Austria vs Sweden: Agricultural land use per person
Austria
0.2876 hectares per person
in 2025
Sweden
0.283 hectares per person
in 2025
Austria rank
120th
Sweden rank
121st
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Austria
- Sweden
How they compare
Austria currently reports 0.2876 hectares per person against 0.283 hectares per person in Sweden, a difference of 0.0046 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sweden ahead.
Austria ranks 120th and Sweden ranks 121st of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 36.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 3.06 hectares per person | 5.26 hectares per person | 2.21 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1100s | 3.74 hectares per person | 5.09 hectares per person | 1.35 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1200s | 3.05 hectares per person | 4.9 hectares per person | 1.84 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1300s | 2.37 hectares per person | 4.69 hectares per person | 2.32 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1400s | 2.64 hectares per person | 4.46 hectares per person | 1.82 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1500s | 2.02 hectares per person | 4.2 hectares per person | 2.18 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1600s | 1.71 hectares per person | 3.9 hectares per person | 2.19 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1700s | 1.65 hectares per person | 3.54 hectares per person | 1.89 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1710s | 1.56 hectares per person | 3.5 hectares per person | 1.94 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1720s | 1.46 hectares per person | 3.46 hectares per person | 1.99 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1730s | 1.37 hectares per person | 3.41 hectares per person | 2.05 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1740s | 1.27 hectares per person | 3.37 hectares per person | 2.1 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1750s | 1.18 hectares per person | 3.32 hectares per person | 2.15 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1760s | 1.14 hectares per person | 3.27 hectares per person | 2.13 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1770s | 1.1 hectares per person | 3.23 hectares per person | 2.12 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1780s | 1.07 hectares per person | 3.18 hectares per person | 2.12 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1790s | 1.03 hectares per person | 3.13 hectares per person | 2.1 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1800s | 0.9957 hectares per person | 3.08 hectares per person | 2.09 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1810s | 0.9726 hectares per person | 3.04 hectares per person | 2.07 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1820s | 0.9503 hectares per person | 2.97 hectares per person | 2.02 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1830s | 0.9255 hectares per person | 2.91 hectares per person | 1.98 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1840s | 0.891 hectares per person | 2.84 hectares per person | 1.95 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1850s | 0.8613 hectares per person | 2.77 hectares per person | 1.91 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1860s | 0.8204 hectares per person | 2.69 hectares per person | 1.87 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1870s | 0.7846 hectares per person | 2.61 hectares per person | 1.82 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1880s | 0.7462 hectares per person | 2.51 hectares per person | 1.77 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1890s | 0.7074 hectares per person | 2.41 hectares per person | 1.7 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1900s | 0.6686 hectares per person | 2.3 hectares per person | 1.63 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1910s | 0.6331 hectares per person | 2.18 hectares per person | 1.55 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1920s | 0.617 hectares per person | 2.05 hectares per person | 1.43 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1930s | 0.5845 hectares per person | 1.89 hectares per person | 1.31 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1940s | 0.561 hectares per person | 1.7 hectares per person | 1.14 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1950s | 0.5176 hectares per person | 1.22 hectares per person | 0.7029 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0.4752 hectares per person | 0.5106 hectares per person | 0.0353 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0.4272 hectares per person | 0.4566 hectares per person | 0.0294 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.405 hectares per person | 0.4245 hectares per person | 0.0196 hectares per person | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.3801 hectares per person | 0.378 hectares per person | 0.0021 hectares per person | Austria |
| 2000s | 0.3496 hectares per person | 0.3434 hectares per person | 0.0063 hectares per person | Austria |
| 2010s | 0.317 hectares per person | 0.311 hectares per person | 0.006 hectares per person | Austria |
| 2020s | 0.2942 hectares per person | 0.2888 hectares per person | 0.0054 hectares per person | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Austria or Sweden?
- Austria, at 0.2876 hectares per person against 0.283 hectares per person in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Austria and Sweden?
- 0.0046 hectares per person, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Sweden rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Austria ranks 120th and Sweden ranks 121st of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.