Ecuador vs Saudi Arabia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Ecuador
0.2173
in 2023
Saudi Arabia
0.2389
in 2023
Ecuador rank
127th
Saudi Arabia rank
124th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Ecuador
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.2389 against 0.2173 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0216.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Ecuador ranks 127th and Saudi Arabia ranks 124th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and Saudi Arabia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8814 | 0.9306 | 0.0492 | Saudi Arabia |
| 1970s | 0.8433 | 0.7332 | 0.1102 | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 0.7407 | 0.5339 | 0.2068 | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 0.5096 | 0.4417 | 0.068 | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 0.3535 | 0.4041 | 0.0506 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 0.2518 | 0.4264 | 0.1746 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 0.2258 | 0.2686 | 0.0429 | Saudi Arabia |
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, Ecuador or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 0.2389 against 0.2173 in Ecuador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Ecuador and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.0216, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Saudi Arabia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and Saudi Arabia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Ecuador ranks 127th and Saudi Arabia ranks 124th 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).