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

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 Sierra Leone: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Cape Verde

0.9671

in 2023

Sierra Leone

0.8698

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

23rd

Sierra Leone rank

25th

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

Cape Verde
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 0.9671 against 0.8698 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0973.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 23rd and Sierra Leone ranks 25th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8999	0.9026	0.0027	Sierra Leone
1970s	1.53	0.8506	0.6801	Cape Verde
1980s	0.9703	0.8263	0.144	Cape Verde
1990s	0.9103	0.8116	0.0986	Cape Verde
2000s	0.5949	1.23	0.6361	Sierra Leone
2010s	0.6305	1.01	0.3747	Sierra Leone
2020s	0.8883	0.8695	0.0188	Cape Verde

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 Sierra Leone?: Cape Verde, at 0.9671 against 0.8698 in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Cape Verde and Sierra Leone?: 0.0973, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sierra Leone?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Cape Verde and Sierra Leone rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Cape Verde ranks 23rd and Sierra Leone ranks 25th 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).