Barbados vs Cook Islands: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Barbados
2.17
in 2023
Cook Islands
2.82
in 2023
Barbados rank
8th
Cook Islands rank
5th

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

  • Barbados
  • Cook Islands
12345196119922023

How they compare

Cook Islands currently reports 2.82 against 2.17 in Barbados, a difference of 0.65.

That makes Cook Islands's figure about 1.3 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cook Islands ahead.

Barbados ranks 8th and Cook Islands ranks 5th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Cook Islands in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Cook Islands Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9256 0.9005 0.0251 Barbados
1970s 1.31 0.7641 0.5443 Barbados
1980s 1.64 1.68 0.039 Cook Islands
1990s 2.22 3.19 0.9715 Cook Islands
2000s 2.25 3.81 1.56 Cook Islands
2010s 2.4 2.71 0.3007 Cook Islands
2020s 2.27 2.82 0.5527 Cook Islands

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, Barbados or Cook Islands?
Cook Islands, at 2.82 against 2.17 in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Barbados and Cook Islands?
0.65, with Cook Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cook Islands?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Cook Islands rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Barbados ranks 8th and Cook Islands ranks 5th 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).