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

0.011 hectares per person, with Tonga ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga 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.

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

Tonga

0.3294 hectares per person

in 2025

Turkmenistan

0.3184 hectares per person

in 2025

Tonga rank

38th

Turkmenistan rank

40th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Tonga
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.3294 hectares per person against 0.3184 hectares per person in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0.011 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Tonga ahead.

Tonga ranks 38th and Turkmenistan ranks 40th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Tonga averaged higher in 7 and Turkmenistan in 33.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tonga	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	1.06 hectares per person	1 hectares per person	0.0608 hectares per person	Tonga
1100s	1.03 hectares per person	0.982 hectares per person	0.0481 hectares per person	Tonga
1200s	0.9936 hectares per person	0.9596 hectares per person	0.034 hectares per person	Tonga
1300s	0.9541 hectares per person	0.936 hectares per person	0.0182 hectares per person	Tonga
1400s	0.9111 hectares per person	0.9112 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1500s	0.8636 hectares per person	0.8849 hectares per person	0.0213 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1600s	0.8101 hectares per person	0.857 hectares per person	0.0468 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1700s	0.7485 hectares per person	0.8271 hectares per person	0.0786 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1710s	0.7418 hectares per person	0.824 hectares per person	0.0822 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1720s	0.7349 hectares per person	0.8209 hectares per person	0.0859 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1730s	0.7279 hectares per person	0.8177 hectares per person	0.0898 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1740s	0.7208 hectares per person	0.8145 hectares per person	0.0937 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1750s	0.7135 hectares per person	0.8113 hectares per person	0.0978 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1760s	0.7061 hectares per person	0.8081 hectares per person	0.102 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1770s	0.6985 hectares per person	0.8048 hectares per person	0.1063 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1780s	0.6907 hectares per person	0.8016 hectares per person	0.1108 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1790s	0.6828 hectares per person	0.7982 hectares per person	0.1154 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1800s	0.6747 hectares per person	0.7949 hectares per person	0.1202 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1810s	0.6664 hectares per person	0.7915 hectares per person	0.1252 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1820s	0.6578 hectares per person	0.7881 hectares per person	0.1303 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1830s	0.6491 hectares per person	0.7847 hectares per person	0.1357 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1840s	0.64 hectares per person	0.7813 hectares per person	0.1412 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1850s	0.6308 hectares per person	0.7778 hectares per person	0.147 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1860s	0.6212 hectares per person	0.7743 hectares per person	0.153 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1870s	0.6114 hectares per person	0.7707 hectares per person	0.1594 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1880s	0.6012 hectares per person	0.7671 hectares per person	0.166 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1890s	0.5906 hectares per person	0.7635 hectares per person	0.1729 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1900s	0.5797 hectares per person	0.7599 hectares per person	0.1802 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1910s	0.5683 hectares per person	0.7562 hectares per person	0.1878 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1920s	0.5565 hectares per person	0.7525 hectares per person	0.1959 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1930s	0.5442 hectares per person	0.7487 hectares per person	0.2045 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1940s	0.5312 hectares per person	0.7449 hectares per person	0.2137 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1950s	0.511 hectares per person	0.7393 hectares per person	0.2283 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1960s	0.4599 hectares per person	0.6313 hectares per person	0.1714 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1970s	0.4011 hectares per person	0.4627 hectares per person	0.0616 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
1980s	0.3708 hectares per person	0.3578 hectares per person	0.013 hectares per person	Tonga
1990s	0.3449 hectares per person	0.3182 hectares per person	0.0267 hectares per person	Tonga
2000s	0.3113 hectares per person	0.3873 hectares per person	0.076 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
2010s	0.331 hectares per person	0.3448 hectares per person	0.0138 hectares per person	Turkmenistan
2020s	0.3312 hectares per person	0.3242 hectares per person	0.007 hectares per person	Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Tonga or Turkmenistan?: Tonga, at 0.3294 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 Tonga and Turkmenistan?: 0.011 hectares per person, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Turkmenistan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Tonga and Turkmenistan rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Tonga ranks 38th 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.