Ecuador vs Uruguay: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Ecuador
0.2173
in 2023
Uruguay
0.2207
in 2023
Ecuador rank
127th
Uruguay rank
125th

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

  • Ecuador
  • Uruguay
0.20.40.60.81196119922023

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.2207 against 0.2173 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0034.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.

Ecuador ranks 127th and Uruguay ranks 125th of 163 countries.

Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Uruguay Difference Ahead
1960s 0.8814 0.8623 0.0191 Ecuador
1970s 0.8433 0.5483 0.2951 Ecuador
1980s 0.7407 0.3924 0.3482 Ecuador
1990s 0.5096 0.2847 0.2249 Ecuador
2000s 0.3535 0.2336 0.1198 Ecuador
2010s 0.2518 0.1936 0.0581 Ecuador
2020s 0.2258 0.1857 0.0401 Ecuador

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 Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.2207 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 Uruguay?
0.0034, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Uruguay?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Uruguay rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Ecuador ranks 127th and Uruguay ranks 125th 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
Last refreshed

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