How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Portugal?

57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.

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.

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

Afghanistan

0.3342

in 2023

Portugal

0.3471

in 2017

Afghanistan rank

94th

Portugal rank

91st

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

Afghanistan
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.3471 against 0.3342 in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0129.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 94th and Portugal ranks 91st of 163 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9132	0.9368	0.0236	Portugal
1970s	0.7819	1.03	0.2483	Portugal
1980s	0.8783	1.11	0.23	Portugal
1990s	0.7783	0.921	0.1427	Portugal
2000s	0.6584	0.6758	0.0173	Portugal
2010s	0.4687	0.4729	0.0043	Portugal

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 Portugal?: Portugal, at 0.3471 against 0.3342 in Afghanistan as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Afghanistan and Portugal?: 0.0129, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Portugal?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Afghanistan and Portugal rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Afghanistan ranks 94th and Portugal ranks 91st 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
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).