Egypt vs Mexico: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Egypt
0.1982
in 2023
Mexico
0.2013
in 2023
Egypt rank
135th
Mexico rank
133rd
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Egypt
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 0.2013 against 0.1982 in Egypt, a difference of 0.0031.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.
Egypt ranks 135th and Mexico ranks 133rd of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 4 and Mexico in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8141 | 0.7684 | 0.0458 | Egypt |
| 1970s | 0.6696 | 0.5272 | 0.1424 | Egypt |
| 1980s | 0.4556 | 0.4088 | 0.0469 | Egypt |
| 1990s | 0.353 | 0.4207 | 0.0676 | Mexico |
| 2000s | 0.2554 | 0.3502 | 0.0948 | Mexico |
| 2010s | 0.224 | 0.2659 | 0.0419 | Mexico |
| 2020s | 0.2206 | 0.2197 | 0.0009 | 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 Mexico?
- Mexico, at 0.2013 against 0.1982 in Egypt as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Egypt and Mexico?
- 0.0031, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Mexico?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Mexico rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Egypt ranks 135th and Mexico ranks 133rd 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).