How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Ireland?

57 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.

Burundi vs Ireland: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Burundi

0.8045

in 2023

Ireland

0.8275

in 2017

Burundi rank

30th

Ireland rank

29th

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

Burundi
Ireland

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 0.8275 against 0.8045 in Burundi, a difference of 0.023.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ireland ahead.

Burundi ranks 30th and Ireland ranks 29th of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 4 and Ireland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.05	1	0.0513	Burundi
1970s	1.14	0.9298	0.2109	Burundi
1980s	0.9836	0.8841	0.0995	Burundi
1990s	0.8585	0.7683	0.0901	Burundi
2000s	0.7697	0.9291	0.1594	Ireland
2010s	0.8065	0.8621	0.0556	Ireland

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, Burundi or Ireland?: Ireland, at 0.8275 against 0.8045 in Burundi as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Burundi and Ireland?: 0.023, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Ireland?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Burundi and Ireland rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Burundi ranks 30th and Ireland ranks 29th 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).