Chile vs Costa Rica: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Chile
0.0922
in 2023
Costa Rica
0.0815
in 2023
Chile rank
160th
Costa Rica rank
161st
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Chile
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Chile currently reports 0.0922 against 0.0815 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0107.
That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Chile ranks 160th and Costa Rica ranks 161st of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 6 and Costa Rica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9898 | 0.8121 | 0.1776 | Chile |
| 1970s | 0.9837 | 0.4728 | 0.5109 | Chile |
| 1980s | 0.6408 | 0.388 | 0.2528 | Chile |
| 1990s | 0.2769 | 0.1951 | 0.0818 | Chile |
| 2000s | 0.1394 | 0.1386 | 0.0009 | Chile |
| 2010s | 0.1062 | 0.1084 | 0.0022 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0933 | 0.0838 | 0.0095 | Chile |
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, Chile or Costa Rica?
- Chile, at 0.0922 against 0.0815 in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Chile and Costa Rica?
- 0.0107, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Chile and Costa Rica rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Chile ranks 160th and Costa Rica ranks 161st 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).