Algeria vs South Africa: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Algeria
0.2733
in 2023
South Africa
0.2729
in 2023
Algeria rank
114th
South Africa rank
115th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Algeria
- South Africa
How they compare
Algeria currently reports 0.2733 against 0.2729 in South Africa, a difference of 0.0004.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Algeria ranks 114th and South Africa ranks 115th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.06 | 0.8838 | 0.1754 | Algeria |
| 1970s | 1.34 | 0.6293 | 0.7064 | Algeria |
| 1980s | 1.31 | 0.5371 | 0.7724 | Algeria |
| 1990s | 1.02 | 0.5384 | 0.4799 | Algeria |
| 2000s | 0.7136 | 0.4398 | 0.2738 | Algeria |
| 2010s | 0.3455 | 0.346 | 0.0005 | South Africa |
| 2020s | 0.2874 | 0.2816 | 0.0058 | Algeria |
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, Algeria or South Africa?
- Algeria, at 0.2733 against 0.2729 in South Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Algeria and South Africa?
- 0.0004, with Algeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and South Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Algeria and South Africa rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Algeria ranks 114th and South Africa ranks 115th 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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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).