Americas vs Australia and New Zealand: Cropland — Area per capita

Americas
0.36 ha/cap
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand
1.01 ha/cap
in 2024
Americas rank
8th
Australia and New Zealand rank
5th

Cropland — Area per capita over time

  • Americas
  • Australia and New Zealand
0.250.50.7511.21.5196119922024

How they compare

Australia and New Zealand currently reports 1.01 ha/cap against 0.36 ha/cap in Americas, a difference of 0.65 ha/cap.

That makes Australia and New Zealand's figure about 2.8 times Americas's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Australia and New Zealand has been ahead every year.

Americas ranks 8th and Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th of 29 groups.

Australia and New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Australia and New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 0.7044 ha/cap 1.29 ha/cap 0.5889 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
1970s 0.632 ha/cap 0.988 ha/cap 0.356 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
1980s 0.571 ha/cap 1.05 ha/cap 0.481 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
1990s 0.479 ha/cap 0.889 ha/cap 0.41 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
2000s 0.419 ha/cap 1.04 ha/cap 0.62 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
2010s 0.379 ha/cap 1.11 ha/cap 0.73 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
2020s 0.364 ha/cap 1.03 ha/cap 0.662 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland — area per capita, Americas or Australia and New Zealand?
Australia and New Zealand, at 1.01 ha/cap against 0.36 ha/cap in Americas as of 2024.
What is the difference in cropland — area per capita between Americas and Australia and New Zealand?
0.65 ha/cap, with Australia and New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Australia and New Zealand?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Americas and Australia and New Zealand rank globally for cropland — area per capita?
Americas ranks 8th and Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th 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
Last refreshed

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.