What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Malaysia and Sweden?

0.002 hectares per person, with Sweden ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Sweden?

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.

Malaysia vs Sweden: Cropland per person over the long-term

Malaysia

0.2364 hectares per person

in 2025

Sweden

0.2384 hectares per person

in 2025

Malaysia rank

60th

Sweden rank

59th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Malaysia
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.2384 hectares per person against 0.2364 hectares per person in Malaysia, a difference of 0.002 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sweden ahead.

Malaysia ranks 60th and Sweden ranks 59th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.3166 hectares per person	0.948 hectares per person	0.6314 hectares per person	Sweden
1100s	0.3166 hectares per person	0.9285 hectares per person	0.6119 hectares per person	Sweden
1200s	0.3165 hectares per person	0.9071 hectares per person	0.5906 hectares per person	Sweden
1300s	0.3165 hectares per person	0.8835 hectares per person	0.567 hectares per person	Sweden
1400s	0.3165 hectares per person	0.8571 hectares per person	0.5407 hectares per person	Sweden
1500s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.827 hectares per person	0.5106 hectares per person	Sweden
1600s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7917 hectares per person	0.4753 hectares per person	Sweden
1700s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7487 hectares per person	0.4323 hectares per person	Sweden
1710s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7438 hectares per person	0.4274 hectares per person	Sweden
1720s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7388 hectares per person	0.4224 hectares per person	Sweden
1730s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7337 hectares per person	0.4173 hectares per person	Sweden
1740s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7283 hectares per person	0.4119 hectares per person	Sweden
1750s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7229 hectares per person	0.4065 hectares per person	Sweden
1760s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.711 hectares per person	0.3946 hectares per person	Sweden
1770s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7138 hectares per person	0.3974 hectares per person	Sweden
1780s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7135 hectares per person	0.3971 hectares per person	Sweden
1790s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7126 hectares per person	0.3962 hectares per person	Sweden
1800s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7082 hectares per person	0.3918 hectares per person	Sweden
1810s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.717 hectares per person	0.4006 hectares per person	Sweden
1820s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.7043 hectares per person	0.3879 hectares per person	Sweden
1830s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.6928 hectares per person	0.3764 hectares per person	Sweden
1840s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.6852 hectares per person	0.3689 hectares per person	Sweden
1850s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.6736 hectares per person	0.3572 hectares per person	Sweden
1860s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.6558 hectares per person	0.3394 hectares per person	Sweden
1870s	0.3164 hectares per person	0.6489 hectares per person	0.3325 hectares per person	Sweden
1880s	0.3163 hectares per person	0.6306 hectares per person	0.3143 hectares per person	Sweden
1890s	0.4228 hectares per person	0.6072 hectares per person	0.1844 hectares per person	Sweden
1900s	0.4216 hectares per person	0.588 hectares per person	0.1664 hectares per person	Sweden
1910s	0.4608 hectares per person	0.57 hectares per person	0.1092 hectares per person	Sweden
1920s	0.5649 hectares per person	0.5525 hectares per person	0.0124 hectares per person	Malaysia
1930s	0.4547 hectares per person	0.5326 hectares per person	0.0779 hectares per person	Sweden
1940s	0.4262 hectares per person	0.5135 hectares per person	0.0873 hectares per person	Sweden
1950s	0.4404 hectares per person	0.4782 hectares per person	0.0378 hectares per person	Sweden
1960s	0.3385 hectares per person	0.4218 hectares per person	0.0834 hectares per person	Sweden
1970s	0.335 hectares per person	0.369 hectares per person	0.0339 hectares per person	Sweden
1980s	0.3383 hectares per person	0.3486 hectares per person	0.0103 hectares per person	Sweden
1990s	0.3243 hectares per person	0.3185 hectares per person	0.0058 hectares per person	Malaysia
2000s	0.2647 hectares per person	0.2925 hectares per person	0.0277 hectares per person	Sweden
2010s	0.2598 hectares per person	0.265 hectares per person	0.0052 hectares per person	Sweden
2020s	0.2438 hectares per person	0.2439 hectares per person	0.0001 hectares per person	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Malaysia or Sweden?: Sweden, at 0.2384 hectares per person against 0.2364 hectares per person in Malaysia as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Malaysia and Sweden?: 0.002 hectares per person, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Sweden?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Malaysia and Sweden rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Malaysia ranks 60th and Sweden ranks 59th 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.