China vs Costa Rica: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
China
0.1335
in 2023
Costa Rica
0.0815
in 2023
China rank
158th
Costa Rica rank
161st
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- China
- Costa Rica
How they compare
China currently reports 0.1335 against 0.0815 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.052.
That makes China's figure about 1.6 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
China ranks 158th and Costa Rica ranks 161st of 163 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8283 | 0.8121 | 0.0162 | China |
| 1970s | 0.5859 | 0.4728 | 0.1131 | China |
| 1980s | 0.47 | 0.388 | 0.0821 | China |
| 1990s | 0.3504 | 0.1951 | 0.1553 | China |
| 2000s | 0.2352 | 0.1386 | 0.0967 | China |
| 2010s | 0.1634 | 0.1084 | 0.055 | China |
| 2020s | 0.1368 | 0.0838 | 0.053 | China |
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, China or Costa Rica?
- China, at 0.1335 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 China and Costa Rica?
- 0.052, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Costa Rica?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do China and Costa Rica rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- China ranks 158th 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).