Chile vs Laos: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Chile
0.0922
in 2023
Laos
0.1071
in 2023
Chile rank
160th
Laos rank
159th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Chile
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 0.1071 against 0.0922 in Chile, a difference of 0.0149.
That makes Laos's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Laos ahead.
Chile ranks 160th and Laos ranks 159th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 3 and Laos in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9898 | 0.8123 | 0.1775 | Chile |
| 1970s | 0.9837 | 0.7362 | 0.2475 | Chile |
| 1980s | 0.6408 | 0.5652 | 0.0756 | Chile |
| 1990s | 0.2769 | 0.4423 | 0.1653 | Laos |
| 2000s | 0.1394 | 0.3175 | 0.178 | Laos |
| 2010s | 0.1062 | 0.1906 | 0.0844 | Laos |
| 2020s | 0.0933 | 0.1202 | 0.027 | Laos |
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 Laos?
- Laos, at 0.1071 against 0.0922 in Chile as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Chile and Laos?
- 0.0149, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Laos?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Chile and Laos rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Chile ranks 160th and Laos ranks 159th 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).