What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Iceland and Liberia?

63,950 hectares, with Liberia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Liberia?

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

Iceland vs Liberia: Agricultural area over the long-term

Iceland

1.87 million hectares

in 2025

Liberia

1.94 million hectares

in 2025

Iceland rank

120th

Liberia rank

119th

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Iceland
Liberia

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 1.94 million hectares against 1.87 million hectares in Iceland, a difference of 63,950 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 120th and Liberia ranks 119th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 39 and Liberia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Liberia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	597,845 hectares	37,832 hectares	560,014 hectares	Iceland
1100s	837,841 hectares	39,835 hectares	798,006 hectares	Iceland
1200s	838,698 hectares	41,945 hectares	796,753 hectares	Iceland
1300s	839,552 hectares	44,167 hectares	795,385 hectares	Iceland
1400s	720,347 hectares	46,506 hectares	673,841 hectares	Iceland
1500s	721,076 hectares	48,969 hectares	672,107 hectares	Iceland
1600s	601,502 hectares	51,563 hectares	549,939 hectares	Iceland
1700s	596,543 hectares	54,294 hectares	542,249 hectares	Iceland
1710s	608,779 hectares	56,067 hectares	552,712 hectares	Iceland
1720s	621,265 hectares	57,840 hectares	563,425 hectares	Iceland
1730s	634,008 hectares	59,613 hectares	574,395 hectares	Iceland
1740s	647,011 hectares	61,386 hectares	585,625 hectares	Iceland
1750s	660,282 hectares	63,159 hectares	597,123 hectares	Iceland
1760s	673,824 hectares	64,933 hectares	608,891 hectares	Iceland
1770s	687,644 hectares	66,706 hectares	620,938 hectares	Iceland
1780s	701,748 hectares	68,480 hectares	633,268 hectares	Iceland
1790s	716,141 hectares	70,254 hectares	645,888 hectares	Iceland
1800s	730,830 hectares	72,027 hectares	658,803 hectares	Iceland
1810s	745,819 hectares	73,801 hectares	672,018 hectares	Iceland
1820s	776,972 hectares	75,575 hectares	701,397 hectares	Iceland
1830s	809,427 hectares	77,350 hectares	732,077 hectares	Iceland
1840s	843,237 hectares	79,124 hectares	764,113 hectares	Iceland
1850s	878,460 hectares	80,898 hectares	797,562 hectares	Iceland
1860s	915,154 hectares	440,209 hectares	474,945 hectares	Iceland
1870s	924,490 hectares	473,577 hectares	450,913 hectares	Iceland
1880s	933,921 hectares	507,977 hectares	425,944 hectares	Iceland
1890s	943,449 hectares	542,876 hectares	400,573 hectares	Iceland
1900s	953,074 hectares	577,434 hectares	375,640 hectares	Iceland
1910s	962,797 hectares	649,763 hectares	313,034 hectares	Iceland
1920s	1.20 million hectares	717,983 hectares	485,637 hectares	Iceland
1930s	1.38 million hectares	826,257 hectares	558,543 hectares	Iceland
1940s	1.57 million hectares	921,497 hectares	652,413 hectares	Iceland
1950s	1.89 million hectares	1.34 million hectares	547,443 hectares	Iceland
1960s	2.12 million hectares	1.14 million hectares	978,240 hectares	Iceland
1970s	1.96 million hectares	1.14 million hectares	819,440 hectares	Iceland
1980s	1.90 million hectares	1.15 million hectares	747,140 hectares	Iceland
1990s	1.90 million hectares	1.20 million hectares	697,555 hectares	Iceland
2000s	1.88 million hectares	1.50 million hectares	379,878 hectares	Iceland
2010s	1.87 million hectares	1.80 million hectares	72,099 hectares	Iceland
2020s	1.87 million hectares	1.93 million hectares	55,880 hectares	Liberia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Iceland or Liberia?: Liberia, at 1.94 million hectares against 1.87 million hectares in Iceland as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Iceland and Liberia?: 63,950 hectares, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Liberia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Iceland and Liberia rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Iceland ranks 120th and Liberia ranks 119th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural area 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 agricultural area for each separate country over time.