Afghanistan vs Australia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Afghanistan
0.3342
in 2023
Australia
0.3331
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
94th
Australia rank
95th

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Australia
0.20.40.60.81196119922023

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.3342 against 0.3331 in Australia, a difference of 0.0011.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 94th and Australia ranks 95th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Australia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Australia Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9132 0.9239 0.0107 Australia
1970s 0.7819 0.6437 0.1383 Afghanistan
1980s 0.8783 0.5677 0.3106 Afghanistan
1990s 0.7783 0.4105 0.3677 Afghanistan
2000s 0.6584 0.4433 0.2151 Afghanistan
2010s 0.4594 0.4438 0.0156 Afghanistan
2020s 0.3531 0.3274 0.0258 Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops, Afghanistan or Australia?
Afghanistan, at 0.3342 against 0.3331 in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Afghanistan and Australia?
0.0011, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Australia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Australia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Afghanistan ranks 94th and Australia ranks 95th of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).