Democratic Republic of Congo vs Uganda: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Democratic Republic of Congo

0.5521

in 2023

Uganda

0.5895

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

55th

Uganda rank

52nd

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time

Uganda currently reports 0.5895 against 0.5521 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0374.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 55th and Uganda ranks 52nd of 163 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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