What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Togo and Zimbabwe?

192,590 hectares, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Togo and Zimbabwe?

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.

Togo vs Zimbabwe: Cropland extent over the long-term

Togo

2.82 million hectares

in 2025

Zimbabwe

3.01 million hectares

in 2025

Togo rank

74th

Zimbabwe rank

73rd

Cropland extent over the long-term over time

Togo
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 3.01 million hectares against 2.82 million hectares in Togo, a difference of 192,590 hectares.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Togo's.

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

Togo ranks 74th and Zimbabwe ranks 73rd of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Togo averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 37.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Togo	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1000s	6,565 hectares	43,726 hectares	37,161 hectares	Zimbabwe
1100s	7,524 hectares	43,726 hectares	36,202 hectares	Zimbabwe
1200s	8,623 hectares	43,726 hectares	35,103 hectares	Zimbabwe
1300s	9,882 hectares	43,726 hectares	33,845 hectares	Zimbabwe
1400s	11,324 hectares	43,726 hectares	32,402 hectares	Zimbabwe
1500s	12,976 hectares	87,452 hectares	74,476 hectares	Zimbabwe
1600s	14,869 hectares	94,886 hectares	80,016 hectares	Zimbabwe
1700s	17,038 hectares	102,319 hectares	85,280 hectares	Zimbabwe
1710s	25,564 hectares	105,892 hectares	80,328 hectares	Zimbabwe
1720s	33,506 hectares	109,466 hectares	75,960 hectares	Zimbabwe
1730s	41,451 hectares	113,039 hectares	71,588 hectares	Zimbabwe
1740s	49,400 hectares	116,612 hectares	67,212 hectares	Zimbabwe
1750s	57,353 hectares	120,185 hectares	62,832 hectares	Zimbabwe
1760s	65,311 hectares	123,758 hectares	58,447 hectares	Zimbabwe
1770s	73,273 hectares	127,331 hectares	54,058 hectares	Zimbabwe
1780s	81,239 hectares	130,905 hectares	49,666 hectares	Zimbabwe
1790s	89,209 hectares	134,478 hectares	45,269 hectares	Zimbabwe
1800s	97,183 hectares	138,051 hectares	40,868 hectares	Zimbabwe
1810s	105,161 hectares	141,624 hectares	36,463 hectares	Zimbabwe
1820s	113,144 hectares	145,197 hectares	32,053 hectares	Zimbabwe
1830s	121,130 hectares	148,770 hectares	27,640 hectares	Zimbabwe
1840s	129,121 hectares	152,344 hectares	23,223 hectares	Zimbabwe
1850s	137,116 hectares	155,917 hectares	18,801 hectares	Zimbabwe
1860s	145,606 hectares	172,402 hectares	26,796 hectares	Zimbabwe
1870s	154,623 hectares	190,629 hectares	36,006 hectares	Zimbabwe
1880s	169,160 hectares	210,784 hectares	41,624 hectares	Zimbabwe
1890s	185,064 hectares	233,069 hectares	48,005 hectares	Zimbabwe
1900s	198,485 hectares	257,711 hectares	59,226 hectares	Zimbabwe
1910s	212,880 hectares	303,373 hectares	90,493 hectares	Zimbabwe
1920s	226,062 hectares	353,828 hectares	127,766 hectares	Zimbabwe
1930s	262,422 hectares	435,633 hectares	173,211 hectares	Zimbabwe
1940s	301,642 hectares	531,996 hectares	230,354 hectares	Zimbabwe
1950s	1.74 million hectares	814,484 hectares	930,278 hectares	Togo
1960s	1.87 million hectares	1.14 million hectares	736,322 hectares	Togo
1970s	1.90 million hectares	1.74 million hectares	169,295 hectares	Togo
1980s	2.08 million hectares	2.50 million hectares	421,490 hectares	Zimbabwe
1990s	2.26 million hectares	3.18 million hectares	918,522 hectares	Zimbabwe
2000s	2.52 million hectares	3.93 million hectares	1.41 million hectares	Zimbabwe
2010s	2.79 million hectares	3.61 million hectares	822,832 hectares	Zimbabwe
2020s	2.82 million hectares	3.13 million hectares	306,598 hectares	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland extent over the long-term, Togo or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 3.01 million hectares against 2.82 million hectares in Togo as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Togo and Zimbabwe?: 192,590 hectares, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Togo and Zimbabwe?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Togo and Zimbabwe rank globally for cropland extent over the long-term?: Togo ranks 74th and Zimbabwe ranks 73rd 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.