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
0.20.40.60.81196119922023

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