How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Malta?

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.

Greece vs Malta: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Greece

0.4609

in 2017

Malta

0.4667

in 2017

Greece rank

75th

Malta rank

74th

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

Greece
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.4667 against 0.4609 in Greece, a difference of 0.0058.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malta ahead.

Greece ranks 75th and Malta ranks 74th of 163 countries.

Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.11	0.858	0.2475	Greece
1970s	0.8562	0.7531	0.103	Greece
1980s	0.6454	0.6323	0.0131	Greece
1990s	0.5786	0.4972	0.0814	Greece
2000s	0.5413	0.4033	0.138	Greece
2010s	0.5183	0.4346	0.0837	Greece

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, Greece or Malta?: Malta, at 0.4667 against 0.4609 in Greece as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Greece and Malta?: 0.0058, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Malta?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Greece and Malta rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Greece ranks 75th and Malta ranks 74th 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).