How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Somalia?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

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.

Gabon vs Somalia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Gabon

0.7638

in 2023

Somalia

0.7485

in 2023

Gabon rank

31st

Somalia rank

34th

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

Gabon
Somalia

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 0.7638 against 0.7485 in Somalia, a difference of 0.0153.

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

Gabon ranks 31st and Somalia ranks 34th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 6 and Somalia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.4	0.899	0.4994	Gabon
1970s	1.9	0.7526	1.15	Gabon
1980s	1.64	0.5964	1.04	Gabon
1990s	1.41	0.8021	0.6069	Gabon
2000s	1.21	0.7202	0.4893	Gabon
2010s	0.9138	0.7146	0.1992	Gabon
2020s	0.7925	0.814	0.0215	Somalia

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, Gabon or Somalia?: Gabon, at 0.7638 against 0.7485 in Somalia as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Gabon and Somalia?: 0.0153, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Somalia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Gabon and Somalia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Gabon ranks 31st and Somalia ranks 34th 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).