What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Nicaragua and Sierra Leone?

50,000 hectares, with Nicaragua ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Sierra Leone?

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.

Nicaragua vs Sierra Leone: Cropland extent over the long-term

Nicaragua

1.80 million hectares

in 2025

Sierra Leone

1.75 million hectares

in 2025

Nicaragua rank

93rd

Sierra Leone rank

94th

Cropland extent over the long-term over time

Nicaragua
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 1.80 million hectares against 1.75 million hectares in Sierra Leone, a difference of 50,000 hectares.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 93rd and Sierra Leone ranks 94th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 20 and Sierra Leone in 20.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nicaragua	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1000s	204,081 hectares	57,385 hectares	146,696 hectares	Nicaragua
1100s	217,266 hectares	61,483 hectares	155,783 hectares	Nicaragua
1200s	230,857 hectares	65,580 hectares	165,277 hectares	Nicaragua
1300s	244,744 hectares	69,552 hectares	175,192 hectares	Nicaragua
1400s	258,770 hectares	73,208 hectares	185,562 hectares	Nicaragua
1500s	272,714 hectares	76,250 hectares	196,464 hectares	Nicaragua
1600s	131,206 hectares	78,186 hectares	53,020 hectares	Nicaragua
1700s	62,806 hectares	78,137 hectares	15,331 hectares	Sierra Leone
1710s	66,978 hectares	100,043 hectares	33,065 hectares	Sierra Leone
1720s	71,422 hectares	121,321 hectares	49,900 hectares	Sierra Leone
1730s	76,155 hectares	141,946 hectares	65,791 hectares	Sierra Leone
1740s	81,196 hectares	161,887 hectares	80,691 hectares	Sierra Leone
1750s	86,565 hectares	181,115 hectares	94,550 hectares	Sierra Leone
1760s	92,282 hectares	199,592 hectares	107,310 hectares	Sierra Leone
1770s	98,369 hectares	217,280 hectares	118,911 hectares	Sierra Leone
1780s	104,848 hectares	234,135 hectares	129,287 hectares	Sierra Leone
1790s	111,746 hectares	250,107 hectares	138,361 hectares	Sierra Leone
1800s	119,087 hectares	265,141 hectares	146,054 hectares	Sierra Leone
1810s	126,899 hectares	279,172 hectares	152,273 hectares	Sierra Leone
1820s	135,212 hectares	292,127 hectares	156,915 hectares	Sierra Leone
1830s	159,324 hectares	303,920 hectares	144,596 hectares	Sierra Leone
1840s	184,815 hectares	308,294 hectares	123,479 hectares	Sierra Leone
1850s	214,363 hectares	311,034 hectares	96,671 hectares	Sierra Leone
1860s	226,234 hectares	311,164 hectares	84,930 hectares	Sierra Leone
1870s	237,931 hectares	313,598 hectares	75,667 hectares	Sierra Leone
1880s	269,543 hectares	318,295 hectares	48,752 hectares	Sierra Leone
1890s	306,122 hectares	322,035 hectares	15,913 hectares	Sierra Leone
1900s	347,623 hectares	324,653 hectares	22,970 hectares	Nicaragua
1910s	394,701 hectares	325,969 hectares	68,732 hectares	Nicaragua
1920s	448,097 hectares	322,560 hectares	125,537 hectares	Nicaragua
1930s	559,990 hectares	347,067 hectares	212,923 hectares	Nicaragua
1940s	664,706 hectares	367,488 hectares	297,218 hectares	Nicaragua
1950s	996,723 hectares	404,798 hectares	591,925 hectares	Nicaragua
1960s	1.19 million hectares	429,000 hectares	761,900 hectares	Nicaragua
1970s	1.22 million hectares	484,000 hectares	739,500 hectares	Nicaragua
1980s	1.38 million hectares	577,700 hectares	805,100 hectares	Nicaragua
1990s	1.75 million hectares	611,600 hectares	1.14 million hectares	Nicaragua
2000s	2.13 million hectares	1.34 million hectares	797,218 hectares	Nicaragua
2010s	1.80 million hectares	1.74 million hectares	61,369 hectares	Nicaragua
2020s	1.80 million hectares	1.75 million hectares	50,000 hectares	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland extent over the long-term, Nicaragua or Sierra Leone?: Nicaragua, at 1.80 million hectares against 1.75 million hectares in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Nicaragua and Sierra Leone?: 50,000 hectares, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Sierra Leone?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Nicaragua and Sierra Leone rank globally for cropland extent over the long-term?: Nicaragua ranks 93rd and Sierra Leone ranks 94th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Nicaragua vs Sierra Leone: Cropland extent over the long-term. Statizoid, drawing on HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/cropland-use-over-the-long-term/nicaragua/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/cropland-use-over-the-long-term/nicaragua/sierra-leone/">Nicaragua vs Sierra Leone: Cropland extent over the long-term</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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: 28 August 2026

Total cropland area for each separate country over time.