Barbados vs Tonga: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Barbados
2.17
in 2023
Tonga
2.61
in 2023
Barbados rank
8th
Tonga rank
6th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Barbados
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 2.61 against 2.17 in Barbados, a difference of 0.44.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tonga ahead.
Barbados ranks 8th and Tonga ranks 6th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Tonga in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9256 | 1.2 | 0.2743 | Tonga |
| 1970s | 1.31 | 1.38 | 0.0679 | Tonga |
| 1980s | 1.64 | 1.78 | 0.1386 | Tonga |
| 1990s | 2.22 | 2.08 | 0.1307 | Barbados |
| 2000s | 2.25 | 1.93 | 0.3192 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 2.4 | 2.22 | 0.1886 | Barbados |
| 2020s | 2.27 | 2.64 | 0.3729 | Tonga |
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 Tonga?
- Tonga, at 2.61 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 Tonga?
- 0.44, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Tonga?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Tonga rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Barbados ranks 8th and Tonga ranks 6th 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).