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

0.0011 hectares per person, with East Timor ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and East Timor?

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.

Madagascar vs East Timor: Cropland per person over the long-term

Madagascar

0.125 hectares per person

in 2025

East Timor

0.1261 hectares per person

in 2025

Madagascar rank

118th

East Timor rank

116th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Madagascar
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 0.1261 hectares per person against 0.125 hectares per person in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0011 hectares per person.

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

Madagascar ranks 118th and East Timor ranks 116th of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2474 hectares per person	0.1847 hectares per person	Madagascar
1100s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2473 hectares per person	0.1848 hectares per person	Madagascar
1200s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2472 hectares per person	0.1849 hectares per person	Madagascar
1300s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2472 hectares per person	0.1849 hectares per person	Madagascar
1400s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2471 hectares per person	0.185 hectares per person	Madagascar
1500s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2471 hectares per person	0.185 hectares per person	Madagascar
1600s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1700s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1710s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1720s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1730s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1740s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1750s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1760s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1770s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1780s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1790s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1800s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1810s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1820s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1830s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1840s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1850s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1860s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1870s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1880s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1890s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1900s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.1851 hectares per person	Madagascar
1910s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.1852 hectares per person	Madagascar
1920s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.1852 hectares per person	Madagascar
1930s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2467 hectares per person	0.1854 hectares per person	Madagascar
1940s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.1852 hectares per person	Madagascar
1950s	0.4128 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.1658 hectares per person	Madagascar
1960s	0.3911 hectares per person	0.1487 hectares per person	0.2424 hectares per person	Madagascar
1970s	0.3549 hectares per person	0.1677 hectares per person	0.1872 hectares per person	Madagascar
1980s	0.3204 hectares per person	0.2168 hectares per person	0.1036 hectares per person	Madagascar
1990s	0.2599 hectares per person	0.2277 hectares per person	0.0322 hectares per person	Madagascar
2000s	0.1984 hectares per person	0.1906 hectares per person	0.0078 hectares per person	Madagascar
2010s	0.1577 hectares per person	0.1541 hectares per person	0.0035 hectares per person	Madagascar
2020s	0.1325 hectares per person	0.1324 hectares per person	0.0001 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 East Timor?: East Timor, at 0.1261 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 East Timor?: 0.0011 hectares per person, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and East Timor?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Madagascar and East Timor rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Madagascar ranks 118th and East Timor ranks 116th 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.