What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Sweden and Tanzania?

0.004 hectares per person, with Tanzania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Tanzania?

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.

Sweden vs Tanzania: Cropland per person over the long-term

Sweden

0.2384 hectares per person

in 2025

Tanzania

0.2424 hectares per person

in 2025

Sweden rank

59th

Tanzania rank

57th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Sweden
Tanzania

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.2424 hectares per person against 0.2384 hectares per person in Sweden, a difference of 0.004 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 59th and Tanzania ranks 57th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 30 and Tanzania in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sweden	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.948 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.3817 hectares per person	Sweden
1100s	0.9285 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.3622 hectares per person	Sweden
1200s	0.9071 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.3408 hectares per person	Sweden
1300s	0.8835 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.3172 hectares per person	Sweden
1400s	0.8571 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.2908 hectares per person	Sweden
1500s	0.827 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.2607 hectares per person	Sweden
1600s	0.7917 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.2254 hectares per person	Sweden
1700s	0.7487 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1824 hectares per person	Sweden
1710s	0.7438 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	Sweden
1720s	0.7388 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1725 hectares per person	Sweden
1730s	0.7337 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1673 hectares per person	Sweden
1740s	0.7283 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.162 hectares per person	Sweden
1750s	0.7229 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1566 hectares per person	Sweden
1760s	0.711 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1447 hectares per person	Sweden
1770s	0.7138 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1475 hectares per person	Sweden
1780s	0.7135 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1472 hectares per person	Sweden
1790s	0.7126 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1463 hectares per person	Sweden
1800s	0.7082 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1419 hectares per person	Sweden
1810s	0.717 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1507 hectares per person	Sweden
1820s	0.7043 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.138 hectares per person	Sweden
1830s	0.6928 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1265 hectares per person	Sweden
1840s	0.6852 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1189 hectares per person	Sweden
1850s	0.6736 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.1073 hectares per person	Sweden
1860s	0.6558 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.0895 hectares per person	Sweden
1870s	0.6489 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.0826 hectares per person	Sweden
1880s	0.6306 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.0643 hectares per person	Sweden
1890s	0.6072 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.0409 hectares per person	Sweden
1900s	0.588 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.0217 hectares per person	Sweden
1910s	0.57 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.0037 hectares per person	Sweden
1920s	0.5525 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.0138 hectares per person	Tanzania
1930s	0.5326 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.0337 hectares per person	Tanzania
1940s	0.5135 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.0528 hectares per person	Tanzania
1950s	0.4782 hectares per person	0.5663 hectares per person	0.0881 hectares per person	Tanzania
1960s	0.4218 hectares per person	0.5783 hectares per person	0.1564 hectares per person	Tanzania
1970s	0.369 hectares per person	0.5225 hectares per person	0.1535 hectares per person	Tanzania
1980s	0.3486 hectares per person	0.4422 hectares per person	0.0936 hectares per person	Tanzania
1990s	0.3185 hectares per person	0.3405 hectares per person	0.022 hectares per person	Tanzania
2000s	0.2925 hectares per person	0.2891 hectares per person	0.0034 hectares per person	Sweden
2010s	0.265 hectares per person	0.2826 hectares per person	0.0176 hectares per person	Tanzania
2020s	0.2439 hectares per person	0.2529 hectares per person	0.0091 hectares per person	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Sweden or Tanzania?: Tanzania, at 0.2424 hectares per person against 0.2384 hectares per person in Sweden as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Sweden and Tanzania?: 0.004 hectares per person, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Tanzania?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Sweden and Tanzania rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Sweden ranks 59th and Tanzania ranks 57th 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.