China vs Poland: Agricultural land use per person
China
0.3835 hectares per person
in 2025
Poland
0.3707 hectares per person
in 2025
China rank
99th
Poland rank
100th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- China
- Poland
How they compare
China currently reports 0.3835 hectares per person against 0.3707 hectares per person in Poland, a difference of 0.0128 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Poland ahead.
China ranks 99th and Poland ranks 100th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Poland in 38.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.9211 hectares per person | 1.65 hectares per person | 0.7272 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1100s | 0.904 hectares per person | 1.6 hectares per person | 0.7003 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1200s | 0.8927 hectares per person | 1.56 hectares per person | 0.6641 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1300s | 0.8872 hectares per person | 1.51 hectares per person | 0.6179 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1400s | 0.8806 hectares per person | 1.45 hectares per person | 0.5676 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1500s | 0.8686 hectares per person | 1.38 hectares per person | 0.5159 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1600s | 0.8554 hectares per person | 1.31 hectares per person | 0.4558 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1700s | 0.8689 hectares per person | 1.22 hectares per person | 0.3551 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1710s | 0.8678 hectares per person | 1.21 hectares per person | 0.3465 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1720s | 0.8224 hectares per person | 1.2 hectares per person | 0.3818 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1730s | 0.8037 hectares per person | 1.19 hectares per person | 0.3902 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1740s | 0.7578 hectares per person | 1.18 hectares per person | 0.4256 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1750s | 0.6838 hectares per person | 1.17 hectares per person | 0.4887 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1760s | 0.656 hectares per person | 1.16 hectares per person | 0.5054 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1770s | 0.6281 hectares per person | 1.15 hectares per person | 0.5217 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1780s | 0.5791 hectares per person | 1.14 hectares per person | 0.5588 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1790s | 0.5683 hectares per person | 1.13 hectares per person | 0.5574 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1800s | 0.5792 hectares per person | 1.11 hectares per person | 0.5337 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1810s | 0.555 hectares per person | 1.1 hectares per person | 0.5447 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1820s | 0.5578 hectares per person | 1.09 hectares per person | 0.5281 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1830s | 0.5421 hectares per person | 1.07 hectares per person | 0.5294 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1840s | 0.5331 hectares per person | 1.06 hectares per person | 0.5234 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1850s | 0.5266 hectares per person | 1.04 hectares per person | 0.514 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1860s | 0.5301 hectares per person | 1.02 hectares per person | 0.4939 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1870s | 0.5603 hectares per person | 1.01 hectares per person | 0.446 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1880s | 0.5588 hectares per person | 0.9873 hectares per person | 0.4285 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1890s | 0.5579 hectares per person | 0.967 hectares per person | 0.4091 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1900s | 0.5508 hectares per person | 0.9448 hectares per person | 0.394 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1910s | 0.5504 hectares per person | 0.9203 hectares per person | 0.3699 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1920s | 0.5395 hectares per person | 0.8928 hectares per person | 0.3533 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1930s | 0.542 hectares per person | 0.861 hectares per person | 0.319 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1940s | 0.5478 hectares per person | 0.8226 hectares per person | 0.2748 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1950s | 0.5578 hectares per person | 0.7388 hectares per person | 0.1809 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1960s | 0.5183 hectares per person | 0.6442 hectares per person | 0.1259 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1970s | 0.4864 hectares per person | 0.5692 hectares per person | 0.0828 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1980s | 0.4719 hectares per person | 0.5124 hectares per person | 0.0405 hectares per person | Poland |
| 1990s | 0.4425 hectares per person | 0.4864 hectares per person | 0.0438 hectares per person | Poland |
| 2000s | 0.4075 hectares per person | 0.4294 hectares per person | 0.0219 hectares per person | Poland |
| 2010s | 0.3893 hectares per person | 0.3771 hectares per person | 0.0122 hectares per person | China |
| 2020s | 0.3835 hectares per person | 0.3746 hectares per person | 0.0089 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 Poland?
- China, at 0.3835 hectares per person against 0.3707 hectares per person in Poland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between China and Poland?
- 0.0128 hectares per person, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Poland?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do China and Poland rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- China ranks 99th and Poland ranks 100th 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.