How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Congo?

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.

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

Australia

0.3331

in 2023

Congo

0.3344

in 2023

Australia rank

95th

Congo rank

93rd

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

Australia
Congo

How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.3344 against 0.3331 in Australia, a difference of 0.0013.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Congo ahead.

Australia ranks 95th and Congo ranks 93rd of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Congo in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Congo	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9239	0.9091	0.0148	Australia
1970s	0.6437	0.8301	0.1865	Congo
1980s	0.5677	0.6848	0.1171	Congo
1990s	0.4105	0.5694	0.1589	Congo
2000s	0.4433	0.434	0.0093	Australia
2010s	0.4438	0.3627	0.0811	Australia
2020s	0.3274	0.3356	0.0082	Congo

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, Australia or Congo?: Congo, at 0.3344 against 0.3331 in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Australia and Congo?: 0.0013, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Congo?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and Congo rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Australia ranks 95th and Congo ranks 93rd 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).