Gabon vs Zimbabwe: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Gabon
0.7638
in 2023
Zimbabwe
0.8285
in 2023
Gabon rank
31st
Zimbabwe rank
28th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Gabon
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 0.8285 against 0.7638 in Gabon, a difference of 0.0647.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Gabon ranks 31st and Zimbabwe ranks 28th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.4 | 0.9942 | 0.4042 | Gabon |
| 1970s | 1.9 | 1.03 | 0.864 | Gabon |
| 1980s | 1.64 | 1.17 | 0.4658 | Gabon |
| 1990s | 1.41 | 1.32 | 0.0933 | Gabon |
| 2000s | 1.24 | 1.43 | 0.1938 | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 0.9138 | 1.26 | 0.3435 | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 0.7925 | 0.8467 | 0.0541 | Zimbabwe |
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 Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 0.8285 against 0.7638 in Gabon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Gabon and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0647, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Zimbabwe?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Gabon and Zimbabwe rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Gabon ranks 31st and Zimbabwe ranks 28th 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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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).