French Polynesia vs Switzerland: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

French Polynesia

1.6

in 2023

Switzerland

1.34

in 2023

French Polynesia rank

11th

Switzerland rank

14th

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

French Polynesia currently reports 1.6 against 1.34 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.2656.

That makes French Polynesia's figure about 1.2 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 11th and Switzerland ranks 14th of 163 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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