Brazil vs Peru: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Brazil
0.3019
in 2023
Peru
0.2962
in 2023
Brazil rank
103rd
Peru rank
106th

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

  • Brazil
  • Peru
0.250.50.7511.2196119922023

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0.3019 against 0.2962 in Peru, a difference of 0.0057.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Peru ahead.

Brazil ranks 103rd and Peru ranks 106th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Peru Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9677 0.8902 0.0775 Brazil
1970s 0.9772 0.9914 0.0142 Peru
1980s 0.9651 1.12 0.1528 Peru
1990s 0.6941 1.01 0.3192 Peru
2000s 0.5074 0.5685 0.0611 Peru
2010s 0.3895 0.3702 0.0193 Brazil
2020s 0.334 0.307 0.027 Brazil

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, Brazil or Peru?
Brazil, at 0.3019 against 0.2962 in Peru as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Brazil and Peru?
0.0057, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Peru?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Peru rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Brazil ranks 103rd and Peru ranks 106th 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

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).