How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Suriname?

50 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.

Bulgaria vs Suriname: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Bulgaria

0.6683

in 2017

Suriname

0.7008

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

43rd

Suriname rank

41st

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

Bulgaria
Suriname

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 0.7008 against 0.6683 in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0325.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Suriname ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 43rd and Suriname ranks 41st of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.78	0.7449	0.0351	Bulgaria
1970s	0.6579	0.5354	0.1224	Bulgaria
1980s	0.6307	0.5365	0.0942	Bulgaria
1990s	0.8618	0.7649	0.0969	Bulgaria
2000s	0.9403	0.7096	0.2307	Bulgaria
2010s	0.7435	0.5719	0.1716	Bulgaria

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, Bulgaria or Suriname?: Suriname, at 0.7008 against 0.6683 in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Bulgaria and Suriname?: 0.0325, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Suriname?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Bulgaria and Suriname rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Bulgaria ranks 43rd and Suriname ranks 41st 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).