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

Afghanistan
0.3342
in 2023
Tanzania
0.3437
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
94th
Tanzania rank
92nd

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

  • Afghanistan
  • Tanzania
0.40.60.81196119922023

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.3437 against 0.3342 in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0095.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tanzania ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 94th and Tanzania ranks 92nd of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 4 and Tanzania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Tanzania Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9132 0.9374 0.0242 Tanzania
1970s 0.7819 0.8584 0.0764 Tanzania
1980s 0.8783 0.7499 0.1285 Afghanistan
1990s 0.7783 0.6675 0.1108 Afghanistan
2000s 0.6584 0.492 0.1665 Afghanistan
2010s 0.4594 0.362 0.0975 Afghanistan
2020s 0.3531 0.3536 0.0004 Tanzania

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 Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 0.3437 against 0.3342 in Afghanistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Afghanistan and Tanzania?
0.0095, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Tanzania?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Tanzania rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Afghanistan ranks 94th and Tanzania ranks 92nd 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).