What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Italy and Mexico?

0.0124 hectares per person, with Mexico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Mexico?

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.

Italy vs Mexico: Cropland per person over the long-term

Italy

0.1563 hectares per person

in 2025

Mexico

0.1687 hectares per person

in 2025

Italy rank

99th

Mexico rank

96th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Italy
Mexico

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 0.1687 hectares per person against 0.1563 hectares per person in Italy, a difference of 0.0124 hectares per person.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

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

Italy ranks 99th and Mexico ranks 96th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 18 and Mexico in 22.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Mexico	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.927 hectares per person	0.3941 hectares per person	0.5329 hectares per person	Italy
1100s	0.9045 hectares per person	0.4044 hectares per person	0.5002 hectares per person	Italy
1200s	0.8826 hectares per person	0.4139 hectares per person	0.4687 hectares per person	Italy
1300s	0.8611 hectares per person	0.4231 hectares per person	0.438 hectares per person	Italy
1400s	0.84 hectares per person	0.4322 hectares per person	0.4078 hectares per person	Italy
1500s	0.8196 hectares per person	0.4413 hectares per person	0.3782 hectares per person	Italy
1600s	0.7997 hectares per person	0.4878 hectares per person	0.3119 hectares per person	Italy
1700s	0.7802 hectares per person	0.4977 hectares per person	0.2825 hectares per person	Italy
1710s	0.7612 hectares per person	0.5079 hectares per person	0.2533 hectares per person	Italy
1720s	0.7426 hectares per person	0.5182 hectares per person	0.2244 hectares per person	Italy
1730s	0.7245 hectares per person	0.5288 hectares per person	0.1957 hectares per person	Italy
1740s	0.7068 hectares per person	0.5395 hectares per person	0.1673 hectares per person	Italy
1750s	0.6896 hectares per person	0.5505 hectares per person	0.1391 hectares per person	Italy
1760s	0.6727 hectares per person	0.5617 hectares per person	0.111 hectares per person	Italy
1770s	0.6563 hectares per person	0.5732 hectares per person	0.0832 hectares per person	Italy
1780s	0.6403 hectares per person	0.5848 hectares per person	0.0555 hectares per person	Italy
1790s	0.6247 hectares per person	0.5967 hectares per person	0.028 hectares per person	Italy
1800s	0.6095 hectares per person	0.6089 hectares per person	0.0006 hectares per person	Italy
1810s	0.5946 hectares per person	0.6213 hectares per person	0.0267 hectares per person	Mexico
1820s	0.5801 hectares per person	0.6339 hectares per person	0.0538 hectares per person	Mexico
1830s	0.566 hectares per person	0.6469 hectares per person	0.0809 hectares per person	Mexico
1840s	0.5522 hectares per person	0.66 hectares per person	0.1079 hectares per person	Mexico
1850s	0.5387 hectares per person	0.6735 hectares per person	0.1348 hectares per person	Mexico
1860s	0.5255 hectares per person	0.6872 hectares per person	0.1616 hectares per person	Mexico
1870s	0.5127 hectares per person	0.7012 hectares per person	0.1885 hectares per person	Mexico
1880s	0.5001 hectares per person	0.7151 hectares per person	0.215 hectares per person	Mexico
1890s	0.4879 hectares per person	0.7422 hectares per person	0.2543 hectares per person	Mexico
1900s	0.4769 hectares per person	0.7748 hectares per person	0.2978 hectares per person	Mexico
1910s	0.4475 hectares per person	0.801 hectares per person	0.3535 hectares per person	Mexico
1920s	0.4042 hectares per person	0.8132 hectares per person	0.4091 hectares per person	Mexico
1930s	0.3796 hectares per person	0.7925 hectares per person	0.4129 hectares per person	Mexico
1940s	0.3554 hectares per person	0.7261 hectares per person	0.3707 hectares per person	Mexico
1950s	0.3255 hectares per person	0.5883 hectares per person	0.2628 hectares per person	Mexico
1960s	0.298 hectares per person	0.4688 hectares per person	0.1708 hectares per person	Mexico
1970s	0.229 hectares per person	0.324 hectares per person	0.095 hectares per person	Mexico
1980s	0.2144 hectares per person	0.27 hectares per person	0.0556 hectares per person	Mexico
1990s	0.1983 hectares per person	0.2679 hectares per person	0.0696 hectares per person	Mexico
2000s	0.1776 hectares per person	0.239 hectares per person	0.0614 hectares per person	Mexico
2010s	0.1532 hectares per person	0.2005 hectares per person	0.0473 hectares per person	Mexico
2020s	0.1538 hectares per person	0.1739 hectares per person	0.0201 hectares per person	Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Italy or Mexico?: Mexico, at 0.1687 hectares per person against 0.1563 hectares per person in Italy as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Italy and Mexico?: 0.0124 hectares per person, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Mexico?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Italy and Mexico rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Italy ranks 99th and Mexico ranks 96th 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.