 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1720s	0.6792 hectares per person	0.8209 hectares per person	0.1417 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1730s	0.6794 hectares per person	0.8177 hectares per person	0.1383 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1740s	0.6795 hectares per person	0.8145 hectares per person	0.135 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1750s	0.6797 hectares per person	0.8113 hectares per person	0.1316 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1760s	0.6799 hectares per person	0.8081 hectares per person	0.1282 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1770s	0.6801 hectares per person	0.8048 hectares per person	0.1248 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1780s	0.6802 hectares per person	0.8016 hectares per person	0.1213 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1790s	0.6804 hectares per person	0.7982 hectares per person	0.1178 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1800s	0.6806 hectares per person	0.7949 hectares per person	0.1143 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1810s	0.6808 hectares per person	0.7915 hectares per person	0.1108 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1820s	0.681 hectares per person	0.7881 hectares per person	0.1072 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1830s	0.6811 hectares per person	0.7847 hectares per person	0.1036 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1840s	0.6813 hectares per person	0.7813 hectares per person	0.1 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1850s	0.6815 hectares per person	0.7778 hectares per person	0.0963 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1860s	0.6817 hectares per person	0.7743 hectares per person	0.0926 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1870s	0.6818 hectares per person	0.7707 hectares per person	0.0889 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1880s	0.682 hectares per person	0.7671 hectares per person	0.0851 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1890s	0.6822 hectares per person	0.7635 hectares per person	0.0813 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1900s	0.6824 hectares per person	0.7599 hectares per person	0.0775 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1910s	0.6825 hectares per person	0.7562 hectares per person	0.0736 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1920s	0.6827 hectares per person	0.7525 hectares per person	0.0698 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1930s	0.6829 hectares per person	0.7487 hectares per person	0.0658 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1940s	0.6831 hectares per person	0.7449 hectares per person	0.0618 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1950s	0.6833 hectares per person	0.7393 hectares per person	0.056 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1960s	0.6331 hectares per person	0.6313 hectares per person	0.0018 hectares per person	Iceland
1970s	0.5826 hectares per person	0.4627 hectares per person	0.1199 hectares per person	Iceland
1980s	0.5594 hectares per person	0.3578 hectares per person	0.2016 hectares per person	Iceland
1990s	0.5032 hectares per person	0.3182 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Iceland
2000s	0.4311 hectares per person	0.3873 hectares per person	0.0438 hectares per person	Iceland
2010s	0.3556 hectares per person	0.3448 hectares per person	0.0108 hectares per person	Iceland
2020s	0.3187 hectares per person	0.3242 hectares per person	0.0056 hectares per person	Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Iceland or Turkmenistan?: Turkmenistan, at 0.3184 hectares per person against 0.3095 hectares per person in Iceland as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Iceland and Turkmenistan?: 0.0089 hectares per person, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Turkmenistan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Iceland and Turkmenistan rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Iceland ranks 42nd and Turkmenistan ranks 40th 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.