What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between East Timor and Vanuatu?

45,840 hectares, with East Timor ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Vanuatu?

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.

East Timor vs Vanuatu: Cropland extent over the long-term

East Timor

190,840 hectares

in 2025

Vanuatu

145,000 hectares

in 2025

East Timor rank

143rd

Vanuatu rank

145th

Cropland extent over the long-term over time

East Timor
Vanuatu

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 190,840 hectares against 145,000 hectares in Vanuatu, a difference of 45,840 hectares.

That makes East Timor's figure about 1.3 times Vanuatu's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was East Timor ahead.

East Timor ranks 143rd and Vanuatu ranks 145th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 39 and Vanuatu in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Timor	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
1000s	8,314 hectares	0 hectares	8,314 hectares	East Timor
1100s	10,389 hectares	0 hectares	10,389 hectares	East Timor
1200s	12,983 hectares	84.02 hectares	12,899 hectares	East Timor
1300s	16,225 hectares	126.37 hectares	16,099 hectares	East Timor
1400s	20,277 hectares	190.08 hectares	20,087 hectares	East Timor
1500s	25,342 hectares	285.9 hectares	25,056 hectares	East Timor
1600s	31,672 hectares	430 hectares	31,242 hectares	East Timor
1700s	39,585 hectares	646.74 hectares	38,938 hectares	East Timor
1710s	40,318 hectares	680.96 hectares	39,637 hectares	East Timor
1720s	41,064 hectares	716.99 hectares	40,347 hectares	East Timor
1730s	41,824 hectares	754.92 hectares	41,069 hectares	East Timor
1740s	42,598 hectares	794.87 hectares	41,803 hectares	East Timor
1750s	43,386 hectares	836.92 hectares	42,549 hectares	East Timor
1760s	44,189 hectares	881.21 hectares	43,308 hectares	East Timor
1770s	45,007 hectares	927.83 hectares	44,079 hectares	East Timor
1780s	45,840 hectares	976.92 hectares	44,863 hectares	East Timor
1790s	46,688 hectares	1,029 hectares	45,660 hectares	East Timor
1800s	47,552 hectares	1,083 hectares	46,469 hectares	East Timor
1810s	48,432 hectares	1,140 hectares	47,292 hectares	East Timor
1820s	52,643 hectares	1,204 hectares	51,439 hectares	East Timor
1830s	57,220 hectares	1,271 hectares	55,949 hectares	East Timor
1840s	62,196 hectares	1,342 hectares	60,853 hectares	East Timor
1850s	67,603 hectares	1,417 hectares	66,186 hectares	East Timor
1860s	73,481 hectares	1,496 hectares	71,985 hectares	East Timor
1870s	76,675 hectares	1,548 hectares	75,127 hectares	East Timor
1880s	80,008 hectares	1,602 hectares	78,406 hectares	East Timor
1890s	83,486 hectares	1,658 hectares	81,828 hectares	East Timor
1900s	87,115 hectares	1,715 hectares	85,399 hectares	East Timor
1910s	90,902 hectares	1,775 hectares	89,126 hectares	East Timor
1920s	94,688 hectares	1,821 hectares	92,867 hectares	East Timor
1930s	98,537 hectares	1,868 hectares	96,669 hectares	East Timor
1940s	102,742 hectares	1,917 hectares	100,825 hectares	East Timor
1950s	113,563 hectares	68,253 hectares	45,311 hectares	East Timor
1960s	80,698 hectares	84,000 hectares	3,302 hectares	Vanuatu
1970s	105,292 hectares	98,400 hectares	6,892 hectares	East Timor
1980s	141,400 hectares	107,600 hectares	33,800 hectares	East Timor
1990s	185,600 hectares	124,200 hectares	61,400 hectares	East Timor
2000s	185,000 hectares	139,995 hectares	45,005 hectares	East Timor
2010s	190,220 hectares	145,000 hectares	45,220 hectares	East Timor
2020s	191,190 hectares	145,000 hectares	46,190 hectares	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland extent over the long-term, East Timor or Vanuatu?: East Timor, at 190,840 hectares against 145,000 hectares in Vanuatu as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between East Timor and Vanuatu?: 45,840 hectares, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Vanuatu?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do East Timor and Vanuatu rank globally for cropland extent over the long-term?: East Timor ranks 143rd and Vanuatu ranks 145th 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.