Cape Verde vs Puerto Rico: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Cape Verde
0.9671
in 2023
Puerto Rico
1.05
in 2023
Cape Verde rank
23rd
Puerto Rico rank
20th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Cape Verde
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 1.05 against 0.9671 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0829.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 23rd and Puerto Rico ranks 20th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 3 and Puerto Rico in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8999 | 0.9897 | 0.0897 | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 1.53 | 0.9611 | 0.5696 | Cape Verde |
| 1980s | 0.9703 | 0.8501 | 0.1203 | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 0.9103 | 0.8745 | 0.0358 | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 0.5949 | 1.16 | 0.5686 | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 0.6305 | 1.19 | 0.5622 | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.8883 | 1.05 | 0.1608 | Puerto Rico |
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 Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 1.05 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 Puerto Rico?
- 0.0829, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Puerto Rico?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Cape Verde and Puerto Rico rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Cape Verde ranks 23rd and Puerto Rico ranks 20th 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).