Bhutan vs North Korea: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Bhutan
0.4965
in 2023
North Korea
0.4962
in 2023
Bhutan rank
67th
North Korea rank
69th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Bhutan
- North Korea
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 0.4965 against 0.4962 in North Korea, a difference of 0.0003.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was North Korea ahead.
Bhutan ranks 67th and North Korea ranks 69th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 4 and North Korea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | North Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8986 | 0.9033 | 0.0047 | North Korea |
| 1970s | 0.83 | 0.6607 | 0.1693 | Bhutan |
| 1980s | 0.7482 | 0.5201 | 0.2281 | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 0.6849 | 0.4893 | 0.1956 | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 0.6741 | 0.4796 | 0.1945 | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 0.3454 | 0.474 | 0.1286 | North Korea |
| 2020s | 0.4144 | 0.4943 | 0.0798 | North Korea |
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 North Korea?
- Bhutan, at 0.4965 against 0.4962 in North Korea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Bhutan and North Korea?
- 0.0003, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and North Korea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Bhutan and North Korea rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Bhutan ranks 67th and North Korea ranks 69th 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).