What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Paraguay and Uruguay?

0.0084 hectares per person, with Paraguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Uruguay?

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.

Paraguay vs Uruguay: Cropland per person over the long-term

Paraguay

0.6065 hectares per person

in 2025

Uruguay

0.5981 hectares per person

in 2025

Paraguay rank

12th

Uruguay rank

13th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Paraguay
Uruguay

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 0.6065 hectares per person against 0.5981 hectares per person in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0084 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Paraguay ahead.

Paraguay ranks 12th and Uruguay ranks 13th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Paraguay averaged higher in 10 and Uruguay in 30.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Paraguay	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.1136 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.1136 hectares per person	Paraguay
1100s	0.114 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.114 hectares per person	Paraguay
1200s	0.1143 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.1143 hectares per person	Paraguay
1300s	0.1147 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.1147 hectares per person	Paraguay
1400s	0.115 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.115 hectares per person	Paraguay
1500s	0.1153 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.1153 hectares per person	Paraguay
1600s	0.1157 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.1157 hectares per person	Paraguay
1700s	0.2282 hectares per person	0.4214 hectares per person	0.1932 hectares per person	Uruguay
1710s	0.2563 hectares per person	0.5268 hectares per person	0.2705 hectares per person	Uruguay
1720s	0.2914 hectares per person	0.6585 hectares per person	0.367 hectares per person	Uruguay
1730s	0.3353 hectares per person	0.8231 hectares per person	0.4878 hectares per person	Uruguay
1740s	0.3901 hectares per person	1.03 hectares per person	0.6387 hectares per person	Uruguay
1750s	0.4587 hectares per person	1.29 hectares per person	0.8274 hectares per person	Uruguay
1760s	0.4576 hectares per person	1.29 hectares per person	0.8282 hectares per person	Uruguay
1770s	0.4565 hectares per person	1.29 hectares per person	0.829 hectares per person	Uruguay
1780s	0.4554 hectares per person	1.29 hectares per person	0.8298 hectares per person	Uruguay
1790s	0.4542 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8306 hectares per person	Uruguay
1800s	0.453 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8314 hectares per person	Uruguay
1810s	0.4517 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8322 hectares per person	Uruguay
1820s	0.4504 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8331 hectares per person	Uruguay
1830s	0.449 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8339 hectares per person	Uruguay
1840s	0.4476 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8348 hectares per person	Uruguay
1850s	0.4461 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8357 hectares per person	Uruguay
1860s	0.4445 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8367 hectares per person	Uruguay
1870s	0.4428 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8376 hectares per person	Uruguay
1880s	0.441 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8386 hectares per person	Uruguay
1890s	0.4391 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8397 hectares per person	Uruguay
1900s	0.437 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8407 hectares per person	Uruguay
1910s	0.4346 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	0.8419 hectares per person	Uruguay
1920s	0.4321 hectares per person	1.17 hectares per person	0.7396 hectares per person	Uruguay
1930s	0.4291 hectares per person	1.1 hectares per person	0.6745 hectares per person	Uruguay
1940s	0.4255 hectares per person	1.05 hectares per person	0.6281 hectares per person	Uruguay
1950s	0.4173 hectares per person	0.9991 hectares per person	0.5818 hectares per person	Uruguay
1960s	0.405 hectares per person	0.8573 hectares per person	0.4523 hectares per person	Uruguay
1970s	0.4153 hectares per person	0.5888 hectares per person	0.1735 hectares per person	Uruguay
1980s	0.5473 hectares per person	0.4587 hectares per person	0.0886 hectares per person	Paraguay
1990s	0.5489 hectares per person	0.4184 hectares per person	0.1305 hectares per person	Paraguay
2000s	0.6076 hectares per person	0.4667 hectares per person	0.1409 hectares per person	Paraguay
2010s	0.6097 hectares per person	0.6698 hectares per person	0.0601 hectares per person	Uruguay
2020s	0.6018 hectares per person	0.6068 hectares per person	0.005 hectares per person	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Paraguay or Uruguay?: Paraguay, at 0.6065 hectares per person against 0.5981 hectares per person in Uruguay as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Paraguay and Uruguay?: 0.0084 hectares per person, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Uruguay?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Paraguay and Uruguay rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Paraguay ranks 12th and Uruguay ranks 13th 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.