Australia vs Oceania: Cropland — Area per capita
Cropland — Area per capita over time
- Australia
- Oceania
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.18 ha/cap against 0.74 ha/cap in Oceania, a difference of 0.44 ha/cap.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.6 times Oceania's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 3rd and Oceania ranks 1st of 232 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Oceania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.56 ha/cap | 1.08 ha/cap | 0.4756 ha/cap | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.18 ha/cap | 0.832 ha/cap | 0.344 ha/cap | Australia |
| 1980s | 1.24 ha/cap | 0.867 ha/cap | 0.373 ha/cap | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.04 ha/cap | 0.718 ha/cap | 0.326 ha/cap | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.23 ha/cap | 0.797 ha/cap | 0.429 ha/cap | Australia |
| 2010s | 1.3 ha/cap | 0.825 ha/cap | 0.476 ha/cap | Australia |
| 2020s | 1.2 ha/cap | 0.754 ha/cap | 0.448 ha/cap | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cropland — area per capita, Australia or Oceania?
- Australia, at 1.18 ha/cap against 0.74 ha/cap in Oceania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cropland — area per capita between Australia and Oceania?
- 0.44 ha/cap, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Oceania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Oceania rank globally for cropland — area per capita?
- Australia ranks 3rd and Oceania ranks 1st of 232 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.
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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.