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