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

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.

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

Botswana

0.3512

in 2023

Tanzania

0.3437

in 2023

Botswana rank

89th

Tanzania rank

92nd

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

Botswana
Tanzania

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.3512 against 0.3437 in Tanzania, a difference of 0.0075.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tanzania ahead.

Botswana ranks 89th and Tanzania ranks 92nd of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 6 and Tanzania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.28	0.9374	0.3423	Botswana
1970s	0.9364	0.8584	0.0781	Botswana
1980s	0.9751	0.7499	0.2253	Botswana
1990s	0.8416	0.6675	0.1741	Botswana
2000s	0.5858	0.492	0.0939	Botswana
2010s	0.5201	0.362	0.1582	Botswana
2020s	0.2923	0.3536	0.0612	Tanzania

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 Tanzania?: Botswana, at 0.3512 against 0.3437 in Tanzania as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Botswana and Tanzania?: 0.0075, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Tanzania?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Botswana and Tanzania rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Botswana ranks 89th and Tanzania ranks 92nd 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).