What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Portugal and Turks and Caicos Islands?

0.0013 hectares per person, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Turks and Caicos Islands?

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.

Portugal vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Cropland per person over the long-term

Portugal

0.1775 hectares per person

in 2025

Turks and Caicos Islands

0.1788 hectares per person

in 2025

Portugal rank

88th

Turks and Caicos Islands rank

86th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Portugal
Turks and Caicos Islands

How they compare

Turks and Caicos Islands currently reports 0.1788 hectares per person against 0.1775 hectares per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0013 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 88th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 86th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 5 and Turks and Caicos Islands in 35.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Turks and Caicos Islands	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.5009 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.5009 hectares per person	Portugal
1100s	0.4932 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4932 hectares per person	Portugal
1200s	0.485 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.485 hectares per person	Portugal
1300s	0.4762 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4762 hectares per person	Portugal
1400s	0.4667 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4667 hectares per person	Portugal
1500s	0.4564 hectares per person	1.69 hectares per person	1.23 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1600s	0.4451 hectares per person	1.63 hectares per person	1.18 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1700s	0.4325 hectares per person	1.56 hectares per person	1.13 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1710s	0.4391 hectares per person	1.56 hectares per person	1.12 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1720s	0.4341 hectares per person	1.55 hectares per person	1.12 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1730s	0.4327 hectares per person	1.54 hectares per person	1.11 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1740s	0.4312 hectares per person	1.54 hectares per person	1.11 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1750s	0.4298 hectares per person	1.53 hectares per person	1.1 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1760s	0.4284 hectares per person	1.52 hectares per person	1.09 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1770s	0.4269 hectares per person	1.52 hectares per person	1.09 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1780s	0.4254 hectares per person	1.51 hectares per person	1.08 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1790s	0.4239 hectares per person	1.5 hectares per person	1.08 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1800s	0.4223 hectares per person	1.49 hectares per person	1.07 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1810s	0.4208 hectares per person	1.49 hectares per person	1.07 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1820s	0.4192 hectares per person	1.48 hectares per person	1.06 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1830s	0.4169 hectares per person	1.47 hectares per person	1.06 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1840s	0.4153 hectares per person	1.47 hectares per person	1.05 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1850s	0.413 hectares per person	1.46 hectares per person	1.04 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1860s	0.411 hectares per person	1.45 hectares per person	1.04 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1870s	0.409 hectares per person	1.44 hectares per person	1.03 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1880s	0.4051 hectares per person	1.43 hectares per person	1.03 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1890s	0.3996 hectares per person	1.43 hectares per person	1.03 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1900s	0.3942 hectares per person	1.42 hectares per person	1.02 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1910s	0.3929 hectares per person	1.41 hectares per person	1.02 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1920s	0.3888 hectares per person	1.4 hectares per person	1.01 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1930s	0.3966 hectares per person	1.39 hectares per person	0.9982 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1940s	0.3945 hectares per person	1.39 hectares per person	0.9919 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1950s	0.3763 hectares per person	1.37 hectares per person	0.9979 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1960s	0.3635 hectares per person	1.38 hectares per person	1.02 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1970s	0.3554 hectares per person	1.23 hectares per person	0.8735 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1980s	0.3309 hectares per person	0.8598 hectares per person	0.5289 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
1990s	0.291 hectares per person	0.5402 hectares per person	0.2493 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
2000s	0.213 hectares per person	0.3188 hectares per person	0.1058 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
2010s	0.1751 hectares per person	0.2182 hectares per person	0.0431 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands
2020s	0.1763 hectares per person	0.1814 hectares per person	0.0051 hectares per person	Turks and Caicos Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Portugal or Turks and Caicos Islands?: Turks and Caicos Islands, at 0.1788 hectares per person against 0.1775 hectares per person in Portugal as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Portugal and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 0.0013 hectares per person, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Turks and Caicos Islands?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Portugal and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Portugal ranks 88th and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 86th 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.