How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Portugal?

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.

Botswana vs Portugal: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Botswana

0.3512

in 2023

Portugal

0.3471

in 2017

Botswana rank

89th

Portugal rank

91st

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

Botswana
Portugal

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.3512 against 0.3471 in Portugal, a difference of 0.0041.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.

Botswana ranks 89th and Portugal ranks 91st of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.28	0.9368	0.3429	Botswana
1970s	0.9364	1.03	0.0938	Portugal
1980s	0.9751	1.11	0.1332	Portugal
1990s	0.8416	0.921	0.0794	Portugal
2000s	0.5858	0.6758	0.0899	Portugal
2010s	0.5567	0.4729	0.0837	Botswana

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, Botswana or Portugal?: Botswana, at 0.3512 against 0.3471 in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Botswana and Portugal?: 0.0041, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Portugal?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Botswana and Portugal rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Botswana ranks 89th and Portugal ranks 91st 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).