Cuba vs Gambia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Cuba
4.61
in 2023
Gambia
3.35
in 2023
Cuba rank
1st
Gambia rank
3rd
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Cuba
- Gambia
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 4.61 against 3.35 in Gambia, a difference of 1.26.
That makes Cuba's figure about 1.4 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Gambia ahead.
Cuba ranks 1st and Gambia ranks 3rd of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 5 and Gambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.43 | 0.9433 | 0.4843 | Cuba |
| 1970s | 1.76 | 1.24 | 0.5155 | Cuba |
| 1980s | 1.58 | 1.47 | 0.1074 | Cuba |
| 1990s | 2.32 | 1.85 | 0.4716 | Cuba |
| 2000s | 2.13 | 1.84 | 0.2868 | Cuba |
| 2010s | 2.12 | 3.47 | 1.35 | Gambia |
| 2020s | 3.35 | 4.04 | 0.6952 | 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, Cuba or Gambia?
- Cuba, at 4.61 against 3.35 in Gambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Cuba and Gambia?
- 1.26, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Gambia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Cuba and Gambia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Cuba ranks 1st 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).