How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Guyana?

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.

Ghana vs Guyana: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Ghana

0.3818

in 2023

Guyana

0.3978

in 2023

Ghana rank

85th

Guyana rank

83rd

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

Ghana
Guyana

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 0.3978 against 0.3818 in Ghana, a difference of 0.016.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guyana ahead.

Ghana ranks 85th and Guyana ranks 83rd of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Guyana in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Guyana	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.917	0.9915	0.0745	Guyana
1970s	0.8343	0.9415	0.1072	Guyana
1980s	1.1	0.9555	0.1443	Ghana
1990s	0.8673	0.8214	0.0459	Ghana
2000s	0.6685	0.7089	0.0404	Guyana
2010s	0.4859	0.4994	0.0135	Guyana
2020s	0.3935	0.4111	0.0176	Guyana

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, Ghana or Guyana?: Guyana, at 0.3978 against 0.3818 in Ghana as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Ghana and Guyana?: 0.016, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Guyana?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Guyana rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Ghana ranks 85th and Guyana ranks 83rd 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).