What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Mozambique and Nigeria?

0.0057 hectares per person, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Nigeria?

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.

Mozambique vs Nigeria: Cropland per person over the long-term

Mozambique

0.197 hectares per person

in 2025

Nigeria

0.2027 hectares per person

in 2025

Mozambique rank

80th

Nigeria rank

77th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Mozambique
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.2027 hectares per person against 0.197 hectares per person in Mozambique, a difference of 0.0057 hectares per person.

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

Mozambique ranks 80th and Nigeria ranks 77th of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1100s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1200s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1300s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1400s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1500s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1600s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1700s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1710s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1720s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1730s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1740s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1750s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1760s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1770s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1780s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1790s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1800s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1810s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1820s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1830s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1840s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1850s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1860s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1870s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1880s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1890s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1900s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1910s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1920s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1930s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1940s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1950s	0.3513 hectares per person	0.59 hectares per person	0.2387 hectares per person	Nigeria
1960s	0.3336 hectares per person	0.5548 hectares per person	0.2212 hectares per person	Nigeria
1970s	0.3003 hectares per person	0.46 hectares per person	0.1597 hectares per person	Nigeria
1980s	0.2644 hectares per person	0.3747 hectares per person	0.1103 hectares per person	Nigeria
1990s	0.2549 hectares per person	0.3417 hectares per person	0.0868 hectares per person	Nigeria
2000s	0.2412 hectares per person	0.306 hectares per person	0.0648 hectares per person	Nigeria
2010s	0.2319 hectares per person	0.2406 hectares per person	0.0087 hectares per person	Nigeria
2020s	0.2061 hectares per person	0.2101 hectares per person	0.004 hectares per person	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Mozambique or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 0.2027 hectares per person against 0.197 hectares per person in Mozambique as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Mozambique and Nigeria?: 0.0057 hectares per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Nigeria?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Mozambique and Nigeria rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Mozambique ranks 80th and Nigeria ranks 77th 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.