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