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

0.0042 hectares per person, with Nigeria ahead.

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

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 Nigeria: Cropland per person over the long-term

Laos

0.1985 hectares per person

in 2025

Nigeria

0.2027 hectares per person

in 2025

Laos rank

79th

Nigeria rank

77th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Laos
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.2027 hectares per person against 0.1985 hectares per person in Laos, a difference of 0.0042 hectares per person.

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

Laos ranks 79th and Nigeria ranks 77th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 39.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Laos	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.1482 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4418 hectares per person	Nigeria
1100s	0.1481 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4419 hectares per person	Nigeria
1200s	0.148 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4419 hectares per person	Nigeria
1300s	0.148 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.442 hectares per person	Nigeria
1400s	0.148 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.442 hectares per person	Nigeria
1500s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1600s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1700s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1710s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1720s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1730s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1740s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1750s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1760s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1770s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1780s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1790s	0.1479 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1800s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1810s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1820s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1830s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1840s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1850s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1860s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1870s	0.1478 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4421 hectares per person	Nigeria
1880s	0.1477 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4423 hectares per person	Nigeria
1890s	0.1565 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4334 hectares per person	Nigeria
1900s	0.1653 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4246 hectares per person	Nigeria
1910s	0.1742 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.4158 hectares per person	Nigeria
1920s	0.183 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.407 hectares per person	Nigeria
1930s	0.2155 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.3745 hectares per person	Nigeria
1940s	0.2481 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.3419 hectares per person	Nigeria
1950s	0.2912 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2988 hectares per person	Nigeria
1960s	0.279 hectares per person	0.5548 hectares per person	0.2758 hectares per person	Nigeria
1970s	0.2521 hectares per person	0.46 hectares per person	0.2079 hectares per person	Nigeria
1980s	0.2293 hectares per person	0.3747 hectares per person	0.1454 hectares per person	Nigeria
1990s	0.1905 hectares per person	0.3417 hectares per person	0.1512 hectares per person	Nigeria
2000s	0.2128 hectares per person	0.306 hectares per person	0.0932 hectares per person	Nigeria
2010s	0.248 hectares per person	0.2406 hectares per person	0.0074 hectares per person	Laos
2020s	0.2092 hectares per person	0.2101 hectares per person	0.0009 hectares per person	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Laos or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 0.2027 hectares per person against 0.1985 hectares per person in Laos as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Laos and Nigeria?: 0.0042 hectares per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Nigeria?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Laos and Nigeria rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Laos ranks 79th and Nigeria ranks 77th 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.