Europe vs USSR: Cropland — Area per capita
Cropland — Area per capita over time
- Europe
- USSR
How they compare
USSR currently reports 0.78 ha/cap against 0.38 ha/cap in Europe, a difference of 0.4 ha/cap.
That makes USSR's figure about 2.1 times Europe's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 7th and USSR ranks 10th of 34 groups.
USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5711 ha/cap | 1.03 ha/cap | 0.46 ha/cap | USSR |
| 1970s | 0.517 ha/cap | 0.921 ha/cap | 0.404 ha/cap | USSR |
| 1980s | 0.483 ha/cap | 0.838 ha/cap | 0.355 ha/cap | USSR |
| 1990s | 0.46 ha/cap | 0.785 ha/cap | 0.325 ha/cap | USSR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cropland — area per capita, Europe or USSR?
- USSR, at 0.78 ha/cap against 0.38 ha/cap in Europe as of 1991.
- What is the difference in cropland — area per capita between Europe and USSR?
- 0.4 ha/cap, with USSR ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Europe and USSR rank globally for cropland — area per capita?
- Europe ranks 7th and USSR ranks 10th 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.