What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Iran and North Macedonia?

0.0018 hectares per person, with North Macedonia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and North Macedonia?

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.

Iran vs North Macedonia: Cropland per person over the long-term

Iran

0.2082 hectares per person

in 2025

North Macedonia

0.21 hectares per person

in 2025

Iran rank

74th

North Macedonia rank

73rd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Iran
North Macedonia

How they compare

North Macedonia currently reports 0.21 hectares per person against 0.2082 hectares per person in Iran, a difference of 0.0018 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 74th and North Macedonia ranks 73rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Iran averaged higher in 36 and North Macedonia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iran	North Macedonia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.05 hectares per person	0.9095 hectares per person	0.1416 hectares per person	Iran
1100s	1.03 hectares per person	0.8821 hectares per person	0.1474 hectares per person	Iran
1200s	1.01 hectares per person	0.8529 hectares per person	0.1537 hectares per person	Iran
1300s	0.9823 hectares per person	0.8216 hectares per person	0.1606 hectares per person	Iran
1400s	0.9561 hectares per person	0.7877 hectares per person	0.1684 hectares per person	Iran
1500s	0.9276 hectares per person	0.7506 hectares per person	0.177 hectares per person	Iran
1600s	0.8961 hectares per person	0.7094 hectares per person	0.1867 hectares per person	Iran
1700s	0.8603 hectares per person	0.6627 hectares per person	0.1976 hectares per person	Iran
1710s	0.8563 hectares per person	0.6577 hectares per person	0.1987 hectares per person	Iran
1720s	0.8525 hectares per person	0.6526 hectares per person	0.1999 hectares per person	Iran
1730s	0.8484 hectares per person	0.6474 hectares per person	0.2011 hectares per person	Iran
1740s	0.8443 hectares per person	0.6421 hectares per person	0.2022 hectares per person	Iran
1750s	0.8401 hectares per person	0.6367 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Iran
1760s	0.8358 hectares per person	0.6312 hectares per person	0.2046 hectares per person	Iran
1770s	0.8314 hectares per person	0.6257 hectares per person	0.2057 hectares per person	Iran
1780s	0.8269 hectares per person	0.62 hectares per person	0.2069 hectares per person	Iran
1790s	0.8223 hectares per person	0.6143 hectares per person	0.2081 hectares per person	Iran
1800s	0.8176 hectares per person	0.6084 hectares per person	0.2092 hectares per person	Iran
1810s	0.8127 hectares per person	0.6024 hectares per person	0.2104 hectares per person	Iran
1820s	0.8077 hectares per person	0.5963 hectares per person	0.2115 hectares per person	Iran
1830s	0.8025 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2125 hectares per person	Iran
1840s	0.7972 hectares per person	0.5836 hectares per person	0.2136 hectares per person	Iran
1850s	0.7917 hectares per person	0.5771 hectares per person	0.2146 hectares per person	Iran
1860s	0.7859 hectares per person	0.5705 hectares per person	0.2155 hectares per person	Iran
1870s	0.7799 hectares per person	0.5636 hectares per person	0.2163 hectares per person	Iran
1880s	0.7736 hectares per person	0.5566 hectares per person	0.217 hectares per person	Iran
1890s	0.7669 hectares per person	0.5494 hectares per person	0.2175 hectares per person	Iran
1900s	0.7598 hectares per person	0.5421 hectares per person	0.2177 hectares per person	Iran
1910s	0.7521 hectares per person	0.5345 hectares per person	0.2176 hectares per person	Iran
1920s	0.7437 hectares per person	0.5267 hectares per person	0.217 hectares per person	Iran
1930s	0.7343 hectares per person	0.5187 hectares per person	0.2156 hectares per person	Iran
1940s	0.7233 hectares per person	0.5104 hectares per person	0.2129 hectares per person	Iran
1950s	0.6997 hectares per person	0.4978 hectares per person	0.2019 hectares per person	Iran
1960s	0.626 hectares per person	0.4597 hectares per person	0.1663 hectares per person	Iran
1970s	0.5003 hectares per person	0.4114 hectares per person	0.0889 hectares per person	Iran
1980s	0.3415 hectares per person	0.3725 hectares per person	0.031 hectares per person	North Macedonia
1990s	0.3021 hectares per person	0.3355 hectares per person	0.0334 hectares per person	North Macedonia
2000s	0.2554 hectares per person	0.2521 hectares per person	0.0033 hectares per person	Iran
2010s	0.2134 hectares per person	0.2169 hectares per person	0.0036 hectares per person	North Macedonia
2020s	0.2106 hectares per person	0.2126 hectares per person	0.002 hectares per person	North Macedonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Iran or North Macedonia?: North Macedonia, at 0.21 hectares per person against 0.2082 hectares per person in Iran as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Iran and North Macedonia?: 0.0018 hectares per person, with North Macedonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and North Macedonia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Iran and North Macedonia rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Iran ranks 74th and North Macedonia ranks 73rd 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.