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

Australia and New Zealand
1.01 ha/cap
in 2024
Europe
0.38 ha/cap
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand rank
5th
Europe rank
7th

Cropland — Area per capita over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Europe
0.50.7511.21.5196119922024

How they compare

Australia and New Zealand currently reports 1.01 ha/cap against 0.38 ha/cap in Europe, a difference of 0.63 ha/cap.

That makes Australia and New Zealand's figure about 2.7 times Europe's.

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

Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th and Europe ranks 7th of 216 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 1.29 ha/cap 0.5711 ha/cap 0.7222 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
1970s 0.988 ha/cap 0.517 ha/cap 0.471 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
1980s 1.05 ha/cap 0.483 ha/cap 0.569 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
1990s 0.889 ha/cap 0.434 ha/cap 0.455 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
2000s 1.04 ha/cap 0.404 ha/cap 0.635 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
2010s 1.11 ha/cap 0.39 ha/cap 0.719 ha/cap Australia and New Zealand
2020s 1.03 ha/cap 0.38 ha/cap 0.646 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, Australia and New Zealand or Europe?
Australia and New Zealand, at 1.01 ha/cap against 0.38 ha/cap in Europe as of 2024.
What is the difference in cropland — area per capita between Australia and New Zealand and Europe?
0.63 ha/cap, with Australia and New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Europe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Europe rank globally for cropland — area per capita?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th and Europe ranks 7th of 216 countries.
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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia and New Zealand vs Europe: Cropland — Area per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/cropland-area-per-capita/australia-and-new-zealand/europe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/cropland-area-per-capita/australia-and-new-zealand/europe/">Australia and New Zealand vs Europe: Cropland — Area per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.