China vs Portugal: Agricultural land use per person
China
0.3835 hectares per person
in 2025
Portugal
0.3914 hectares per person
in 2025
China rank
99th
Portugal rank
96th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- China
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.3914 hectares per person against 0.3835 hectares per person in China, a difference of 0.0079 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Portugal ahead.
China ranks 99th and Portugal ranks 96th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, China averaged higher in 18 and Portugal in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.9211 hectares per person | 0.9336 hectares per person | 0.0125 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1100s | 0.904 hectares per person | 0.9105 hectares per person | 0.0066 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1200s | 0.8927 hectares per person | 0.8857 hectares per person | 0.007 hectares per person | China |
| 1300s | 0.8872 hectares per person | 0.8588 hectares per person | 0.0285 hectares per person | China |
| 1400s | 0.8806 hectares per person | 0.8292 hectares per person | 0.0514 hectares per person | China |
| 1500s | 0.8686 hectares per person | 0.8141 hectares per person | 0.0544 hectares per person | China |
| 1600s | 0.8554 hectares per person | 0.7743 hectares per person | 0.0811 hectares per person | China |
| 1700s | 0.8689 hectares per person | 0.7376 hectares per person | 0.1313 hectares per person | China |
| 1710s | 0.8678 hectares per person | 0.7356 hectares per person | 0.1321 hectares per person | China |
| 1720s | 0.8224 hectares per person | 0.7269 hectares per person | 0.0955 hectares per person | China |
| 1730s | 0.8037 hectares per person | 0.7218 hectares per person | 0.0819 hectares per person | China |
| 1740s | 0.7578 hectares per person | 0.7166 hectares per person | 0.0412 hectares per person | China |
| 1750s | 0.6838 hectares per person | 0.7112 hectares per person | 0.0275 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1760s | 0.656 hectares per person | 0.7061 hectares per person | 0.0501 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1770s | 0.6281 hectares per person | 0.7008 hectares per person | 0.0726 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1780s | 0.5791 hectares per person | 0.6952 hectares per person | 0.1161 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1790s | 0.5683 hectares per person | 0.6894 hectares per person | 0.1212 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1800s | 0.5792 hectares per person | 0.6834 hectares per person | 0.1042 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1810s | 0.555 hectares per person | 0.6766 hectares per person | 0.1216 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1820s | 0.5578 hectares per person | 0.6696 hectares per person | 0.1118 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1830s | 0.5421 hectares per person | 0.661 hectares per person | 0.1189 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1840s | 0.5331 hectares per person | 0.6528 hectares per person | 0.1197 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1850s | 0.5266 hectares per person | 0.6442 hectares per person | 0.1175 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1860s | 0.5301 hectares per person | 0.641 hectares per person | 0.1109 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1870s | 0.5603 hectares per person | 0.6311 hectares per person | 0.0709 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1880s | 0.5588 hectares per person | 0.6186 hectares per person | 0.0598 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1890s | 0.5579 hectares per person | 0.6034 hectares per person | 0.0455 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1900s | 0.5508 hectares per person | 0.5883 hectares per person | 0.0376 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1910s | 0.5504 hectares per person | 0.5765 hectares per person | 0.0261 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1920s | 0.5395 hectares per person | 0.5616 hectares per person | 0.0221 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1930s | 0.542 hectares per person | 0.5573 hectares per person | 0.0153 hectares per person | Portugal |
| 1940s | 0.5478 hectares per person | 0.5405 hectares per person | 0.0073 hectares per person | China |
| 1950s | 0.5578 hectares per person | 0.4928 hectares per person | 0.065 hectares per person | China |
| 1960s | 0.5183 hectares per person | 0.4645 hectares per person | 0.0538 hectares per person | China |
| 1970s | 0.4864 hectares per person | 0.4523 hectares per person | 0.034 hectares per person | China |
| 1980s | 0.4719 hectares per person | 0.4201 hectares per person | 0.0519 hectares per person | China |
| 1990s | 0.4425 hectares per person | 0.3964 hectares per person | 0.0462 hectares per person | China |
| 2000s | 0.4075 hectares per person | 0.3764 hectares per person | 0.0311 hectares per person | China |
| 2010s | 0.3893 hectares per person | 0.3579 hectares per person | 0.0315 hectares per person | China |
| 2020s | 0.3835 hectares per person | 0.384 hectares per person | 0.0005 hectares per person | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, China or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.3914 hectares per person against 0.3835 hectares per person in China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between China and Portugal?
- 0.0079 hectares per person, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Portugal?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do China and Portugal rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- China ranks 99th and Portugal ranks 96th 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.