What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Nepal and Switzerland?

0.0024 hectares per person, with Switzerland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Switzerland?

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.

Nepal vs Switzerland: Cropland per person over the long-term

Nepal

0.0481 hectares per person

in 2025

Switzerland

0.0505 hectares per person

in 2025

Nepal rank

163rd

Switzerland rank

161st

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Nepal
Switzerland

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 0.0505 hectares per person against 0.0481 hectares per person in Nepal, a difference of 0.0024 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Switzerland ahead.

Nepal ranks 163rd and Switzerland ranks 161st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 32 and Switzerland in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.124 hectares per person	0.1482 hectares per person	0.0243 hectares per person	Switzerland
1100s	0.1227 hectares per person	0.1452 hectares per person	0.0224 hectares per person	Switzerland
1200s	0.1215 hectares per person	0.1418 hectares per person	0.0203 hectares per person	Switzerland
1300s	0.1203 hectares per person	0.1382 hectares per person	0.0178 hectares per person	Switzerland
1400s	0.1191 hectares per person	0.134 hectares per person	0.0149 hectares per person	Switzerland
1500s	0.118 hectares per person	0.1293 hectares per person	0.0114 hectares per person	Switzerland
1600s	0.1168 hectares per person	0.1238 hectares per person	0.007 hectares per person	Switzerland
1700s	0.1156 hectares per person	0.1171 hectares per person	0.0014 hectares per person	Switzerland
1710s	0.1216 hectares per person	0.1163 hectares per person	0.0053 hectares per person	Nepal
1720s	0.128 hectares per person	0.1155 hectares per person	0.0125 hectares per person	Nepal
1730s	0.1348 hectares per person	0.1147 hectares per person	0.0201 hectares per person	Nepal
1740s	0.142 hectares per person	0.1139 hectares per person	0.0281 hectares per person	Nepal
1750s	0.1496 hectares per person	0.113 hectares per person	0.0366 hectares per person	Nepal
1760s	0.1577 hectares per person	0.1121 hectares per person	0.0456 hectares per person	Nepal
1770s	0.1663 hectares per person	0.1112 hectares per person	0.0551 hectares per person	Nepal
1780s	0.1755 hectares per person	0.1103 hectares per person	0.0652 hectares per person	Nepal
1790s	0.1852 hectares per person	0.1093 hectares per person	0.0759 hectares per person	Nepal
1800s	0.1955 hectares per person	0.1083 hectares per person	0.0872 hectares per person	Nepal
1810s	0.2065 hectares per person	0.1073 hectares per person	0.0992 hectares per person	Nepal
1820s	0.2224 hectares per person	0.1062 hectares per person	0.1162 hectares per person	Nepal
1830s	0.2269 hectares per person	0.1056 hectares per person	0.1213 hectares per person	Nepal
1840s	0.2486 hectares per person	0.1048 hectares per person	0.1438 hectares per person	Nepal
1850s	0.2443 hectares per person	0.1036 hectares per person	0.1407 hectares per person	Nepal
1860s	0.2356 hectares per person	0.1018 hectares per person	0.1338 hectares per person	Nepal
1870s	0.2278 hectares per person	0.1004 hectares per person	0.1274 hectares per person	Nepal
1880s	0.2301 hectares per person	0.0978 hectares per person	0.1323 hectares per person	Nepal
1890s	0.2148 hectares per person	0.0961 hectares per person	0.1187 hectares per person	Nepal
1900s	0.2142 hectares per person	0.0929 hectares per person	0.1213 hectares per person	Nepal
1910s	0.2341 hectares per person	0.0904 hectares per person	0.1437 hectares per person	Nepal
1920s	0.2368 hectares per person	0.0878 hectares per person	0.149 hectares per person	Nepal
1930s	0.231 hectares per person	0.0847 hectares per person	0.1463 hectares per person	Nepal
1940s	0.2165 hectares per person	0.0821 hectares per person	0.1344 hectares per person	Nepal
1950s	0.1956 hectares per person	0.0767 hectares per person	0.1189 hectares per person	Nepal
1960s	0.1695 hectares per person	0.0685 hectares per person	0.101 hectares per person	Nepal
1970s	0.1635 hectares per person	0.0612 hectares per person	0.1023 hectares per person	Nepal
1980s	0.1392 hectares per person	0.065 hectares per person	0.0742 hectares per person	Nepal
1990s	0.1124 hectares per person	0.0628 hectares per person	0.0497 hectares per person	Nepal
2000s	0.09 hectares per person	0.0582 hectares per person	0.0318 hectares per person	Nepal
2010s	0.0682 hectares per person	0.0541 hectares per person	0.0141 hectares per person	Nepal
2020s	0.0521 hectares per person	0.0514 hectares per person	0.0007 hectares per person	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Nepal or Switzerland?: Switzerland, at 0.0505 hectares per person against 0.0481 hectares per person in Nepal as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Nepal and Switzerland?: 0.0024 hectares per person, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Switzerland?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Nepal and Switzerland rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Nepal ranks 163rd and Switzerland ranks 161st 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.