Australia vs Nicaragua: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Australia
0.3331
in 2023
Nicaragua
0.314
in 2023
Australia rank
95th
Nicaragua rank
98th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Australia
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.3331 against 0.314 in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0191.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Australia ranks 95th and Nicaragua ranks 98th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9239 | 0.6738 | 0.2501 | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.6437 | 0.4881 | 0.1556 | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.5677 | 0.6168 | 0.0491 | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 0.4105 | 0.732 | 0.3214 | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 0.4433 | 0.6312 | 0.1879 | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.4438 | 0.3728 | 0.071 | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.3274 | 0.2993 | 0.028 | Australia |
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 Nicaragua?
- Australia, at 0.3331 against 0.314 in Nicaragua as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Australia and Nicaragua?
- 0.0191, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Nicaragua rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Australia ranks 95th and Nicaragua ranks 98th 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).