How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Madagascar?

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.

Brunei vs Madagascar: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Brunei

0.4963

in 2023

Madagascar

0.4929

in 2023

Brunei rank

68th

Madagascar rank

70th

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

Brunei
Madagascar

How they compare

Brunei currently reports 0.4963 against 0.4929 in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0034.

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

Brunei ranks 68th and Madagascar ranks 70th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 6 and Madagascar in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brunei	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.43	0.8979	0.5292	Brunei
1970s	1.12	0.7956	0.3243	Brunei
1980s	1.34	0.8178	0.5247	Brunei
1990s	1.21	0.7867	0.4265	Brunei
2000s	0.7714	0.6854	0.086	Brunei
2010s	0.474	0.561	0.087	Madagascar
2020s	0.5195	0.5182	0.0012	Brunei

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, Brunei or Madagascar?: Brunei, at 0.4963 against 0.4929 in Madagascar as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Brunei and Madagascar?: 0.0034, with Brunei ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and Madagascar?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brunei and Madagascar rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Brunei ranks 68th and Madagascar ranks 70th 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).