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

0.007 hectares per person, with Switzerland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Norway 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.

Norway vs Switzerland: Agricultural land use per person

Norway

0.1719 hectares per person

in 2025

Switzerland

0.1789 hectares per person

in 2025

Norway rank

139th

Switzerland rank

137th

Agricultural land use per person over time

Norway
Switzerland

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 0.1789 hectares per person against 0.1719 hectares per person in Norway, a difference of 0.007 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 139th and Switzerland ranks 137th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 35 and Switzerland in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Norway	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1000s	4.81 hectares per person	2.68 hectares per person	2.13 hectares per person	Norway
1100s	4.65 hectares per person	3.37 hectares per person	1.28 hectares per person	Norway
1200s	4.47 hectares per person	2.7 hectares per person	1.77 hectares per person	Norway
1300s	4.27 hectares per person	2.02 hectares per person	2.25 hectares per person	Norway
1400s	4.06 hectares per person	2.31 hectares per person	1.75 hectares per person	Norway
1500s	3.81 hectares per person	1.7 hectares per person	2.11 hectares per person	Norway
1600s	3.53 hectares per person	1.4 hectares per person	2.13 hectares per person	Norway
1700s	3.19 hectares per person	1.36 hectares per person	1.83 hectares per person	Norway
1710s	3.15 hectares per person	1.26 hectares per person	1.88 hectares per person	Norway
1720s	3.11 hectares per person	1.17 hectares per person	1.94 hectares per person	Norway
1730s	3.07 hectares per person	1.07 hectares per person	1.99 hectares per person	Norway
1740s	3.02 hectares per person	0.975 hectares per person	2.05 hectares per person	Norway
1750s	2.98 hectares per person	0.8792 hectares per person	2.1 hectares per person	Norway
1760s	2.93 hectares per person	0.845 hectares per person	2.09 hectares per person	Norway
1770s	2.89 hectares per person	0.8108 hectares per person	2.08 hectares per person	Norway
1780s	2.84 hectares per person	0.7765 hectares per person	2.06 hectares per person	Norway
1790s	2.79 hectares per person	0.7422 hectares per person	2.05 hectares per person	Norway
1800s	2.74 hectares per person	0.7078 hectares per person	2.03 hectares per person	Norway
1810s	2.68 hectares per person	0.6847 hectares per person	2 hectares per person	Norway
1820s	2.63 hectares per person	0.6615 hectares per person	1.97 hectares per person	Norway
1830s	2.57 hectares per person	0.6389 hectares per person	1.93 hectares per person	Norway
1840s	2.5 hectares per person	0.6161 hectares per person	1.89 hectares per person	Norway
1850s	2.44 hectares per person	0.5927 hectares per person	1.84 hectares per person	Norway
1860s	2.37 hectares per person	0.5689 hectares per person	1.8 hectares per person	Norway
1870s	2.29 hectares per person	0.5453 hectares per person	1.74 hectares per person	Norway
1880s	2.2 hectares per person	0.5207 hectares per person	1.67 hectares per person	Norway
1890s	2.1 hectares per person	0.4969 hectares per person	1.6 hectares per person	Norway
1900s	1.99 hectares per person	0.4716 hectares per person	1.52 hectares per person	Norway
1910s	1.88 hectares per person	0.447 hectares per person	1.43 hectares per person	Norway
1920s	1.76 hectares per person	0.4223 hectares per person	1.33 hectares per person	Norway
1930s	1.61 hectares per person	0.3972 hectares per person	1.21 hectares per person	Norway
1940s	1.43 hectares per person	0.3725 hectares per person	1.06 hectares per person	Norway
1950s	0.9673 hectares per person	0.3351 hectares per person	0.6322 hectares per person	Norway
1960s	0.2713 hectares per person	0.2981 hectares per person	0.0268 hectares per person	Switzerland
1970s	0.2297 hectares per person	0.2629 hectares per person	0.0332 hectares per person	Switzerland
1980s	0.2307 hectares per person	0.253 hectares per person	0.0223 hectares per person	Switzerland
1990s	0.2394 hectares per person	0.2285 hectares per person	0.0109 hectares per person	Norway
2000s	0.2236 hectares per person	0.2101 hectares per person	0.0135 hectares per person	Norway
2010s	0.1932 hectares per person	0.1934 hectares per person	0.0002 hectares per person	Switzerland
2020s	0.1767 hectares per person	0.1822 hectares per person	0.0055 hectares per person	Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use per person, Norway or Switzerland?: Switzerland, at 0.1789 hectares per person against 0.1719 hectares per person in Norway as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between Norway and Switzerland?: 0.007 hectares per person, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Switzerland?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Norway and Switzerland rank globally for agricultural land use per person?: Norway ranks 139th 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.