What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Mauritania and Saudi Arabia?

0.0032 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Saudi Arabia?

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.

Mauritania vs Saudi Arabia: Cropland per person over the long-term

Mauritania

0.099 hectares per person

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

0.0958 hectares per person

in 2025

Mauritania rank

135th

Saudi Arabia rank

138th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Mauritania
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.099 hectares per person against 0.0958 hectares per person in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.0032 hectares per person.

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

Mauritania ranks 135th and Saudi Arabia ranks 138th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 22 and Saudi Arabia in 18.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.3 hectares per person	0.8723 hectares per person	0.5722 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1100s	0.313 hectares per person	0.842 hectares per person	0.529 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1200s	0.3252 hectares per person	0.8094 hectares per person	0.4842 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1300s	0.3461 hectares per person	0.774 hectares per person	0.4279 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1400s	0.3752 hectares per person	0.7349 hectares per person	0.3597 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1500s	0.3906 hectares per person	0.6912 hectares per person	0.3006 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1600s	0.4439 hectares per person	0.6412 hectares per person	0.1972 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1700s	0.4946 hectares per person	0.5817 hectares per person	0.0871 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1710s	0.5042 hectares per person	0.5751 hectares per person	0.0709 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1720s	0.5134 hectares per person	0.5683 hectares per person	0.0549 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1730s	0.5221 hectares per person	0.5613 hectares per person	0.0392 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1740s	0.5305 hectares per person	0.5542 hectares per person	0.0237 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1750s	0.5385 hectares per person	0.5468 hectares per person	0.0083 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1760s	0.5462 hectares per person	0.5393 hectares per person	0.0069 hectares per person	Mauritania
1770s	0.5536 hectares per person	0.5315 hectares per person	0.0221 hectares per person	Mauritania
1780s	0.5607 hectares per person	0.5236 hectares per person	0.0371 hectares per person	Mauritania
1790s	0.5675 hectares per person	0.5153 hectares per person	0.0522 hectares per person	Mauritania
1800s	0.574 hectares per person	0.5068 hectares per person	0.0672 hectares per person	Mauritania
1810s	0.5803 hectares per person	0.498 hectares per person	0.0823 hectares per person	Mauritania
1820s	0.5864 hectares per person	0.4889 hectares per person	0.0975 hectares per person	Mauritania
1830s	0.5922 hectares per person	0.4794 hectares per person	0.1128 hectares per person	Mauritania
1840s	0.5978 hectares per person	0.4695 hectares per person	0.1283 hectares per person	Mauritania
1850s	0.6033 hectares per person	0.4592 hectares per person	0.1441 hectares per person	Mauritania
1860s	0.5855 hectares per person	0.4484 hectares per person	0.1371 hectares per person	Mauritania
1870s	0.5682 hectares per person	0.4371 hectares per person	0.1311 hectares per person	Mauritania
1880s	0.5515 hectares per person	0.4251 hectares per person	0.1264 hectares per person	Mauritania
1890s	0.5299 hectares per person	0.4124 hectares per person	0.1175 hectares per person	Mauritania
1900s	0.4561 hectares per person	0.3989 hectares per person	0.0572 hectares per person	Mauritania
1910s	0.4006 hectares per person	0.3844 hectares per person	0.0162 hectares per person	Mauritania
1920s	0.3625 hectares per person	0.3688 hectares per person	0.0062 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1930s	0.3555 hectares per person	0.3516 hectares per person	0.0038 hectares per person	Mauritania
1940s	0.3485 hectares per person	0.3326 hectares per person	0.0159 hectares per person	Mauritania
1950s	0.3261 hectares per person	0.3003 hectares per person	0.0258 hectares per person	Mauritania
1960s	0.28 hectares per person	0.2632 hectares per person	0.0168 hectares per person	Mauritania
1970s	0.1693 hectares per person	0.2268 hectares per person	0.0575 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1980s	0.1693 hectares per person	0.199 hectares per person	0.0296 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
1990s	0.1934 hectares per person	0.2072 hectares per person	0.0138 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
2000s	0.1496 hectares per person	0.162 hectares per person	0.0124 hectares per person	Saudi Arabia
2010s	0.1207 hectares per person	0.1197 hectares per person	0.001 hectares per person	Mauritania
2020s	0.1033 hectares per person	0.1 hectares per person	0.0032 hectares per person	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Mauritania or Saudi Arabia?: Mauritania, at 0.099 hectares per person against 0.0958 hectares per person in Saudi Arabia as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Mauritania and Saudi Arabia?: 0.0032 hectares per person, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Saudi Arabia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Mauritania and Saudi Arabia rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Mauritania ranks 135th and Saudi Arabia ranks 138th 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.