What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Somalia and Tajikistan?

99,700 hectares, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Tajikistan?

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.

Somalia vs Tajikistan: Cropland extent over the long-term

Somalia

1.13 million hectares

in 2025

Tajikistan

1.03 million hectares

in 2025

Somalia rank

109th

Tajikistan rank

112th

Cropland extent over the long-term over time

Somalia
Tajikistan

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 1.13 million hectares against 1.03 million hectares in Tajikistan, a difference of 99,700 hectares.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Tajikistan's.

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

Somalia ranks 109th and Tajikistan ranks 112th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 19 and Tajikistan in 21.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Tajikistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 hectares	200,090 hectares	200,090 hectares	Tajikistan
1100s	0 hectares	202,891 hectares	202,891 hectares	Tajikistan
1200s	0 hectares	213,239 hectares	213,239 hectares	Tajikistan
1300s	0 hectares	221,840 hectares	221,840 hectares	Tajikistan
1400s	0 hectares	228,438 hectares	228,438 hectares	Tajikistan
1500s	263,647 hectares	232,686 hectares	30,961 hectares	Somalia
1600s	278,314 hectares	248,289 hectares	30,025 hectares	Somalia
1700s	292,741 hectares	258,474 hectares	34,267 hectares	Somalia
1710s	305,911 hectares	275,176 hectares	30,735 hectares	Somalia
1720s	319,063 hectares	288,203 hectares	30,860 hectares	Somalia
1730s	332,196 hectares	301,792 hectares	30,404 hectares	Somalia
1740s	345,311 hectares	315,958 hectares	29,353 hectares	Somalia
1750s	358,408 hectares	330,722 hectares	27,686 hectares	Somalia
1760s	371,486 hectares	346,100 hectares	25,386 hectares	Somalia
1770s	384,546 hectares	362,110 hectares	22,436 hectares	Somalia
1780s	397,588 hectares	378,769 hectares	18,819 hectares	Somalia
1790s	410,612 hectares	396,094 hectares	14,518 hectares	Somalia
1800s	423,616 hectares	414,100 hectares	9,516 hectares	Somalia
1810s	436,603 hectares	432,801 hectares	3,802 hectares	Somalia
1820s	449,570 hectares	452,209 hectares	2,639 hectares	Tajikistan
1830s	462,520 hectares	472,336 hectares	9,816 hectares	Tajikistan
1840s	475,450 hectares	493,189 hectares	17,739 hectares	Tajikistan
1850s	488,362 hectares	514,775 hectares	26,413 hectares	Tajikistan
1860s	488,025 hectares	537,095 hectares	49,070 hectares	Tajikistan
1870s	487,688 hectares	560,147 hectares	72,459 hectares	Tajikistan
1880s	492,246 hectares	583,925 hectares	91,679 hectares	Tajikistan
1890s	496,845 hectares	608,416 hectares	111,571 hectares	Tajikistan
1900s	511,598 hectares	633,601 hectares	122,003 hectares	Tajikistan
1910s	526,787 hectares	659,453 hectares	132,666 hectares	Tajikistan
1920s	537,043 hectares	685,933 hectares	148,890 hectares	Tajikistan
1930s	592,814 hectares	712,992 hectares	120,178 hectares	Tajikistan
1940s	641,534 hectares	740,569 hectares	99,035 hectares	Tajikistan
1950s	812,513 hectares	881,366 hectares	68,853 hectares	Tajikistan
1960s	923,000 hectares	1.02 million hectares	92,123 hectares	Tajikistan
1970s	972,500 hectares	997,316 hectares	24,816 hectares	Tajikistan
1980s	1.02 million hectares	993,593 hectares	28,307 hectares	Somalia
1990s	1.05 million hectares	948,534 hectares	105,266 hectares	Somalia
2000s	1.10 million hectares	878,640 hectares	218,760 hectares	Somalia
2010s	1.11 million hectares	954,080 hectares	152,020 hectares	Somalia
2020s	1.13 million hectares	1.03 million hectares	97,733 hectares	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland extent over the long-term, Somalia or Tajikistan?: Somalia, at 1.13 million hectares against 1.03 million hectares in Tajikistan as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Somalia and Tajikistan?: 99,700 hectares, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Tajikistan?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Somalia and Tajikistan rank globally for cropland extent over the long-term?: Somalia ranks 109th and Tajikistan ranks 112th 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: 28 August 2026

Total cropland area for each separate country over time.