How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and India?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

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.

Egypt vs India: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Egypt

0.1982

in 2023

India

0.19

in 2023

Egypt rank

135th

India rank

138th

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

Egypt
India

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 0.1982 against 0.19 in India, a difference of 0.0082.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

Egypt ranks 135th and India ranks 138th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and India in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	India	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8141	0.9838	0.1696	India
1970s	0.6696	0.795	0.1253	India
1980s	0.4556	0.6181	0.1625	India
1990s	0.353	0.4347	0.0817	India
2000s	0.2554	0.3545	0.0991	India
2010s	0.224	0.2473	0.0233	India
2020s	0.2206	0.1999	0.0207	Egypt

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, Egypt or India?: Egypt, at 0.1982 against 0.19 in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Egypt and India?: 0.0082, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and India?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Egypt and India rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Egypt ranks 135th and India ranks 138th 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: 18 September 2026

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