What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Spain and Turkmenistan?

0.0179 hectares per person, with Spain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Turkmenistan?

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.

Spain vs Turkmenistan: Cropland per person over the long-term

Spain

0.3363 hectares per person

in 2025

Turkmenistan

0.3184 hectares per person

in 2025

Spain rank

37th

Turkmenistan rank

40th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Spain
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.3363 hectares per person against 0.3184 hectares per person in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0.0179 hectares per person.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Turkmenistan's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Turkmenistan ahead.

Spain ranks 37th and Turkmenistan ranks 40th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 36 and Turkmenistan in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Spain	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1 hectares per person	1 hectares per person	0.0016 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1100s	1.09 hectares per person	0.982 hectares per person	0.1081 hectares per person	Spain
1200s	1.22 hectares per person	0.9596 hectares per person	0.258 hectares per person	Spain
1300s	0.6551 hectares per person	0.936 hectares per person	0.2809 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1400s	1.06 hectares per person	0.9112 hectares per person	0.1444 hectares per person	Spain
1500s	1.17 hectares per person	0.8849 hectares per person	0.2819 hectares per person	Spain
1600s	0.8381 hectares per person	0.857 hectares per person	0.0188 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1700s	1 hectares per person	0.8271 hectares per person	0.1746 hectares per person	Spain
1710s	0.9119 hectares per person	0.824 hectares per person	0.0879 hectares per person	Spain
1720s	0.9115 hectares per person	0.8209 hectares per person	0.0907 hectares per person	Spain
1730s	0.9111 hectares per person	0.8177 hectares per person	0.0934 hectares per person	Spain
1740s	0.9107 hectares per person	0.8145 hectares per person	0.0962 hectares per person	Spain
1750s	0.9103 hectares per person	0.8113 hectares per person	0.099 hectares per person	Spain
1760s	0.9098 hectares per person	0.8081 hectares per person	0.1018 hectares per person	Spain
1770s	0.9094 hectares per person	0.8048 hectares per person	0.1045 hectares per person	Spain
1780s	0.9089 hectares per person	0.8016 hectares per person	0.1073 hectares per person	Spain
1790s	0.9084 hectares per person	0.7982 hectares per person	0.1101 hectares per person	Spain
1800s	0.9079 hectares per person	0.7949 hectares per person	0.1129 hectares per person	Spain
1810s	0.9073 hectares per person	0.7915 hectares per person	0.1158 hectares per person	Spain
1820s	0.9428 hectares per person	0.7881 hectares per person	0.1547 hectares per person	Spain
1830s	0.8802 hectares per person	0.7847 hectares per person	0.0955 hectares per person	Spain
1840s	0.9541 hectares per person	0.7813 hectares per person	0.1728 hectares per person	Spain
1850s	0.9524 hectares per person	0.7778 hectares per person	0.1746 hectares per person	Spain
1860s	0.8962 hectares per person	0.7743 hectares per person	0.1219 hectares per person	Spain
1870s	0.8801 hectares per person	0.7707 hectares per person	0.1093 hectares per person	Spain
1880s	0.8583 hectares per person	0.7671 hectares per person	0.0912 hectares per person	Spain
1890s	0.8347 hectares per person	0.7635 hectares per person	0.0712 hectares per person	Spain
1900s	0.8676 hectares per person	0.7599 hectares per person	0.1077 hectares per person	Spain
1910s	0.8466 hectares per person	0.7562 hectares per person	0.0904 hectares per person	Spain
1920s	0.8503 hectares per person	0.7525 hectares per person	0.0979 hectares per person	Spain
1930s	0.8261 hectares per person	0.7487 hectares per person	0.0774 hectares per person	Spain
1940s	0.8044 hectares per person	0.7449 hectares per person	0.0595 hectares per person	Spain
1950s	0.717 hectares per person	0.7393 hectares per person	0.0223 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1960s	0.6438 hectares per person	0.6313 hectares per person	0.0124 hectares per person	Spain
1970s	0.5853 hectares per person	0.4627 hectares per person	0.1226 hectares per person	Spain
1980s	0.5343 hectares per person	0.3578 hectares per person	0.1765 hectares per person	Spain
1990s	0.49 hectares per person	0.3182 hectares per person	0.1718 hectares per person	Spain
2000s	0.4137 hectares per person	0.3873 hectares per person	0.0264 hectares per person	Spain
2010s	0.3614 hectares per person	0.3448 hectares per person	0.0166 hectares per person	Spain
2020s	0.3393 hectares per person	0.3242 hectares per person	0.0151 hectares per person	Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Spain or Turkmenistan?: Spain, at 0.3363 hectares per person against 0.3184 hectares per person in Turkmenistan as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Spain and Turkmenistan?: 0.0179 hectares per person, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Turkmenistan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Spain and Turkmenistan rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Spain ranks 37th and Turkmenistan ranks 40th 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.