Equatorial Guinea vs Japan: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Equatorial Guinea
1.04
in 2023
Japan
0.9926
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
21st
Japan rank
22nd
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Japan
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 1.04 against 0.9926 in Japan, a difference of 0.0474.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 21st and Japan ranks 22nd of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Japan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7337 | 0.9024 | 0.1687 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.9083 | 0.8304 | 0.0779 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.549 | 0.8535 | 0.3045 | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.4946 | 0.8795 | 0.3849 | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.9342 | 0.9184 | 0.0158 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 1.11 | 0.9656 | 0.1473 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 1.04 | 0.9808 | 0.0571 | Equatorial Guinea |
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, Equatorial Guinea or Japan?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 1.04 against 0.9926 in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Equatorial Guinea and Japan?
- 0.0474, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Japan?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Japan rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 21st and Japan ranks 22nd 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).