How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Sri Lanka?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

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.

Argentina vs Sri Lanka: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Argentina

0.5376

in 2023

Sri Lanka

0.5192

in 2023

Argentina rank

58th

Sri Lanka rank

61st

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

Argentina
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 0.5376 against 0.5192 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0184.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Argentina ranks 58th and Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Argentina	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1	1.12	0.1212	Sri Lanka
1970s	0.9051	1.06	0.1577	Sri Lanka
1980s	0.7403	0.8418	0.1015	Sri Lanka
1990s	0.6052	0.5676	0.0377	Argentina
2000s	0.4816	0.5114	0.0297	Sri Lanka
2010s	0.4354	0.5077	0.0723	Sri Lanka
2020s	0.452	0.5048	0.0528	Sri Lanka

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, Argentina or Sri Lanka?: Argentina, at 0.5376 against 0.5192 in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Argentina and Sri Lanka?: 0.0184, with Argentina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Sri Lanka?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Argentina and Sri Lanka rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Argentina ranks 58th and Sri Lanka ranks 61st 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).