Belize vs Sri Lanka: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Belize
0.5137
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.5192
in 2023
Belize rank
63rd
Sri Lanka rank
61st

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

  • Belize
  • Sri Lanka
0.250.50.7511.2196119922023

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.5192 against 0.5137 in Belize, a difference of 0.0055.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Belize ranks 63rd and Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 163 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belize Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 0.8788 1.12 0.2446 Sri Lanka
1970s 0.5444 1.06 0.5184 Sri Lanka
1980s 0.4396 0.8418 0.4022 Sri Lanka
1990s 0.3467 0.5676 0.2209 Sri Lanka
2000s 0.2847 0.5114 0.2267 Sri Lanka
2010s 0.348 0.5077 0.1598 Sri Lanka
2020s 0.4464 0.5048 0.0584 Sri Lanka

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, Belize or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 0.5192 against 0.5137 in Belize as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Belize and Sri Lanka?
0.0055, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Sri Lanka?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Belize and Sri Lanka rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Belize ranks 63rd and Sri Lanka ranks 61st 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).