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

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

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 Madagascar: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Bhutan

0.4965

in 2023

Madagascar

0.4929

in 2023

Bhutan rank

67th

Madagascar rank

70th

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

Bhutan
Madagascar

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 0.4965 against 0.4929 in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0036.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.

Bhutan ranks 67th and Madagascar ranks 70th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8986	0.8979	0.0007	Bhutan
1970s	0.83	0.7956	0.0344	Bhutan
1980s	0.7482	0.8178	0.0695	Madagascar
1990s	0.6849	0.7867	0.1018	Madagascar
2000s	0.6741	0.6854	0.0113	Madagascar
2010s	0.3454	0.561	0.2156	Madagascar
2020s	0.4144	0.5182	0.1038	Madagascar

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 Madagascar?: Bhutan, at 0.4965 against 0.4929 in Madagascar as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Bhutan and Madagascar?: 0.0036, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Madagascar?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Madagascar rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Bhutan ranks 67th and Madagascar ranks 70th 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).