How many years of comparable data are there for France and Iceland?

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.

France vs Iceland: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

France

0.6004

in 2017

Iceland

0.6013

in 2023

France rank

50th

Iceland rank

49th

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

France
Iceland

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 0.6013 against 0.6004 in France, a difference of 0.0009.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iceland ahead.

France ranks 50th and Iceland ranks 49th of 163 countries.

Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	France	Iceland	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8211	1.68	0.859	Iceland
1970s	0.6958	1.57	0.8763	Iceland
1980s	0.6332	1.13	0.4936	Iceland
1990s	0.6222	1.06	0.4389	Iceland
2000s	0.6208	0.7903	0.1695	Iceland
2010s	0.6203	0.6935	0.0732	Iceland

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, France or Iceland?: Iceland, at 0.6013 against 0.6004 in France as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between France and Iceland?: 0.0009, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Iceland?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do France and Iceland rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: France ranks 50th and Iceland ranks 49th 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).