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

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 Laos: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Costa Rica

0.0815

in 2023

Laos

0.1071

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

161st

Laos rank

159th

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

Costa Rica
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 0.1071 against 0.0815 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0256.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Laos ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 161st and Laos ranks 159th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8121	0.8123	0.0001	Laos
1970s	0.4728	0.7362	0.2634	Laos
1980s	0.388	0.5652	0.1772	Laos
1990s	0.1951	0.4423	0.2472	Laos
2000s	0.1386	0.3175	0.1789	Laos
2010s	0.1084	0.1906	0.0822	Laos
2020s	0.0838	0.1202	0.0364	Laos

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 Laos?: Laos, at 0.1071 against 0.0815 in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Costa Rica and Laos?: 0.0256, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Laos?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Laos rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Costa Rica ranks 161st and Laos ranks 159th 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).