Cyprus vs North Korea: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Cyprus
0.4981
in 2017
North Korea
0.4962
in 2023
Cyprus rank
66th
North Korea rank
69th

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

  • Cyprus
  • North Korea
0.20.40.60.81196119922023

How they compare

Cyprus currently reports 0.4981 against 0.4962 in North Korea, a difference of 0.0019.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was North Korea ahead.

Cyprus ranks 66th and North Korea ranks 69th of 163 countries.

North Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cyprus North Korea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.8503 0.9033 0.053 North Korea
1970s 0.4482 0.6607 0.2125 North Korea
1980s 0.2436 0.5201 0.2765 North Korea
1990s 0.2637 0.4893 0.2257 North Korea
2000s 0.3468 0.4796 0.1328 North Korea
2010s 0.417 0.4718 0.0547 North Korea

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, Cyprus or North Korea?
Cyprus, at 0.4981 against 0.4962 in North Korea as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Cyprus and North Korea?
0.0019, with Cyprus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and North Korea?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Cyprus and North Korea rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Cyprus ranks 66th and North Korea ranks 69th 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

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

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).