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
0.40.60.811.2196119922023

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