Cook Islands vs Tonga: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Cook Islands
2.82
in 2023
Tonga
2.61
in 2023
Cook Islands rank
5th
Tonga rank
6th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Cook Islands
- Tonga
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 2.82 against 2.61 in Tonga, a difference of 0.21.
That makes Cook Islands's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tonga ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 5th and Tonga ranks 6th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 4 and Tonga in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9005 | 1.2 | 0.2994 | Tonga |
| 1970s | 0.7641 | 1.38 | 0.6122 | Tonga |
| 1980s | 1.68 | 1.78 | 0.0997 | Tonga |
| 1990s | 3.19 | 2.08 | 1.1 | Cook Islands |
| 2000s | 3.81 | 1.93 | 1.88 | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 2.71 | 2.22 | 0.4893 | Cook Islands |
| 2020s | 2.82 | 2.64 | 0.1799 | Cook Islands |
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 Tonga?
- Cook Islands, at 2.82 against 2.61 in Tonga as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Cook Islands and Tonga?
- 0.21, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Tonga?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Cook Islands and Tonga rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Cook Islands ranks 5th and Tonga ranks 6th 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).