What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Germany and Switzerland?

0.0239 hectares per person, with Germany ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Switzerland?

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.

Germany vs Switzerland: Agricultural land use per person

Germany

0.2028 hectares per person

in 2025

Switzerland

0.1789 hectares per person

in 2025

Germany rank

135th

Switzerland rank

137th

Agricultural land use per person over time

Germany
Switzerland

How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.2028 hectares per person against 0.1789 hectares per person in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0239 hectares per person.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

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

Germany ranks 135th and Switzerland ranks 137th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 33 and Switzerland in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1000s	3.67 hectares per person	2.68 hectares per person	0.9851 hectares per person	Germany
1100s	4.81 hectares per person	3.37 hectares per person	1.44 hectares per person	Germany
1200s	4.27 hectares per person	2.7 hectares per person	1.58 hectares per person	Germany
1300s	3.29 hectares per person	2.02 hectares per person	1.27 hectares per person	Germany
1400s	3.21 hectares per person	2.31 hectares per person	0.9034 hectares per person	Germany
1500s	2.54 hectares per person	1.7 hectares per person	0.8403 hectares per person	Germany
1600s	2.07 hectares per person	1.4 hectares per person	0.6695 hectares per person	Germany
1700s	1.91 hectares per person	1.36 hectares per person	0.5542 hectares per person	Germany
1710s	1.8 hectares per person	1.26 hectares per person	0.542 hectares per person	Germany
1720s	1.7 hectares per person	1.17 hectares per person	0.5315 hectares per person	Germany
1730s	1.59 hectares per person	1.07 hectares per person	0.5224 hectares per person	Germany
1740s	1.49 hectares per person	0.975 hectares per person	0.5145 hectares per person	Germany
1750s	1.39 hectares per person	0.8792 hectares per person	0.5075 hectares per person	Germany
1760s	1.33 hectares per person	0.845 hectares per person	0.4841 hectares per person	Germany
1770s	1.27 hectares per person	0.8108 hectares per person	0.4632 hectares per person	Germany
1780s	1.22 hectares per person	0.7765 hectares per person	0.4444 hectares per person	Germany
1790s	1.17 hectares per person	0.7422 hectares per person	0.4274 hectares per person	Germany
1800s	1.12 hectares per person	0.7078 hectares per person	0.412 hectares per person	Germany
1810s	1.07 hectares per person	0.6847 hectares per person	0.3847 hectares per person	Germany
1820s	1.02 hectares per person	0.6615 hectares per person	0.3576 hectares per person	Germany
1830s	0.9301 hectares per person	0.6389 hectares per person	0.2912 hectares per person	Germany
1840s	0.8502 hectares per person	0.6161 hectares per person	0.2341 hectares per person	Germany
1850s	0.7817 hectares per person	0.5927 hectares per person	0.189 hectares per person	Germany
1860s	0.7288 hectares per person	0.5689 hectares per person	0.1599 hectares per person	Germany
1870s	0.6694 hectares per person	0.5453 hectares per person	0.1241 hectares per person	Germany
1880s	0.6048 hectares per person	0.5207 hectares per person	0.0841 hectares per person	Germany
1890s	0.5466 hectares per person	0.4969 hectares per person	0.0497 hectares per person	Germany
1900s	0.4771 hectares per person	0.4716 hectares per person	0.0055 hectares per person	Germany
1910s	0.4285 hectares per person	0.447 hectares per person	0.0185 hectares per person	Switzerland
1920s	0.4273 hectares per person	0.4223 hectares per person	0.0049 hectares per person	Germany
1930s	0.4022 hectares per person	0.3972 hectares per person	0.005 hectares per person	Germany
1940s	0.3779 hectares per person	0.3725 hectares per person	0.0054 hectares per person	Germany
1950s	0.3217 hectares per person	0.3351 hectares per person	0.0135 hectares per person	Switzerland
1960s	0.2557 hectares per person	0.2981 hectares per person	0.0424 hectares per person	Switzerland
1970s	0.2395 hectares per person	0.2629 hectares per person	0.0235 hectares per person	Switzerland
1980s	0.2338 hectares per person	0.253 hectares per person	0.0192 hectares per person	Switzerland
1990s	0.2134 hectares per person	0.2285 hectares per person	0.0151 hectares per person	Switzerland
2000s	0.206 hectares per person	0.2101 hectares per person	0.0041 hectares per person	Switzerland
2010s	0.2036 hectares per person	0.1934 hectares per person	0.0102 hectares per person	Germany
2020s	0.2028 hectares per person	0.1822 hectares per person	0.0206 hectares per person	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Germany or Switzerland?: Germany, at 0.2028 hectares per person against 0.1789 hectares per person in Switzerland as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Germany and Switzerland?: 0.0239 hectares per person, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Switzerland?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Germany and Switzerland rank globally for agricultural land use per person?: Germany ranks 135th and Switzerland ranks 137th 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.