Cook Islands vs Gambia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Cook Islands
2.82
in 2023
Gambia
3.35
in 2023
Cook Islands rank
5th
Gambia rank
3rd
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Cook Islands
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 3.35 against 2.82 in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.53.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.2 times Cook Islands's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Gambia ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 5th and Gambia ranks 3rd of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 3 and Gambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9005 | 0.9433 | 0.0429 | Gambia |
| 1970s | 0.7641 | 1.24 | 0.4758 | Gambia |
| 1980s | 1.68 | 1.47 | 0.207 | Cook Islands |
| 1990s | 3.19 | 1.85 | 1.34 | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 3.81 | 1.84 | 1.97 | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 2.71 | 3.47 | 0.762 | Gambia |
| 2020s | 2.82 | 4.04 | 1.22 | Gambia |
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, Cook Islands or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 3.35 against 2.82 in Cook Islands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Cook Islands and Gambia?
- 0.53, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Gambia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Cook Islands and Gambia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Cook Islands ranks 5th and Gambia ranks 3rd 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).