Democratic Republic of Congo vs Sweden: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Democratic Republic of Congo
0.5521
in 2023
Sweden
0.575
in 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
55th
Sweden rank
54th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.575 against 0.5521 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0229.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 55th and Sweden ranks 54th of 163 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Democratic Republic of Congo | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9478 | 0.9086 | 0.0392 | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 1970s | 0.7769 | 0.7354 | 0.0415 | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 1980s | 0.6207 | 0.6834 | 0.0627 | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.5476 | 0.7227 | 0.1751 | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.6478 | 0.7031 | 0.0553 | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.551 | 0.6499 | 0.0989 | Sweden |
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, Democratic Republic of Congo or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.575 against 0.5521 in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2017.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Democratic Republic of Congo and Sweden?
- 0.0229, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Sweden?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Sweden rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 55th and Sweden ranks 54th 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).