How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Iraq?

55 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.

Chad vs Iraq: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Chad

0.4339

in 2023

Iraq

0.4155

in 2023

Chad rank

78th

Iraq rank

81st

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

Chad
Iraq

How they compare

Chad currently reports 0.4339 against 0.4155 in Iraq, a difference of 0.0184.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iraq ahead.

Chad ranks 78th and Iraq ranks 81st of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8788	0.8559	0.0229	Chad
1970s	0.9433	0.6753	0.268	Chad
1980s	0.9188	0.5256	0.3932	Chad
1990s	0.6877	0.3543	0.3335	Chad
2000s	0.541	0.3355	0.2054	Chad
2010s	0.4176	0.4044	0.0132	Chad
2020s	0.4243	0.3461	0.0782	Chad

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, Chad or Iraq?: Chad, at 0.4339 against 0.4155 in Iraq as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Chad and Iraq?: 0.0184, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Iraq?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Chad and Iraq rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Chad ranks 78th and Iraq ranks 81st 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).