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

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 Uganda: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

France

0.6004

in 2017

Uganda

0.5895

in 2023

France rank

50th

Uganda rank

52nd

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

France
Uganda

How they compare

France currently reports 0.6004 against 0.5895 in Uganda, a difference of 0.0109.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.

France ranks 50th and Uganda ranks 52nd of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, France averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	France	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8211	0.9796	0.1585	Uganda
1970s	0.6958	0.6587	0.0371	France
1980s	0.6332	0.8899	0.2568	Uganda
1990s	0.6222	0.7395	0.1173	Uganda
2000s	0.6208	0.7318	0.111	Uganda
2010s	0.6203	0.958	0.3377	Uganda

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 Uganda?: France, at 0.6004 against 0.5895 in Uganda as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between France and Uganda?: 0.0109, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Uganda?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do France and Uganda rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: France ranks 50th and Uganda ranks 52nd 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).