What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Madagascar and New Zealand?

0.0077 hectares per person, with New Zealand ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and New Zealand?

106 years are reported by both, from 1200 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.

Madagascar vs New Zealand: Cropland per person over the long-term

Madagascar

0.125 hectares per person

in 2025

New Zealand

0.1327 hectares per person

in 2025

Madagascar rank

118th

New Zealand rank

115th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Madagascar
New Zealand

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.1327 hectares per person against 0.125 hectares per person in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0077 hectares per person.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1200 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 118th and New Zealand ranks 115th of 202 countries.

Across the 38 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 33 and New Zealand in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1200s	0.4321 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	Madagascar
1300s	0.4321 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	Madagascar
1400s	0.4321 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4321 hectares per person	Madagascar
1500s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0022 hectares per person	0.4299 hectares per person	Madagascar
1600s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0028 hectares per person	0.4293 hectares per person	Madagascar
1700s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0035 hectares per person	0.4286 hectares per person	Madagascar
1710s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0044 hectares per person	0.4277 hectares per person	Madagascar
1720s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0055 hectares per person	0.4266 hectares per person	Madagascar
1730s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0068 hectares per person	0.4253 hectares per person	Madagascar
1740s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0085 hectares per person	0.4236 hectares per person	Madagascar
1750s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0107 hectares per person	0.4214 hectares per person	Madagascar
1760s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0133 hectares per person	0.4188 hectares per person	Madagascar
1770s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0167 hectares per person	0.4154 hectares per person	Madagascar
1780s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0208 hectares per person	0.4113 hectares per person	Madagascar
1790s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.026 hectares per person	0.4061 hectares per person	Madagascar
1800s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0326 hectares per person	0.3995 hectares per person	Madagascar
1810s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0407 hectares per person	0.3914 hectares per person	Madagascar
1820s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0509 hectares per person	0.3812 hectares per person	Madagascar
1830s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0636 hectares per person	0.3685 hectares per person	Madagascar
1840s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0795 hectares per person	0.3526 hectares per person	Madagascar
1850s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.0993 hectares per person	0.3328 hectares per person	Madagascar
1860s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.1242 hectares per person	0.3079 hectares per person	Madagascar
1870s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2385 hectares per person	0.1935 hectares per person	Madagascar
1880s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.3529 hectares per person	0.0792 hectares per person	Madagascar
1890s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.4673 hectares per person	0.0352 hectares per person	New Zealand
1900s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.8011 hectares per person	0.369 hectares per person	New Zealand
1910s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.6961 hectares per person	0.264 hectares per person	New Zealand
1920s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.5911 hectares per person	0.159 hectares per person	New Zealand
1930s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.4861 hectares per person	0.054 hectares per person	New Zealand
1940s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.3811 hectares per person	0.051 hectares per person	Madagascar
1950s	0.4128 hectares per person	0.2289 hectares per person	0.1839 hectares per person	Madagascar
1960s	0.3911 hectares per person	0.1572 hectares per person	0.2339 hectares per person	Madagascar
1970s	0.3549 hectares per person	0.1385 hectares per person	0.2164 hectares per person	Madagascar
1980s	0.3204 hectares per person	0.1432 hectares per person	0.1772 hectares per person	Madagascar
1990s	0.2599 hectares per person	0.121 hectares per person	0.1389 hectares per person	Madagascar
2000s	0.1984 hectares per person	0.118 hectares per person	0.0805 hectares per person	Madagascar
2010s	0.1577 hectares per person	0.1284 hectares per person	0.0292 hectares per person	Madagascar
2020s	0.1325 hectares per person	0.1304 hectares per person	0.0021 hectares per person	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Madagascar or New Zealand?: New Zealand, at 0.1327 hectares per person against 0.125 hectares per person in Madagascar as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Madagascar and New Zealand?: 0.0077 hectares per person, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and New Zealand?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1200 to 2025.
How do Madagascar and New Zealand rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Madagascar ranks 118th and New Zealand ranks 115th 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.