What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between New Zealand and East Timor?

0.0066 hectares per person, with New Zealand ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and East Timor?

106 years are reported by both, from 1200 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.

New Zealand vs East Timor: Cropland per person over the long-term

New Zealand

0.1327 hectares per person

in 2025

East Timor

0.1261 hectares per person

in 2025

New Zealand rank

115th

East Timor rank

116th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

New Zealand
East Timor

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.1327 hectares per person against 0.1261 hectares per person in East Timor, a difference of 0.0066 hectares per person.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1200 it was East Timor ahead.

New Zealand ranks 115th and East Timor ranks 116th of 202 countries.

Across the 38 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 8 and East Timor in 30.

Head to head by decade

Decade	New Zealand	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1200s	0 hectares per person	0.2472 hectares per person	0.2472 hectares per person	East Timor
1300s	0 hectares per person	0.2472 hectares per person	0.2472 hectares per person	East Timor
1400s	0 hectares per person	0.2471 hectares per person	0.2471 hectares per person	East Timor
1500s	0.0022 hectares per person	0.2471 hectares per person	0.2448 hectares per person	East Timor
1600s	0.0028 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2442 hectares per person	East Timor
1700s	0.0035 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2435 hectares per person	East Timor
1710s	0.0044 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2426 hectares per person	East Timor
1720s	0.0055 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2415 hectares per person	East Timor
1730s	0.0068 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2402 hectares per person	East Timor
1740s	0.0085 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2385 hectares per person	East Timor
1750s	0.0107 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2363 hectares per person	East Timor
1760s	0.0133 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2337 hectares per person	East Timor
1770s	0.0167 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2303 hectares per person	East Timor
1780s	0.0208 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2261 hectares per person	East Timor
1790s	0.026 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2209 hectares per person	East Timor
1800s	0.0326 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2144 hectares per person	East Timor
1810s	0.0407 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2063 hectares per person	East Timor
1820s	0.0509 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1961 hectares per person	East Timor
1830s	0.0636 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1834 hectares per person	East Timor
1840s	0.0795 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1675 hectares per person	East Timor
1850s	0.0993 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1476 hectares per person	East Timor
1860s	0.1242 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.1228 hectares per person	East Timor
1870s	0.2385 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.0084 hectares per person	East Timor
1880s	0.3529 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.106 hectares per person	New Zealand
1890s	0.4673 hectares per person	0.247 hectares per person	0.2204 hectares per person	New Zealand
1900s	0.8011 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.5541 hectares per person	New Zealand
1910s	0.6961 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.4491 hectares per person	New Zealand
1920s	0.5911 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.3441 hectares per person	New Zealand
1930s	0.4861 hectares per person	0.2467 hectares per person	0.2394 hectares per person	New Zealand
1940s	0.3811 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.1342 hectares per person	New Zealand
1950s	0.2289 hectares per person	0.2469 hectares per person	0.0181 hectares per person	East Timor
1960s	0.1572 hectares per person	0.1487 hectares per person	0.0085 hectares per person	New Zealand
1970s	0.1385 hectares per person	0.1677 hectares per person	0.0292 hectares per person	East Timor
1980s	0.1432 hectares per person	0.2168 hectares per person	0.0736 hectares per person	East Timor
1990s	0.121 hectares per person	0.2277 hectares per person	0.1067 hectares per person	East Timor
2000s	0.118 hectares per person	0.1906 hectares per person	0.0726 hectares per person	East Timor
2010s	0.1284 hectares per person	0.1541 hectares per person	0.0257 hectares per person	East Timor
2020s	0.1304 hectares per person	0.1324 hectares per person	0.002 hectares per person	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, New Zealand or East Timor?: New Zealand, at 0.1327 hectares per person against 0.1261 hectares per person in East Timor as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between New Zealand and East Timor?: 0.0066 hectares per person, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and East Timor?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1200 to 2025.
How do New Zealand and East Timor rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: New Zealand ranks 115th and East Timor ranks 116th 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.