How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Sri Lanka?

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.

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

Bolivia

0.5273

in 2023

Sri Lanka

0.5192

in 2023

Bolivia rank

59th

Sri Lanka rank

61st

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

Bolivia
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Bolivia currently reports 0.5273 against 0.5192 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0081.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Bolivia ranks 59th and Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 4 and Sri Lanka in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8902	1.12	0.2332	Sri Lanka
1970s	0.7431	1.06	0.3196	Sri Lanka
1980s	0.744	0.8418	0.0977	Sri Lanka
1990s	0.6068	0.5676	0.0392	Bolivia
2000s	0.6299	0.5114	0.1185	Bolivia
2010s	0.5715	0.5077	0.0638	Bolivia
2020s	0.5345	0.5048	0.0297	Bolivia

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, Bolivia or Sri Lanka?: Bolivia, at 0.5273 against 0.5192 in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Bolivia and Sri Lanka?: 0.0081, with Bolivia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Sri Lanka?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Bolivia and Sri Lanka rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Bolivia ranks 59th 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
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).