How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Lesotho?

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.

Germany vs Lesotho: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Germany

0.7532

in 2017

Lesotho

0.7618

in 2023

Germany rank

33rd

Lesotho rank

32nd

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

Germany
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.7618 against 0.7532 in Germany, a difference of 0.0086.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Germany ranks 33rd and Lesotho ranks 32nd of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8531	1.03	0.1812	Lesotho
1970s	0.8562	1.03	0.1729	Lesotho
1980s	0.8104	0.9065	0.0961	Lesotho
1990s	0.8361	0.8711	0.035	Lesotho
2000s	0.7575	0.8494	0.0918	Lesotho
2010s	0.7539	0.7323	0.0216	Germany

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, Germany or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 0.7618 against 0.7532 in Germany as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Germany and Lesotho?: 0.0086, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Lesotho?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Germany and Lesotho rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Germany ranks 33rd and Lesotho ranks 32nd 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).