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

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

Germany

0.7532

in 2017

Somalia

0.7485

in 2023

Germany rank

33rd

Somalia rank

34th

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

Germany
Somalia

How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.7532 against 0.7485 in Somalia, a difference of 0.0047.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.

Germany ranks 33rd and Somalia ranks 34th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8531	0.899	0.0459	Somalia
1970s	0.8562	0.7526	0.1036	Germany
1980s	0.8104	0.5964	0.214	Germany
1990s	0.8361	0.8021	0.034	Germany
2000s	0.7575	0.7202	0.0373	Germany
2010s	0.7539	0.7152	0.0388	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 Somalia?: Germany, at 0.7532 against 0.7485 in Somalia as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Germany and Somalia?: 0.0047, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Somalia?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Germany and Somalia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Germany ranks 33rd 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).