Iran vs Spain: Agricultural land use per person
Iran
0.5544 hectares per person
in 2025
Spain
0.5411 hectares per person
in 2025
Iran rank
72nd
Spain rank
73rd
Agricultural land use per person over time
- Iran
- Spain
How they compare
Iran currently reports 0.5544 hectares per person against 0.5411 hectares per person in Spain, a difference of 0.0133 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iran ahead.
Iran ranks 72nd and Spain ranks 73rd of 202 countries.
Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iran | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 2.53 hectares per person | 1.62 hectares per person | 0.9115 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1100s | 2.5 hectares per person | 1.7 hectares per person | 0.7979 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1200s | 2.46 hectares per person | 1.81 hectares per person | 0.6439 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1300s | 2.41 hectares per person | 1.24 hectares per person | 1.18 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1400s | 2.37 hectares per person | 1.62 hectares per person | 0.7479 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1500s | 2.32 hectares per person | 1.72 hectares per person | 0.6043 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1600s | 2.26 hectares per person | 1.37 hectares per person | 0.8977 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1700s | 2.2 hectares per person | 1.51 hectares per person | 0.6943 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1710s | 2.19 hectares per person | 1.42 hectares per person | 0.7796 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1720s | 2.19 hectares per person | 1.41 hectares per person | 0.7757 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1730s | 2.18 hectares per person | 1.41 hectares per person | 0.7716 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1740s | 2.17 hectares per person | 1.41 hectares per person | 0.7675 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1750s | 2.17 hectares per person | 1.4 hectares per person | 0.7632 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1760s | 2.16 hectares per person | 1.4 hectares per person | 0.7589 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1770s | 2.15 hectares per person | 1.4 hectares per person | 0.7545 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1780s | 2.14 hectares per person | 1.39 hectares per person | 0.75 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1790s | 2.13 hectares per person | 1.39 hectares per person | 0.7453 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1800s | 2.13 hectares per person | 1.39 hectares per person | 0.7406 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1810s | 2.12 hectares per person | 1.38 hectares per person | 0.7357 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1820s | 2.11 hectares per person | 1.41 hectares per person | 0.6946 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1830s | 2.1 hectares per person | 1.35 hectares per person | 0.7512 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1840s | 2.09 hectares per person | 1.42 hectares per person | 0.6713 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1850s | 2.08 hectares per person | 1.41 hectares per person | 0.6667 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1860s | 2.07 hectares per person | 1.35 hectares per person | 0.7163 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1870s | 2.06 hectares per person | 1.33 hectares per person | 0.7255 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1880s | 2.05 hectares per person | 1.31 hectares per person | 0.7398 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1890s | 2.03 hectares per person | 1.28 hectares per person | 0.7553 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1900s | 2.02 hectares per person | 1.31 hectares per person | 0.7139 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1910s | 2.01 hectares per person | 1.28 hectares per person | 0.7253 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1920s | 1.99 hectares per person | 1.28 hectares per person | 0.7108 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1930s | 1.97 hectares per person | 1.25 hectares per person | 0.7226 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1940s | 1.95 hectares per person | 1.23 hectares per person | 0.729 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1950s | 1.91 hectares per person | 1.13 hectares per person | 0.7808 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1960s | 1.72 hectares per person | 1.02 hectares per person | 0.6953 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1970s | 1.33 hectares per person | 0.8997 hectares per person | 0.431 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1980s | 0.9425 hectares per person | 0.8058 hectares per person | 0.1367 hectares per person | Iran |
| 1990s | 0.7841 hectares per person | 0.7633 hectares per person | 0.0207 hectares per person | Iran |
| 2000s | 0.6821 hectares per person | 0.6733 hectares per person | 0.0089 hectares per person | Iran |
| 2010s | 0.5929 hectares per person | 0.5635 hectares per person | 0.0294 hectares per person | Iran |
| 2020s | 0.5626 hectares per person | 0.5396 hectares per person | 0.023 hectares per person | Iran |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Iran or Spain?
- Iran, at 0.5544 hectares per person against 0.5411 hectares per person in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Iran and Spain?
- 0.0133 hectares per person, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Spain?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Iran and Spain rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- Iran ranks 72nd and Spain ranks 73rd 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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About this data
Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.