How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Italy?

57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.

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.

Bhutan vs Italy: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Bhutan

0.4965

in 2023

Italy

0.5062

in 2017

Bhutan rank

67th

Italy rank

65th

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

Bhutan
Italy

How they compare

Italy currently reports 0.5062 against 0.4965 in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0097.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.

Bhutan ranks 67th and Italy ranks 65th of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 5 and Italy in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8986	0.8948	0.0037	Bhutan
1970s	0.83	0.647	0.1831	Bhutan
1980s	0.7482	0.5701	0.1781	Bhutan
1990s	0.6849	0.5515	0.1334	Bhutan
2000s	0.6741	0.5026	0.1715	Bhutan
2010s	0.3445	0.4876	0.1431	Italy

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, Bhutan or Italy?: Italy, at 0.5062 against 0.4965 in Bhutan as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Bhutan and Italy?: 0.0097, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Italy?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Bhutan and Italy rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Bhutan ranks 67th and Italy ranks 65th 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
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).