What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Azerbaijan and Lithuania?

101,770 hectares, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Lithuania?

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 extent over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Azerbaijan vs Lithuania: Cropland extent over the long-term

Azerbaijan

2.37 million hectares

in 2025

Lithuania

2.48 million hectares

in 2025

Azerbaijan rank

82nd

Lithuania rank

79th

Cropland extent over the long-term over time

Azerbaijan
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 2.48 million hectares against 2.37 million hectares in Azerbaijan, a difference of 101,770 hectares.

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

Azerbaijan ranks 82nd and Lithuania ranks 79th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 9 and Lithuania in 31.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Azerbaijan	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1000s	97,741 hectares	173,947 hectares	76,206 hectares	Lithuania
1100s	147,051 hectares	177,324 hectares	30,273 hectares	Lithuania
1200s	196,652 hectares	180,150 hectares	16,502 hectares	Azerbaijan
1300s	246,539 hectares	182,249 hectares	64,290 hectares	Azerbaijan
1400s	197,807 hectares	183,382 hectares	14,425 hectares	Azerbaijan
1500s	247,975 hectares	183,223 hectares	64,752 hectares	Azerbaijan
1600s	298,425 hectares	181,296 hectares	117,129 hectares	Azerbaijan
1700s	349,153 hectares	176,866 hectares	172,287 hectares	Azerbaijan
1710s	230,053 hectares	204,567 hectares	25,486 hectares	Azerbaijan
1720s	249,294 hectares	236,551 hectares	12,743 hectares	Azerbaijan
1730s	270,145 hectares	273,469 hectares	3,324 hectares	Lithuania
1740s	292,740 hectares	316,068 hectares	23,328 hectares	Lithuania
1750s	317,224 hectares	365,204 hectares	47,980 hectares	Lithuania
1760s	343,756 hectares	421,856 hectares	78,100 hectares	Lithuania
1770s	372,507 hectares	487,149 hectares	114,642 hectares	Lithuania
1780s	403,663 hectares	562,363 hectares	158,700 hectares	Lithuania
1790s	437,425 hectares	648,966 hectares	211,541 hectares	Lithuania
1800s	474,010 hectares	748,629 hectares	274,619 hectares	Lithuania
1810s	513,655 hectares	863,256 hectares	349,601 hectares	Lithuania
1820s	556,615 hectares	974,705 hectares	418,090 hectares	Lithuania
1830s	603,169 hectares	1.10 million hectares	496,871 hectares	Lithuania
1840s	653,616 hectares	1.24 million hectares	587,264 hectares	Lithuania
1850s	708,282 hectares	1.40 million hectares	690,728 hectares	Lithuania
1860s	767,519 hectares	1.58 million hectares	808,861 hectares	Lithuania
1870s	831,712 hectares	1.73 million hectares	894,098 hectares	Lithuania
1880s	901,272 hectares	1.89 million hectares	986,828 hectares	Lithuania
1890s	976,650 hectares	2.06 million hectares	1.09 million hectares	Lithuania
1900s	1.06 million hectares	2.25 million hectares	1.20 million hectares	Lithuania
1910s	1.15 million hectares	2.46 million hectares	1.31 million hectares	Lithuania
1920s	1.24 million hectares	2.54 million hectares	1.30 million hectares	Lithuania
1930s	1.35 million hectares	2.62 million hectares	1.27 million hectares	Lithuania
1940s	1.46 million hectares	3.03 million hectares	1.57 million hectares	Lithuania
1950s	1.79 million hectares	2.95 million hectares	1.16 million hectares	Lithuania
1960s	2.08 million hectares	3.02 million hectares	942,155 hectares	Lithuania
1970s	2.04 million hectares	2.97 million hectares	925,633 hectares	Lithuania
1980s	2.03 million hectares	2.95 million hectares	922,172 hectares	Lithuania
1990s	2.04 million hectares	2.89 million hectares	858,376 hectares	Lithuania
2000s	2.07 million hectares	1.92 million hectares	152,000 hectares	Azerbaijan
2010s	2.21 million hectares	2.23 million hectares	16,300 hectares	Lithuania
2020s	2.37 million hectares	2.37 million hectares	5,140 hectares	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland extent over the long-term, Azerbaijan or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 2.48 million hectares against 2.37 million hectares in Azerbaijan as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Azerbaijan and Lithuania?: 101,770 hectares, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Lithuania?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Azerbaijan and Lithuania rank globally for cropland extent over the long-term?: Azerbaijan ranks 82nd and Lithuania ranks 79th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland extent 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 extent over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Total cropland area for each separate country over time.