Burkina Faso vs India: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Burkina Faso
0.186
in 2023
India
0.19
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
139th
India rank
138th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Burkina Faso
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 0.19 against 0.186 in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.004.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 139th and India ranks 138th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 1 and India in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8179 | 0.9838 | 0.1659 | India |
| 1970s | 0.7011 | 0.795 | 0.0938 | India |
| 1980s | 0.5076 | 0.6181 | 0.1106 | India |
| 1990s | 0.441 | 0.4347 | 0.0063 | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 0.3476 | 0.3545 | 0.007 | India |
| 2010s | 0.2328 | 0.2473 | 0.0145 | India |
| 2020s | 0.1933 | 0.1999 | 0.0066 | India |
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, Burkina Faso or India?
- India, at 0.19 against 0.186 in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Burkina Faso and India?
- 0.004, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and India?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Burkina Faso and India rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Burkina Faso ranks 139th and India ranks 138th 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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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).