What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Malta and Puerto Rico?

0.0026 hectares per person, with Puerto Rico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Puerto Rico?

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.

Malta vs Puerto Rico: Cropland per person over the long-term

Malta

0.016 hectares per person

in 2025

Puerto Rico

0.0186 hectares per person

in 2025

Malta rank

184th

Puerto Rico rank

182nd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Malta
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 0.0186 hectares per person against 0.016 hectares per person in Malta, a difference of 0.0026 hectares per person.

That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.2 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 184th and Puerto Rico ranks 182nd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 30 and Puerto Rico in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.2434 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.2434 hectares per person	Malta
1100s	0.2377 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.2377 hectares per person	Malta
1200s	0.2316 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.2316 hectares per person	Malta
1300s	0.2251 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.2251 hectares per person	Malta
1400s	0.2183 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.2183 hectares per person	Malta
1500s	0.2111 hectares per person	0.1901 hectares per person	0.0209 hectares per person	Malta
1600s	0.2033 hectares per person	0.1802 hectares per person	0.0231 hectares per person	Malta
1700s	0.1948 hectares per person	0.1689 hectares per person	0.0259 hectares per person	Malta
1710s	0.1939 hectares per person	0.1677 hectares per person	0.0262 hectares per person	Malta
1720s	0.193 hectares per person	0.1665 hectares per person	0.0265 hectares per person	Malta
1730s	0.1921 hectares per person	0.1652 hectares per person	0.0269 hectares per person	Malta
1740s	0.1912 hectares per person	0.164 hectares per person	0.0272 hectares per person	Malta
1750s	0.1903 hectares per person	0.1627 hectares per person	0.0276 hectares per person	Malta
1760s	0.1893 hectares per person	0.1614 hectares per person	0.028 hectares per person	Malta
1770s	0.1884 hectares per person	0.1601 hectares per person	0.0283 hectares per person	Malta
1780s	0.1875 hectares per person	0.1587 hectares per person	0.0287 hectares per person	Malta
1790s	0.1865 hectares per person	0.1573 hectares per person	0.0292 hectares per person	Malta
1800s	0.1855 hectares per person	0.156 hectares per person	0.0296 hectares per person	Malta
1810s	0.1846 hectares per person	0.1545 hectares per person	0.03 hectares per person	Malta
1820s	0.1836 hectares per person	0.1531 hectares per person	0.0305 hectares per person	Malta
1830s	0.1826 hectares per person	0.1516 hectares per person	0.031 hectares per person	Malta
1840s	0.2171 hectares per person	0.1501 hectares per person	0.067 hectares per person	Malta
1850s	0.2067 hectares per person	0.1486 hectares per person	0.0581 hectares per person	Malta
1860s	0.1892 hectares per person	0.147 hectares per person	0.0422 hectares per person	Malta
1870s	0.1742 hectares per person	0.1454 hectares per person	0.0288 hectares per person	Malta
1880s	0.1614 hectares per person	0.1438 hectares per person	0.0176 hectares per person	Malta
1890s	0.1502 hectares per person	0.1421 hectares per person	0.0082 hectares per person	Malta
1900s	0.139 hectares per person	0.1404 hectares per person	0.0014 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
1910s	0.1229 hectares per person	0.1386 hectares per person	0.0158 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
1920s	0.1088 hectares per person	0.1368 hectares per person	0.028 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
1930s	0.0973 hectares per person	0.1349 hectares per person	0.0377 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
1940s	0.0849 hectares per person	0.133 hectares per person	0.0482 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
1950s	0.0652 hectares per person	0.1302 hectares per person	0.0649 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
1960s	0.0485 hectares per person	0.1092 hectares per person	0.0607 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
1970s	0.0439 hectares per person	0.0598 hectares per person	0.0159 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
1980s	0.0376 hectares per person	0.0388 hectares per person	0.0012 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
1990s	0.0301 hectares per person	0.0247 hectares per person	0.0054 hectares per person	Malta
2000s	0.0236 hectares per person	0.024 hectares per person	0.0005 hectares per person	Puerto Rico
2010s	0.0243 hectares per person	0.0205 hectares per person	0.0038 hectares per person	Malta
2020s	0.0188 hectares per person	0.0184 hectares per person	0.0004 hectares per person	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Malta or Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 0.0186 hectares per person against 0.016 hectares per person in Malta as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Malta and Puerto Rico?: 0.0026 hectares per person, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Puerto Rico?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Malta and Puerto Rico rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Malta ranks 184th and Puerto Rico ranks 182nd 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.