How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Qatar?

57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.

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.

Finland vs Qatar: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Finland

0.616

in 2017

Qatar

0.6114

in 2023

Finland rank

47th

Qatar rank

48th

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

Finland
Qatar

How they compare

Finland currently reports 0.616 against 0.6114 in Qatar, a difference of 0.0046.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Qatar ahead.

Finland ranks 47th and Qatar ranks 48th of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 1 and Qatar in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.01	0.5325	0.4813	Finland
1970s	0.757	25.19	24.43	Qatar
1980s	0.6668	1.25	0.5866	Qatar
1990s	0.6072	0.9897	0.3825	Qatar
2000s	0.5455	0.9571	0.4116	Qatar
2010s	0.5905	0.9356	0.3451	Qatar

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, Finland or Qatar?: Finland, at 0.616 against 0.6114 in Qatar as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Finland and Qatar?: 0.0046, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Qatar?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Finland and Qatar rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Finland ranks 47th and Qatar ranks 48th 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).