What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between China and Myanmar?

0.0195 hectares per person, with China ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Myanmar?

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 land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

China vs Myanmar: Agricultural land use per person

China

0.3835 hectares per person

in 2025

Myanmar

0.364 hectares per person

in 2025

China rank

99th

Myanmar rank

101st

Agricultural land use per person over time

China
Myanmar

How they compare

China currently reports 0.3835 hectares per person against 0.364 hectares per person in Myanmar, a difference of 0.0195 hectares per person.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Myanmar's.

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

China ranks 99th and Myanmar ranks 101st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, China averaged higher in 37 and Myanmar in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Myanmar	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.9211 hectares per person	0.4067 hectares per person	0.5144 hectares per person	China
1100s	0.904 hectares per person	0.4067 hectares per person	0.4973 hectares per person	China
1200s	0.8927 hectares per person	0.4074 hectares per person	0.4854 hectares per person	China
1300s	0.8872 hectares per person	0.4066 hectares per person	0.4806 hectares per person	China
1400s	0.8806 hectares per person	0.4061 hectares per person	0.4745 hectares per person	China
1500s	0.8686 hectares per person	0.4076 hectares per person	0.461 hectares per person	China
1600s	0.8554 hectares per person	0.4064 hectares per person	0.4491 hectares per person	China
1700s	0.8689 hectares per person	0.3798 hectares per person	0.4891 hectares per person	China
1710s	0.8678 hectares per person	0.38 hectares per person	0.4877 hectares per person	China
1720s	0.8224 hectares per person	0.3802 hectares per person	0.4422 hectares per person	China
1730s	0.8037 hectares per person	0.3805 hectares per person	0.4232 hectares per person	China
1740s	0.7578 hectares per person	0.3807 hectares per person	0.377 hectares per person	China
1750s	0.6838 hectares per person	0.381 hectares per person	0.3028 hectares per person	China
1760s	0.656 hectares per person	0.3813 hectares per person	0.2747 hectares per person	China
1770s	0.6281 hectares per person	0.3816 hectares per person	0.2465 hectares per person	China
1780s	0.5791 hectares per person	0.3819 hectares per person	0.1972 hectares per person	China
1790s	0.5683 hectares per person	0.3822 hectares per person	0.186 hectares per person	China
1800s	0.5792 hectares per person	0.3826 hectares per person	0.1967 hectares per person	China
1810s	0.555 hectares per person	0.3826 hectares per person	0.1724 hectares per person	China
1820s	0.5578 hectares per person	0.3826 hectares per person	0.1751 hectares per person	China
1830s	0.5421 hectares per person	0.3827 hectares per person	0.1594 hectares per person	China
1840s	0.5331 hectares per person	0.3828 hectares per person	0.1503 hectares per person	China
1850s	0.5266 hectares per person	0.3829 hectares per person	0.1437 hectares per person	China
1860s	0.5301 hectares per person	0.3829 hectares per person	0.1472 hectares per person	China
1870s	0.5603 hectares per person	0.383 hectares per person	0.1773 hectares per person	China
1880s	0.5588 hectares per person	0.3831 hectares per person	0.1757 hectares per person	China
1890s	0.5579 hectares per person	0.433 hectares per person	0.1249 hectares per person	China
1900s	0.5508 hectares per person	0.4829 hectares per person	0.0679 hectares per person	China
1910s	0.5504 hectares per person	0.5326 hectares per person	0.0178 hectares per person	China
1920s	0.5395 hectares per person	0.5824 hectares per person	0.0428 hectares per person	Myanmar
1930s	0.542 hectares per person	0.5521 hectares per person	0.0101 hectares per person	Myanmar
1940s	0.5478 hectares per person	0.5218 hectares per person	0.026 hectares per person	China
1950s	0.5578 hectares per person	0.4911 hectares per person	0.0668 hectares per person	China
1960s	0.5183 hectares per person	0.4582 hectares per person	0.0601 hectares per person	China
1970s	0.4864 hectares per person	0.5537 hectares per person	0.0674 hectares per person	Myanmar
1980s	0.4719 hectares per person	0.4499 hectares per person	0.022 hectares per person	China
1990s	0.4425 hectares per person	0.3857 hectares per person	0.0568 hectares per person	China
2000s	0.4075 hectares per person	0.3702 hectares per person	0.0373 hectares per person	China
2010s	0.3893 hectares per person	0.3757 hectares per person	0.0137 hectares per person	China
2020s	0.3835 hectares per person	0.3666 hectares per person	0.0169 hectares per person	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use per person, China or Myanmar?: China, at 0.3835 hectares per person against 0.364 hectares per person in Myanmar as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between China and Myanmar?: 0.0195 hectares per person, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Myanmar?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do China and Myanmar rank globally for agricultural land use per person?: China ranks 99th and Myanmar ranks 101st of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – 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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Indicator: Agricultural land use per person
Unit: hectares per person
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.