How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and United States?

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.

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

Brazil

0.3019

in 2023

United States

0.3106

in 2023

Brazil rank

103rd

United States rank

100th

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

Brazil
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.3106 against 0.3019 in Brazil, a difference of 0.0087.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.

Brazil ranks 103rd and United States ranks 100th of 163 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	United States	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9677	0.915	0.0527	Brazil
1970s	0.9772	0.7404	0.2368	Brazil
1980s	0.9651	0.6254	0.3397	Brazil
1990s	0.6941	0.5162	0.1779	Brazil
2000s	0.5074	0.4171	0.0903	Brazil
2010s	0.3895	0.3377	0.0518	Brazil
2020s	0.334	0.3176	0.0164	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 United States?: United States, at 0.3106 against 0.3019 in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Brazil and United States?: 0.0087, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and United States?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and United States rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Brazil ranks 103rd and United States ranks 100th 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).