How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kuwait?

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.

Costa Rica vs Kuwait: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Costa Rica

0.0815

in 2023

Kuwait

0.0671

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

161st

Kuwait rank

162nd

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

Costa Rica
Kuwait

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0815 against 0.0671 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0144.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kuwait ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 161st and Kuwait ranks 162nd of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Kuwait in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Kuwait	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8121	0.6292	0.1829	Costa Rica
1970s	0.4728	0.1955	0.2773	Costa Rica
1980s	0.388	0.1702	0.2178	Costa Rica
1990s	0.1951	0.2416	0.0465	Kuwait
2000s	0.1386	0.1648	0.0262	Kuwait
2010s	0.1084	0.0658	0.0425	Costa Rica
2020s	0.0838	0.0662	0.0176	Costa Rica

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, Costa Rica or Kuwait?: Costa Rica, at 0.0815 against 0.0671 in Kuwait as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Costa Rica and Kuwait?: 0.0144, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kuwait?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Kuwait rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Costa Rica ranks 161st and Kuwait ranks 162nd 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).