What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Libya and Morocco?

0.0026 hectares per person, with Morocco ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Morocco?

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.

Libya vs Morocco: Cropland per person over the long-term

Libya

0.2601 hectares per person

in 2025

Morocco

0.2627 hectares per person

in 2025

Libya rank

55th

Morocco rank

54th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Libya
Morocco

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 0.2627 hectares per person against 0.2601 hectares per person in Libya, a difference of 0.0026 hectares per person.

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

Libya ranks 55th and Morocco ranks 54th of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Libya	Morocco	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5607 hectares per person	0.6775 hectares per person	Libya
1100s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5611 hectares per person	0.677 hectares per person	Libya
1200s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5616 hectares per person	0.6765 hectares per person	Libya
1300s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5621 hectares per person	0.676 hectares per person	Libya
1400s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5626 hectares per person	0.6756 hectares per person	Libya
1500s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5631 hectares per person	0.6751 hectares per person	Libya
1600s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5636 hectares per person	0.6746 hectares per person	Libya
1700s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5641 hectares per person	0.6741 hectares per person	Libya
1710s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5641 hectares per person	0.674 hectares per person	Libya
1720s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5642 hectares per person	0.674 hectares per person	Libya
1730s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5642 hectares per person	0.6739 hectares per person	Libya
1740s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5643 hectares per person	0.6739 hectares per person	Libya
1750s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5643 hectares per person	0.6738 hectares per person	Libya
1760s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5644 hectares per person	0.6738 hectares per person	Libya
1770s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5644 hectares per person	0.6737 hectares per person	Libya
1780s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5645 hectares per person	0.6737 hectares per person	Libya
1790s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5645 hectares per person	0.6737 hectares per person	Libya
1800s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5646 hectares per person	0.6736 hectares per person	Libya
1810s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5646 hectares per person	0.6736 hectares per person	Libya
1820s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5647 hectares per person	0.6735 hectares per person	Libya
1830s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5647 hectares per person	0.6735 hectares per person	Libya
1840s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5648 hectares per person	0.6734 hectares per person	Libya
1850s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5648 hectares per person	0.6734 hectares per person	Libya
1860s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5649 hectares per person	0.6733 hectares per person	Libya
1870s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5649 hectares per person	0.6733 hectares per person	Libya
1880s	1.24 hectares per person	0.565 hectares per person	0.6732 hectares per person	Libya
1890s	1.24 hectares per person	0.565 hectares per person	0.6732 hectares per person	Libya
1900s	1.24 hectares per person	0.5651 hectares per person	0.6731 hectares per person	Libya
1910s	1.34 hectares per person	0.5651 hectares per person	0.7725 hectares per person	Libya
1920s	1.34 hectares per person	0.5652 hectares per person	0.7724 hectares per person	Libya
1930s	1.34 hectares per person	0.5652 hectares per person	0.7724 hectares per person	Libya
1940s	1.34 hectares per person	0.5653 hectares per person	0.7723 hectares per person	Libya
1950s	1.34 hectares per person	0.5653 hectares per person	0.7722 hectares per person	Libya
1960s	1.19 hectares per person	0.5145 hectares per person	0.675 hectares per person	Libya
1970s	0.8445 hectares per person	0.4387 hectares per person	0.4058 hectares per person	Libya
1980s	0.6192 hectares per person	0.3836 hectares per person	0.2356 hectares per person	Libya
1990s	0.4447 hectares per person	0.365 hectares per person	0.0797 hectares per person	Libya
2000s	0.332 hectares per person	0.3038 hectares per person	0.0282 hectares per person	Libya
2010s	0.3 hectares per person	0.2815 hectares per person	0.0185 hectares per person	Libya
2020s	0.2673 hectares per person	0.2656 hectares per person	0.0017 hectares per person	Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Libya or Morocco?: Morocco, at 0.2627 hectares per person against 0.2601 hectares per person in Libya as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Libya and Morocco?: 0.0026 hectares per person, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Morocco?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Libya and Morocco rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Libya ranks 55th and Morocco ranks 54th 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.