What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Lesotho and Portugal?

0.0005 hectares per person, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Portugal?

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.

Lesotho vs Portugal: Cropland per person over the long-term

Lesotho

0.177 hectares per person

in 2025

Portugal

0.1775 hectares per person

in 2025

Lesotho rank

90th

Portugal rank

88th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Lesotho
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.1775 hectares per person against 0.177 hectares per person in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0005 hectares per person.

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

Lesotho ranks 90th and Portugal ranks 88th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 19 and Portugal in 21.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 hectares per person	0.5009 hectares per person	0.5009 hectares per person	Portugal
1100s	0.4303 hectares per person	0.4932 hectares per person	0.0629 hectares per person	Portugal
1200s	0.4296 hectares per person	0.485 hectares per person	0.0554 hectares per person	Portugal
1300s	0.4289 hectares per person	0.4762 hectares per person	0.0474 hectares per person	Portugal
1400s	0.4281 hectares per person	0.4667 hectares per person	0.0386 hectares per person	Portugal
1500s	0.4274 hectares per person	0.4564 hectares per person	0.0291 hectares per person	Portugal
1600s	0.4266 hectares per person	0.4451 hectares per person	0.0185 hectares per person	Portugal
1700s	0.4259 hectares per person	0.4325 hectares per person	0.0066 hectares per person	Portugal
1710s	0.4258 hectares per person	0.4391 hectares per person	0.0133 hectares per person	Portugal
1720s	0.4257 hectares per person	0.4341 hectares per person	0.0083 hectares per person	Portugal
1730s	0.4256 hectares per person	0.4327 hectares per person	0.007 hectares per person	Portugal
1740s	0.4256 hectares per person	0.4312 hectares per person	0.0057 hectares per person	Portugal
1750s	0.4255 hectares per person	0.4298 hectares per person	0.0043 hectares per person	Portugal
1760s	0.4254 hectares per person	0.4284 hectares per person	0.0029 hectares per person	Portugal
1770s	0.4253 hectares per person	0.4269 hectares per person	0.0015 hectares per person	Portugal
1780s	0.4253 hectares per person	0.4254 hectares per person	0.0001 hectares per person	Portugal
1790s	0.4252 hectares per person	0.4239 hectares per person	0.0013 hectares per person	Lesotho
1800s	0.4251 hectares per person	0.4223 hectares per person	0.0028 hectares per person	Lesotho
1810s	0.425 hectares per person	0.4208 hectares per person	0.0043 hectares per person	Lesotho
1820s	0.425 hectares per person	0.4192 hectares per person	0.0058 hectares per person	Lesotho
1830s	0.4249 hectares per person	0.4169 hectares per person	0.008 hectares per person	Lesotho
1840s	0.4248 hectares per person	0.4153 hectares per person	0.0095 hectares per person	Lesotho
1850s	0.4247 hectares per person	0.413 hectares per person	0.0117 hectares per person	Lesotho
1860s	0.4247 hectares per person	0.411 hectares per person	0.0137 hectares per person	Lesotho
1870s	0.4246 hectares per person	0.409 hectares per person	0.0156 hectares per person	Lesotho
1880s	0.4245 hectares per person	0.4051 hectares per person	0.0194 hectares per person	Lesotho
1890s	0.4244 hectares per person	0.3996 hectares per person	0.0249 hectares per person	Lesotho
1900s	0.4244 hectares per person	0.3942 hectares per person	0.0302 hectares per person	Lesotho
1910s	0.4243 hectares per person	0.3929 hectares per person	0.0314 hectares per person	Lesotho
1920s	0.4242 hectares per person	0.3888 hectares per person	0.0354 hectares per person	Lesotho
1930s	0.4241 hectares per person	0.3966 hectares per person	0.0276 hectares per person	Lesotho
1940s	0.4241 hectares per person	0.3945 hectares per person	0.0295 hectares per person	Lesotho
1950s	0.424 hectares per person	0.3763 hectares per person	0.0477 hectares per person	Lesotho
1960s	0.3904 hectares per person	0.3635 hectares per person	0.0269 hectares per person	Lesotho
1970s	0.3035 hectares per person	0.3554 hectares per person	0.0519 hectares per person	Portugal
1980s	0.2109 hectares per person	0.3309 hectares per person	0.12 hectares per person	Portugal
1990s	0.1891 hectares per person	0.291 hectares per person	0.1018 hectares per person	Portugal
2000s	0.1675 hectares per person	0.213 hectares per person	0.0454 hectares per person	Portugal
2010s	0.1462 hectares per person	0.1751 hectares per person	0.0289 hectares per person	Portugal
2020s	0.1799 hectares per person	0.1763 hectares per person	0.0036 hectares per person	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Lesotho or Portugal?: Portugal, at 0.1775 hectares per person against 0.177 hectares per person in Lesotho as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Lesotho and Portugal?: 0.0005 hectares per person, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Portugal?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Lesotho and Portugal rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Lesotho ranks 90th and Portugal ranks 88th 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.