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

55 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 Romania: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Greece

0.4609

in 2017

Romania

0.4411

in 2017

Greece rank

75th

Romania rank

77th

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

Greece
Romania

How they compare

Greece currently reports 0.4609 against 0.4411 in Romania, a difference of 0.0198.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Romania ahead.

Greece ranks 75th and Romania ranks 77th of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 3 and Romania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.11	0.9439	0.1616	Greece
1970s	0.8562	0.7335	0.1227	Greece
1980s	0.6454	0.5953	0.0502	Greece
1990s	0.5796	0.6925	0.1129	Romania
2000s	0.5413	0.6991	0.1577	Romania
2010s	0.5183	0.5849	0.0666	Romania

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 Romania?: Greece, at 0.4609 against 0.4411 in Romania as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Greece and Romania?: 0.0198, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Romania?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Greece and Romania rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Greece ranks 75th and Romania ranks 77th 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).