Barbados vs Maldives: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Barbados
2.17
in 2023
Maldives
1.91
in 2023
Barbados rank
8th
Maldives rank
9th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Barbados
- Maldives
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 2.17 against 1.91 in Maldives, a difference of 0.26.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Maldives ahead.
Barbados ranks 8th and Maldives ranks 9th of 163 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9256 | 0.8632 | 0.0624 | Barbados |
| 1970s | 1.31 | 0.9399 | 0.3685 | Barbados |
| 1980s | 1.64 | 0.7608 | 0.8783 | Barbados |
| 1990s | 2.09 | 1.21 | 0.8787 | Barbados |
| 2000s | 2.25 | 1.01 | 1.24 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 2.4 | 1.79 | 0.6163 | Barbados |
| 2020s | 2.27 | 1.88 | 0.3893 | 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 Maldives?
- Barbados, at 2.17 against 1.91 in Maldives as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Barbados and Maldives?
- 0.26, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Maldives?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Maldives rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Barbados ranks 8th and Maldives ranks 9th 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).