Croatia vs Lithuania: Land use over the long-term
Croatia
436,100 hectares
in 2025
Lithuania
411,820 hectares
in 2025
Croatia rank
125th
Lithuania rank
128th
Land use over the long-term over time
- Croatia
- Lithuania
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 436,100 hectares against 411,820 hectares in Lithuania, a difference of 24,280 hectares.
That makes Croatia's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Croatia ahead.
Croatia ranks 125th and Lithuania ranks 128th of 202 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 16 and Lithuania in 24.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 1.06 million hectares | 334,652 hectares | 730,058 hectares | Croatia |
| 1100s | 1.43 million hectares | 339,583 hectares | 1.09 million hectares | Croatia |
| 1200s | 1.20 million hectares | 343,027 hectares | 852,343 hectares | Croatia |
| 1300s | 925,972 hectares | 344,495 hectares | 581,477 hectares | Croatia |
| 1400s | 1.12 million hectares | 343,302 hectares | 777,248 hectares | Croatia |
| 1500s | 846,926 hectares | 338,437 hectares | 508,489 hectares | Croatia |
| 1600s | 842,893 hectares | 328,302 hectares | 514,591 hectares | Croatia |
| 1700s | 819,005 hectares | 310,060 hectares | 508,945 hectares | Croatia |
| 1710s | 773,172 hectares | 357,040 hectares | 416,132 hectares | Croatia |
| 1720s | 738,054 hectares | 410,917 hectares | 327,137 hectares | Croatia |
| 1730s | 698,781 hectares | 472,652 hectares | 226,129 hectares | Croatia |
| 1740s | 655,072 hectares | 543,318 hectares | 111,754 hectares | Croatia |
| 1750s | 606,630 hectares | 624,120 hectares | 17,490 hectares | Lithuania |
| 1760s | 603,927 hectares | 716,396 hectares | 112,469 hectares | Lithuania |
| 1770s | 599,992 hectares | 821,630 hectares | 221,638 hectares | Lithuania |
| 1780s | 594,730 hectares | 941,451 hectares | 346,721 hectares | Lithuania |
| 1790s | 588,038 hectares | 1.08 million hectares | 489,602 hectares | Lithuania |
| 1800s | 579,810 hectares | 1.23 million hectares | 652,290 hectares | Lithuania |
| 1810s | 585,448 hectares | 1.41 million hectares | 821,412 hectares | Lithuania |
| 1820s | 601,811 hectares | 1.57 million hectares | 969,479 hectares | Lithuania |
| 1830s | 618,006 hectares | 1.75 million hectares | 1.13 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1840s | 633,954 hectares | 1.95 million hectares | 1.32 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1850s | 649,565 hectares | 2.16 million hectares | 1.51 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1860s | 664,739 hectares | 2.40 million hectares | 1.73 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1870s | 709,794 hectares | 2.57 million hectares | 1.86 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1880s | 756,822 hectares | 2.75 million hectares | 1.99 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1890s | 805,722 hectares | 2.92 million hectares | 2.11 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1900s | 856,351 hectares | 3.08 million hectares | 2.22 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1910s | 908,509 hectares | 3.22 million hectares | 2.31 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1920s | 992,101 hectares | 3.15 million hectares | 2.16 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1930s | 1.08 million hectares | 3.01 million hectares | 1.93 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1940s | 1.18 million hectares | 2.89 million hectares | 1.71 million hectares | Lithuania |
| 1950s | 1.29 million hectares | 1.95 million hectares | 655,931 hectares | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 1.30 million hectares | 433,052 hectares | 866,877 hectares | Croatia |
| 1970s | 1.28 million hectares | 448,975 hectares | 828,786 hectares | Croatia |
| 1980s | 1.28 million hectares | 457,478 hectares | 824,549 hectares | Croatia |
| 1990s | 1.00 million hectares | 482,713 hectares | 521,846 hectares | Croatia |
| 2000s | 277,970 hectares | 883,830 hectares | 605,860 hectares | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 531,440 hectares | 678,560 hectares | 147,120 hectares | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 496,100 hectares | 543,080 hectares | 46,980 hectares | Lithuania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land use over the long-term, Croatia or Lithuania?
- Croatia, at 436,100 hectares against 411,820 hectares in Lithuania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in land use over the long-term between Croatia and Lithuania?
- 24,280 hectares, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Lithuania?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Croatia and Lithuania rank globally for land use over the long-term?
- Croatia ranks 125th and Lithuania ranks 128th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Land use over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Total grazingland area for each separate country over time.