What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Kenya and Viet Nam?

0.0033 hectares per person, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Viet Nam?

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.

Kenya vs Viet Nam: Cropland per person over the long-term

Kenya

0.1226 hectares per person

in 2025

Viet Nam

0.1193 hectares per person

in 2025

Kenya rank

119th

Viet Nam rank

121st

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Kenya
Viet Nam

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.1226 hectares per person against 0.1193 hectares per person in Viet Nam, a difference of 0.0033 hectares per person.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 119th and Viet Nam ranks 121st of 202 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2252 hectares per person	0.2241 hectares per person	Kenya
1100s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2251 hectares per person	0.2242 hectares per person	Kenya
1200s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2251 hectares per person	0.2243 hectares per person	Kenya
1300s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.225 hectares per person	0.2244 hectares per person	Kenya
1400s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2249 hectares per person	0.2245 hectares per person	Kenya
1500s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2249 hectares per person	0.2245 hectares per person	Kenya
1600s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1700s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1710s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1720s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1730s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1740s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1750s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1760s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1770s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1780s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1790s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1800s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1810s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1820s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1830s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1840s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2246 hectares per person	Kenya
1850s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	Kenya
1860s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	Kenya
1870s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	Kenya
1880s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2245 hectares per person	0.2249 hectares per person	Kenya
1890s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2357 hectares per person	0.2137 hectares per person	Kenya
1900s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.2025 hectares per person	Kenya
1910s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.258 hectares per person	0.1913 hectares per person	Kenya
1920s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2692 hectares per person	0.1802 hectares per person	Kenya
1930s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.2371 hectares per person	0.2123 hectares per person	Kenya
1940s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.205 hectares per person	0.2444 hectares per person	Kenya
1950s	0.4494 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.2718 hectares per person	Kenya
1960s	0.4017 hectares per person	0.1628 hectares per person	0.2388 hectares per person	Kenya
1970s	0.304 hectares per person	0.1301 hectares per person	0.1739 hectares per person	Kenya
1980s	0.2428 hectares per person	0.109 hectares per person	0.1338 hectares per person	Kenya
1990s	0.2077 hectares per person	0.0949 hectares per person	0.1127 hectares per person	Kenya
2000s	0.1606 hectares per person	0.1103 hectares per person	0.0503 hectares per person	Kenya
2010s	0.1546 hectares per person	0.1184 hectares per person	0.0362 hectares per person	Kenya
2020s	0.1316 hectares per person	0.1202 hectares per person	0.0114 hectares per person	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Kenya or Viet Nam?: Kenya, at 0.1226 hectares per person against 0.1193 hectares per person in Viet Nam as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Kenya and Viet Nam?: 0.0033 hectares per person, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Viet Nam?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Kenya and Viet Nam rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Kenya ranks 119th and Viet Nam ranks 121st 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.