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

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

Botswana

0.3512

in 2023

Spain

0.3471

in 2017

Botswana rank

89th

Spain rank

90th

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

Botswana
Spain

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

Botswana ranks 89th and Spain ranks 90th of 163 countries.

Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.28	0.9296	0.3501	Botswana
1970s	0.9364	0.7375	0.1989	Botswana
1980s	0.9751	0.6025	0.3726	Botswana
1990s	0.8416	0.5223	0.3193	Botswana
2000s	0.5858	0.3812	0.2047	Botswana
2010s	0.5567	0.3526	0.2041	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 Spain?: Botswana, at 0.3512 against 0.3471 in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Botswana and Spain?: 0.0041, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Spain?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Botswana and Spain rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Botswana ranks 89th and Spain ranks 90th 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).