Uruguay vs World: Cropland — Area per capita
Cropland — Area per capita over time
- Uruguay
- World
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.65 ha/cap against 0.19 ha/cap in World, a difference of 0.46 ha/cap.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 3.4 times World's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Uruguay ranks 16th and World ranks 17th of 232 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Uruguay | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8489 ha/cap | 0.4078 ha/cap | 0.4411 ha/cap | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0.584 ha/cap | 0.345 ha/cap | 0.239 ha/cap | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 0.457 ha/cap | 0.303 ha/cap | 0.154 ha/cap | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 0.423 ha/cap | 0.261 ha/cap | 0.162 ha/cap | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.47 ha/cap | 0.23 ha/cap | 0.24 ha/cap | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.677 ha/cap | 0.21 ha/cap | 0.467 ha/cap | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.634 ha/cap | 0.198 ha/cap | 0.436 ha/cap | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cropland — area per capita, Uruguay or World?
- Uruguay, at 0.65 ha/cap against 0.19 ha/cap in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cropland — area per capita between Uruguay and World?
- 0.46 ha/cap, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Uruguay and World?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Uruguay and World rank globally for cropland — area per capita?
- Uruguay ranks 16th and World ranks 17th 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.