Americas vs Canada: Cropland — Area per capita
Cropland — Area per capita over time
- Americas
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 0.96 ha/cap against 0.36 ha/cap in Americas, a difference of 0.6 ha/cap.
That makes Canada's figure about 2.7 times Americas's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 8th and Canada ranks 6th of 34 groups.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7044 ha/cap | 1.92 ha/cap | 1.22 ha/cap | Canada |
| 1970s | 0.632 ha/cap | 1.71 ha/cap | 1.08 ha/cap | Canada |
| 1980s | 0.571 ha/cap | 1.6 ha/cap | 1.03 ha/cap | Canada |
| 1990s | 0.479 ha/cap | 1.41 ha/cap | 0.934 ha/cap | Canada |
| 2000s | 0.419 ha/cap | 1.24 ha/cap | 0.817 ha/cap | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.379 ha/cap | 1.07 ha/cap | 0.688 ha/cap | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.364 ha/cap | 0.986 ha/cap | 0.622 ha/cap | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cropland — area per capita, Americas or Canada?
- Canada, at 0.96 ha/cap against 0.36 ha/cap in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cropland — area per capita between Americas and Canada?
- 0.6 ha/cap, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Canada?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Canada rank globally for cropland — area per capita?
- Americas ranks 8th and Canada ranks 6th of 34 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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About this data
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.