Benin vs Ghana: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Benin
0.409
in 2023
Ghana
0.3818
in 2023
Benin rank
82nd
Ghana rank
85th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Benin
- Ghana
How they compare
Benin currently reports 0.409 against 0.3818 in Ghana, a difference of 0.0272.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Benin ranks 82nd and Ghana ranks 85th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Ghana in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.09 | 0.917 | 0.1693 | Benin |
| 1970s | 1.19 | 0.8343 | 0.3553 | Benin |
| 1980s | 1.06 | 1.1 | 0.0446 | Ghana |
| 1990s | 0.6694 | 0.8673 | 0.1979 | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.5999 | 0.6685 | 0.0686 | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.4429 | 0.4859 | 0.0431 | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.4238 | 0.3935 | 0.0303 | Benin |
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, Benin or Ghana?
- Benin, at 0.409 against 0.3818 in Ghana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Benin and Ghana?
- 0.0272, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Ghana?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Ghana rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Benin ranks 82nd and Ghana ranks 85th 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).