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

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.

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

Burundi

0.8045

in 2023

Lesotho

0.7618

in 2023

Burundi rank

30th

Lesotho rank

32nd

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

Burundi
Lesotho

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 0.8045 against 0.7618 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0427.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 25 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Burundi ranks 30th and Lesotho ranks 32nd of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 5 and Lesotho in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.05	1.03	0.0191	Burundi
1970s	1.14	1.03	0.1116	Burundi
1980s	0.9836	0.9065	0.0771	Burundi
1990s	0.8585	0.8711	0.0126	Lesotho
2000s	0.7697	0.8494	0.0797	Lesotho
2010s	0.79	0.7198	0.0702	Burundi
2020s	0.7662	0.7474	0.0188	Burundi

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 Lesotho?: Burundi, at 0.8045 against 0.7618 in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Burundi and Lesotho?: 0.0427, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Lesotho?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Burundi and Lesotho rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Burundi ranks 30th and Lesotho ranks 32nd 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).