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

0.0057 hectares per person, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Viet Nam?

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 Viet Nam: Cropland per person over the long-term

Madagascar

0.125 hectares per person

in 2025

Viet Nam

0.1193 hectares per person

in 2025

Madagascar rank

118th

Viet Nam rank

121st

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Madagascar
Viet Nam

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 0.125 hectares per person against 0.1193 hectares per person in Viet Nam, a difference of 0.0057 hectares per person.

Across all 108 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.

Madagascar ranks 118th and Viet Nam ranks 121st of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2252 hectares per person	0.2068 hectares per person	Madagascar
1100s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2251 hectares per person	0.2069 hectares per person	Madagascar
1200s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2251 hectares per person	0.207 hectares per person	Madagascar
1300s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.225 hectares per person	0.2071 hectares per person	Madagascar
1400s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2249 hectares per person	0.2072 hectares per person	Madagascar
1500s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2249 hectares per person	0.2072 hectares per person	Madagascar
1600s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1700s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1710s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1720s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1730s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1740s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1750s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1760s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1770s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1780s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1790s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2073 hectares per person	Madagascar
1800s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2074 hectares per person	Madagascar
1810s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2074 hectares per person	Madagascar
1820s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2074 hectares per person	Madagascar
1830s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2074 hectares per person	Madagascar
1840s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2074 hectares per person	Madagascar
1850s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2074 hectares per person	Madagascar
1860s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2074 hectares per person	Madagascar
1870s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2247 hectares per person	0.2074 hectares per person	Madagascar
1880s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2245 hectares per person	0.2076 hectares per person	Madagascar
1890s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2357 hectares per person	0.1964 hectares per person	Madagascar
1900s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.1852 hectares per person	Madagascar
1910s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.258 hectares per person	0.1741 hectares per person	Madagascar
1920s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2692 hectares per person	0.1629 hectares per person	Madagascar
1930s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.2371 hectares per person	0.195 hectares per person	Madagascar
1940s	0.4321 hectares per person	0.205 hectares per person	0.2271 hectares per person	Madagascar
1950s	0.4128 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.2352 hectares per person	Madagascar
1960s	0.3911 hectares per person	0.1628 hectares per person	0.2283 hectares per person	Madagascar
1970s	0.3549 hectares per person	0.1301 hectares per person	0.2248 hectares per person	Madagascar
1980s	0.3204 hectares per person	0.109 hectares per person	0.2114 hectares per person	Madagascar
1990s	0.2599 hectares per person	0.0949 hectares per person	0.165 hectares per person	Madagascar
2000s	0.1984 hectares per person	0.1103 hectares per person	0.0881 hectares per person	Madagascar
2010s	0.1577 hectares per person	0.1184 hectares per person	0.0393 hectares per person	Madagascar
2020s	0.1325 hectares per person	0.1202 hectares per person	0.0124 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 Viet Nam?: Madagascar, at 0.125 hectares per person against 0.1193 hectares per person in Viet Nam as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Madagascar and Viet Nam?: 0.0057 hectares per person, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Viet Nam?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Madagascar and Viet Nam rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Madagascar ranks 118th and Viet Nam ranks 121st 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.