How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Senegal?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

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.

Congo vs Senegal: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Congo

0.3344

in 2023

Senegal

0.3294

in 2023

Congo rank

93rd

Senegal rank

96th

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

Congo
Senegal

How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.3344 against 0.3294 in Senegal, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Senegal ahead.

Congo ranks 93rd and Senegal ranks 96th of 163 countries.

Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9091	1.04	0.1265	Senegal
1970s	0.8301	1.18	0.3466	Senegal
1980s	0.6848	1.08	0.398	Senegal
1990s	0.5694	0.961	0.3916	Senegal
2000s	0.434	0.8485	0.4145	Senegal
2010s	0.3627	0.6062	0.2435	Senegal
2020s	0.3356	0.3362	0.0006	Senegal

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, Congo or Senegal?: Congo, at 0.3344 against 0.3294 in Senegal as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Congo and Senegal?: 0.005, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Senegal?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Congo and Senegal rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Congo ranks 93rd and Senegal ranks 96th 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
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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