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

0.0001 hectares per person, with North Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Mauritania?

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.

North Korea vs Mauritania: Cropland per person over the long-term

North Korea

0.0991 hectares per person

in 2025

Mauritania

0.099 hectares per person

in 2025

North Korea rank

134th

Mauritania rank

135th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

North Korea
Mauritania

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 0.0991 hectares per person against 0.099 hectares per person in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0001 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 134th and Mauritania ranks 135th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 6 and Mauritania in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade	North Korea	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.5674 hectares per person	0.3 hectares per person	0.2674 hectares per person	North Korea
1100s	0.5478 hectares per person	0.313 hectares per person	0.2348 hectares per person	North Korea
1200s	0.5266 hectares per person	0.3252 hectares per person	0.2014 hectares per person	North Korea
1300s	0.5037 hectares per person	0.3461 hectares per person	0.1575 hectares per person	North Korea
1400s	0.4783 hectares per person	0.3752 hectares per person	0.1031 hectares per person	North Korea
1500s	0.45 hectares per person	0.3906 hectares per person	0.0594 hectares per person	North Korea
1600s	0.4176 hectares per person	0.4439 hectares per person	0.0263 hectares per person	Mauritania
1700s	0.3792 hectares per person	0.4946 hectares per person	0.1154 hectares per person	Mauritania
1710s	0.3749 hectares per person	0.5042 hectares per person	0.1293 hectares per person	Mauritania
1720s	0.3705 hectares per person	0.5134 hectares per person	0.1429 hectares per person	Mauritania
1730s	0.366 hectares per person	0.5221 hectares per person	0.1562 hectares per person	Mauritania
1740s	0.3614 hectares per person	0.5305 hectares per person	0.1692 hectares per person	Mauritania
1750s	0.3566 hectares per person	0.5385 hectares per person	0.1819 hectares per person	Mauritania
1760s	0.3518 hectares per person	0.5462 hectares per person	0.1945 hectares per person	Mauritania
1770s	0.3468 hectares per person	0.5536 hectares per person	0.2068 hectares per person	Mauritania
1780s	0.3416 hectares per person	0.5607 hectares per person	0.2191 hectares per person	Mauritania
1790s	0.3363 hectares per person	0.5675 hectares per person	0.2312 hectares per person	Mauritania
1800s	0.3308 hectares per person	0.574 hectares per person	0.2432 hectares per person	Mauritania
1810s	0.3251 hectares per person	0.5803 hectares per person	0.2552 hectares per person	Mauritania
1820s	0.3193 hectares per person	0.5864 hectares per person	0.2671 hectares per person	Mauritania
1830s	0.3131 hectares per person	0.5922 hectares per person	0.2791 hectares per person	Mauritania
1840s	0.3068 hectares per person	0.5978 hectares per person	0.291 hectares per person	Mauritania
1850s	0.3002 hectares per person	0.6033 hectares per person	0.3031 hectares per person	Mauritania
1860s	0.2932 hectares per person	0.5855 hectares per person	0.2922 hectares per person	Mauritania
1870s	0.286 hectares per person	0.5682 hectares per person	0.2823 hectares per person	Mauritania
1880s	0.2783 hectares per person	0.5515 hectares per person	0.2732 hectares per person	Mauritania
1890s	0.2702 hectares per person	0.5299 hectares per person	0.2598 hectares per person	Mauritania
1900s	0.2615 hectares per person	0.4561 hectares per person	0.1946 hectares per person	Mauritania
1910s	0.2523 hectares per person	0.4006 hectares per person	0.1483 hectares per person	Mauritania
1920s	0.2423 hectares per person	0.3625 hectares per person	0.1202 hectares per person	Mauritania
1930s	0.2314 hectares per person	0.3555 hectares per person	0.124 hectares per person	Mauritania
1940s	0.2194 hectares per person	0.3485 hectares per person	0.1291 hectares per person	Mauritania
1950s	0.1991 hectares per person	0.3261 hectares per person	0.127 hectares per person	Mauritania
1960s	0.1741 hectares per person	0.28 hectares per person	0.1059 hectares per person	Mauritania
1970s	0.1425 hectares per person	0.1693 hectares per person	0.0268 hectares per person	Mauritania
1980s	0.1311 hectares per person	0.1693 hectares per person	0.0383 hectares per person	Mauritania
1990s	0.1161 hectares per person	0.1934 hectares per person	0.0773 hectares per person	Mauritania
2000s	0.107 hectares per person	0.1496 hectares per person	0.0426 hectares per person	Mauritania
2010s	0.1037 hectares per person	0.1207 hectares per person	0.0171 hectares per person	Mauritania
2020s	0.0997 hectares per person	0.1033 hectares per person	0.0036 hectares per person	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, North Korea or Mauritania?: North Korea, at 0.0991 hectares per person against 0.099 hectares per person in Mauritania as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between North Korea and Mauritania?: 0.0001 hectares per person, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Mauritania?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do North Korea and Mauritania rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: North Korea ranks 134th and Mauritania ranks 135th 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.