Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita was 0.0723 hectares per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) is 0.0723 hectares per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 29.1% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 0.1908 hectares per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0723 hectares per person, in 2024.
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 11th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | hectares per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1889 hectares per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1908 hectares per person | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1889 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1835 hectares per person | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 0.1819 hectares per person | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 0.1811 hectares per person | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.1824 hectares per person | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 0.1702 hectares per person | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1747 hectares per person | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 0.1721 hectares per person | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.1705 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1664 hectares per person | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1567 hectares per person | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 0.1584 hectares per person | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1525 hectares per person | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 0.1543 hectares per person | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 0.1537 hectares per person | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.1498 hectares per person | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1402 hectares per person | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 0.1402 hectares per person | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.141 hectares per person | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.1341 hectares per person | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 0.1331 hectares per person | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.1295 hectares per person | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 0.1384 hectares per person | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 0.1368 hectares per person | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.1262 hectares per person | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 0.1404 hectares per person | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 0.1325 hectares per person | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 0.1228 hectares per person | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 0.1298 hectares per person | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 0.133 hectares per person | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.1248 hectares per person | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1362 hectares per person | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 0.1284 hectares per person | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 0.1288 hectares per person | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.127 hectares per person | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.1259 hectares per person | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1164 hectares per person | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 0.1099 hectares per person | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.1152 hectares per person | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.1129 hectares per person | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.1241 hectares per person | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 0.1088 hectares per person | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 0.1263 hectares per person | +16.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1161 hectares per person | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 0.1153 hectares per person | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1204 hectares per person | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1171 hectares per person | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1228 hectares per person | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 0.1205 hectares per person | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.1137 hectares per person | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1195 hectares per person | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1197 hectares per person | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1078 hectares per person | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 0.1169 hectares per person | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1104 hectares per person | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 0.1134 hectares per person | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.1059 hectares per person | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 0.1063 hectares per person | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1031 hectares per person | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1029 hectares per person | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1019 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0723 hectares per person | -29.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1825 hectares per person | 0.1702 hectares per person | 0.1908 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1575 hectares per person | 0.1402 hectares per person | 0.1721 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1352 hectares per person | 0.1262 hectares per person | 0.141 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1273 hectares per person | 0.1164 hectares per person | 0.1362 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1166 hectares per person | 0.1088 hectares per person | 0.1263 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1151 hectares per person | 0.1059 hectares per person | 0.1228 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0973 hectares per person | 0.0723 hectares per person | 0.1063 hectares per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- 8 Moldova 0.3764 hectares per person compare
- 9 Bulgaria 0.3072 hectares per person compare
- 10 Russia 0.3002 hectares per person compare
- 11 Ukraine 0.2856 hectares per person compare
- 12 Romania 0.2712 hectares per person compare
- 13 Guinea 0.2701 hectares per person compare
- 14 Serbia 0.2679 hectares per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 272.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 595.18 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 61.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2122 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 282.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.0723 hectares per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land under cereal production (hectares), per capita recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1908 hectares per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest land under cereal production (hectares), per capita recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0723 hectares per person in 2024.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for land under cereal production (hectares), per capita?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 11th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is land under cereal production (hectares), per capita rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land under cereal production (hectares) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land under cereal production FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.