How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Japan?

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.

Cape Verde vs Japan: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Cape Verde

0.9671

in 2023

Japan

0.9926

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

23rd

Japan rank

22nd

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

Cape Verde
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.9926 against 0.9671 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0255.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 23rd and Japan ranks 22nd of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 3 and Japan in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8999	0.9024	0.0024	Japan
1970s	1.53	0.8304	0.7002	Cape Verde
1980s	0.9703	0.8535	0.1168	Cape Verde
1990s	0.9103	0.8795	0.0308	Cape Verde
2000s	0.5949	0.9184	0.3235	Japan
2010s	0.6305	0.9656	0.3351	Japan
2020s	0.8883	0.9808	0.0925	Japan

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, Cape Verde or Japan?: Japan, at 0.9926 against 0.9671 in Cape Verde as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Cape Verde and Japan?: 0.0255, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Japan?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Cape Verde and Japan rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Cape Verde ranks 23rd and Japan ranks 22nd 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).