Barbados vs French Polynesia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Barbados
2.17
in 2023
French Polynesia
1.6
in 2023
Barbados rank
8th
French Polynesia rank
11th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Barbados
- French Polynesia
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 2.17 against 1.6 in French Polynesia, a difference of 0.57.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.4 times French Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was French Polynesia ahead.
Barbados ranks 8th and French Polynesia ranks 11th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 6 and French Polynesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | French Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9256 | 0.9978 | 0.0722 | French Polynesia |
| 1970s | 1.31 | 1.19 | 0.121 | Barbados |
| 1980s | 1.64 | 1.33 | 0.3123 | Barbados |
| 1990s | 2.22 | 1.76 | 0.4539 | Barbados |
| 2000s | 2.25 | 1.68 | 0.5663 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7041 | Barbados |
| 2020s | 2.27 | 1.71 | 0.5588 | Barbados |
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 French Polynesia?
- Barbados, at 2.17 against 1.6 in French Polynesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Barbados and French Polynesia?
- 0.57, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and French Polynesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and French Polynesia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Barbados ranks 8th and French Polynesia ranks 11th 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).