Cambodia vs New Zealand: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Cambodia
0.2201
in 2023
New Zealand
0.2072
in 2023
Cambodia rank
126th
New Zealand rank
129th

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

  • Cambodia
  • New Zealand
00.511.52196119922023

How they compare

Cambodia currently reports 0.2201 against 0.2072 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0129.

That makes Cambodia's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.

Cambodia ranks 126th and New Zealand ranks 129th of 163 countries.

Cambodia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cambodia New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9474 0.8102 0.1372 Cambodia
1970s 1.15 0.5895 0.5639 Cambodia
1980s 1.1 0.4376 0.6665 Cambodia
1990s 1.13 0.263 0.8663 Cambodia
2000s 0.6463 0.2373 0.409 Cambodia
2010s 0.3005 0.2388 0.0617 Cambodia
2020s 0.239 0.2206 0.0183 Cambodia

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, Cambodia or New Zealand?
Cambodia, at 0.2201 against 0.2072 in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Cambodia and New Zealand?
0.0129, with Cambodia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and New Zealand?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Cambodia and New Zealand rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Cambodia ranks 126th and New Zealand ranks 129th 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

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

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).