Americas vs Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha: Cropland — Area per capita

Americas
0.36 ha/cap
in 2024
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
0.76 ha/cap
in 2024
Americas rank
8th
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha rank
11th

Cropland — Area per capita over time

  • Americas
  • Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
00.20.40.60.8196119922024

How they compare

Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha currently reports 0.76 ha/cap against 0.36 ha/cap in Americas, a difference of 0.4 ha/cap.

That makes Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha's figure about 2.1 times Americas's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.

Americas ranks 8th and Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ranks 11th of 29 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 3 and Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha Difference Ahead
1960s 0.7044 ha/cap 0.3644 ha/cap 0.34 ha/cap Americas
1970s 0.632 ha/cap 0.33 ha/cap 0.302 ha/cap Americas
1980s 0.571 ha/cap 0.303 ha/cap 0.268 ha/cap Americas
1990s 0.479 ha/cap 0.491 ha/cap 0.012 ha/cap Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
2000s 0.419 ha/cap 0.715 ha/cap 0.296 ha/cap Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
2010s 0.379 ha/cap 0.736 ha/cap 0.357 ha/cap Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
2020s 0.364 ha/cap 0.75 ha/cap 0.386 ha/cap Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland — area per capita, Americas or Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha, at 0.76 ha/cap against 0.36 ha/cap in Americas as of 2024.
What is the difference in cropland — area per capita between Americas and Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
0.4 ha/cap, with Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Americas and Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha rank globally for cropland — area per capita?
Americas ranks 8th and Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ranks 11th of 29 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cropland — Area per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cropland — Area per capita
Unit
ha/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
266 places, 15,610 data points, 1961–2024
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.