What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Laos and Mozambique?

0.0015 hectares per person, with Laos ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Mozambique?

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.

Laos vs Mozambique: Cropland per person over the long-term

Laos

0.1985 hectares per person

in 2025

Mozambique

0.197 hectares per person

in 2025

Laos rank

79th

Mozambique rank

80th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Laos
Mozambique

How they compare

Laos currently reports 0.1985 hectares per person against 0.197 hectares per person in Mozambique, a difference of 0.0015 hectares per person.

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

Laos ranks 79th and Mozambique ranks 80th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 2 and Mozambique in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Laos	Mozambique	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.1482 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2031 hectares per person	Mozambique
1100s	0.1481 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2032 hectares per person	Mozambique
1200s	0.148 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2032 hectares per person	Mozambique
1300s	0.148 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2033 hectares per person	Mozambique
1400s	0.148 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2033 hectares per person	Mozambique
1500s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2033 hectares per person	Mozambique
1600s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1700s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1710s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1720s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1730s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1740s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1750s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1760s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1770s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1780s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1790s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1800s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1810s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1820s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1830s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1840s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1850s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1860s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1870s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2034 hectares per person	Mozambique
1880s	0.1477 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.2036 hectares per person	Mozambique
1890s	0.1565 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.1947 hectares per person	Mozambique
1900s	0.1653 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.1859 hectares per person	Mozambique
1910s	0.1742 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.1771 hectares per person	Mozambique
1920s	0.183 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.1683 hectares per person	Mozambique
1930s	0.2155 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.1357 hectares per person	Mozambique
1940s	0.2481 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.1032 hectares per person	Mozambique
1950s	0.2912 hectares per person	0.3513 hectares per person	0.0601 hectares per person	Mozambique
1960s	0.279 hectares per person	0.3336 hectares per person	0.0546 hectares per person	Mozambique
1970s	0.2521 hectares per person	0.3003 hectares per person	0.0482 hectares per person	Mozambique
1980s	0.2293 hectares per person	0.2644 hectares per person	0.035 hectares per person	Mozambique
1990s	0.1905 hectares per person	0.2549 hectares per person	0.0644 hectares per person	Mozambique
2000s	0.2128 hectares per person	0.2412 hectares per person	0.0284 hectares per person	Mozambique
2010s	0.248 hectares per person	0.2319 hectares per person	0.0161 hectares per person	Laos
2020s	0.2092 hectares per person	0.2061 hectares per person	0.0031 hectares per person	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Laos or Mozambique?: Laos, at 0.1985 hectares per person against 0.197 hectares per person in Mozambique as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Laos and Mozambique?: 0.0015 hectares per person, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Mozambique?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Laos and Mozambique rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Laos ranks 79th and Mozambique ranks 80th 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.