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

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 Turkey: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Egypt

0.1982

in 2023

Turkey

0.2017

in 2023

Egypt rank

135th

Turkey rank

132nd

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

Egypt
Turkey

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 0.2017 against 0.1982 in Egypt, a difference of 0.0035.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Turkey ahead.

Egypt ranks 135th and Turkey ranks 132nd of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8141	0.913	0.0988	Turkey
1970s	0.6696	0.7082	0.0386	Turkey
1980s	0.4556	0.5265	0.0709	Turkey
1990s	0.353	0.4079	0.0549	Turkey
2000s	0.2554	0.3276	0.0722	Turkey
2010s	0.224	0.2448	0.0208	Turkey
2020s	0.2206	0.2045	0.0161	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 Turkey?: Turkey, at 0.2017 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 Turkey?: 0.0035, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Turkey?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Turkey rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Egypt ranks 135th and Turkey ranks 132nd 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).