Cropland per person over the long term in Mongolia
Mongolia: Cropland per person over the long term was 0.2993 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Cropland per person over the long term in Mongolia, 1000–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, cropland per person over the long term in Mongolia stood at 0.2993. That is the lowest value across all 108 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland per person over the long term in Mongolia peaked at 0.7911 in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.2993, in 2025.
Mongolia ranks 46th of 202 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 108 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.7873 | 0.7873 | 0.7873 | 1 |
| 1100s | 0.7834 | 0.7834 | 0.7834 | 1 |
| 1200s | 0.7795 | 0.7795 | 0.7795 | 1 |
| 1300s | 0.7756 | 0.7756 | 0.7756 | 1 |
| 1400s | 0.7717 | 0.7717 | 0.7717 | 1 |
| 1500s | 0.7679 | 0.7679 | 0.7679 | 1 |
| 1600s | 0.7641 | 0.7641 | 0.7641 | 1 |
| 1700s | 0.7603 | 0.7603 | 0.7603 | 1 |
| 1710s | 0.7565 | 0.7565 | 0.7565 | 1 |
| 1720s | 0.7527 | 0.7527 | 0.7527 | 1 |
| 1730s | 0.749 | 0.749 | 0.749 | 1 |
| 1740s | 0.7452 | 0.7452 | 0.7452 | 1 |
| 1750s | 0.7415 | 0.7415 | 0.7415 | 1 |
| 1760s | 0.7378 | 0.7378 | 0.7378 | 1 |
| 1770s | 0.7342 | 0.7342 | 0.7342 | 1 |
| 1780s | 0.7305 | 0.7305 | 0.7305 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.7269 | 0.7269 | 0.7269 | 1 |
| 1800s | 0.7233 | 0.7233 | 0.7233 | 1 |
| 1810s | 0.7197 | 0.7197 | 0.7197 | 1 |
| 1820s | 0.7161 | 0.7161 | 0.7161 | 1 |
| 1830s | 0.7125 | 0.7125 | 0.7125 | 1 |
| 1840s | 0.709 | 0.709 | 0.709 | 1 |
| 1850s | 0.7055 | 0.7055 | 0.7055 | 1 |
| 1860s | 0.7019 | 0.7019 | 0.7019 | 1 |
| 1870s | 0.6985 | 0.6985 | 0.6985 | 1 |
| 1880s | 0.695 | 0.695 | 0.695 | 1 |
| 1890s | 0.6915 | 0.6915 | 0.6915 | 1 |
| 1900s | 0.6881 | 0.6881 | 0.6881 | 1 |
| 1910s | 0.6847 | 0.6847 | 0.6847 | 1 |
| 1920s | 0.6813 | 0.6813 | 0.6813 | 1 |
| 1930s | 0.6779 | 0.6779 | 0.6779 | 1 |
| 1940s | 0.6745 | 0.6745 | 0.6745 | 1 |
| 1950s | 0.6563 | 0.6417 | 0.6711 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6982 | 0.6005 | 0.7911 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.6161 | 0.5555 | 0.7173 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.684 | 0.6428 | 0.7164 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5761 | 0.4983 | 0.6253 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4652 | 0.4474 | 0.4877 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4412 | 0.36 | 0.467 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3352 | 0.2993 | 0.3588 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.27 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.9% (2025)
- Rural population 1.03 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 28.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.94 (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.94 (2025)
- Land under cereal production 363,061 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland per person over the long term in Mongolia?
- Cropland per person over the long term in Mongolia was 0.2993 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cropland per person over the long term recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7911 in 1964.
- What is the lowest cropland per person over the long term recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2993 in 2025.
- How does Mongolia rank for cropland per person over the long term?
- Mongolia ranks 46th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cropland per person over the long term rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Cropland per person over the long term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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