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

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 East Timor: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

France

0.6004

in 2017

East Timor

0.597

in 2023

France rank

50th

East Timor rank

51st

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

France
East Timor

How they compare

France currently reports 0.6004 against 0.597 in East Timor, a difference of 0.0034.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was East Timor ahead.

France ranks 50th and East Timor ranks 51st of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	France	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8211	0.9387	0.1177	East Timor
1970s	0.6958	0.7987	0.1029	East Timor
1980s	0.6332	0.7858	0.1526	East Timor
1990s	0.6222	0.8152	0.193	East Timor
2000s	0.6208	0.6584	0.0376	East Timor
2010s	0.6203	0.6524	0.0321	East Timor

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 East Timor?: France, at 0.6004 against 0.597 in East Timor as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between France and East Timor?: 0.0034, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and East Timor?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do France and East Timor rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: France ranks 50th and East Timor ranks 51st 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).