How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Zambia?

49 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.

Guatemala vs Zambia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Guatemala

0.1687

in 2023

Zambia

0.1735

in 2023

Guatemala rank

151st

Zambia rank

148th

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

Guatemala
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.1735 against 0.1687 in Guatemala, a difference of 0.0048.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.

Guatemala ranks 151st and Zambia ranks 148th of 163 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guatemala	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.7825	0.9481	0.1656	Zambia
1970s	0.5442	0.6886	0.1444	Zambia
1980s	0.4672	0.5607	0.0935	Zambia
1990s	0.3797	0.5406	0.1609	Zambia
2000s	0.2183	0.3243	0.106	Zambia
2010s	0.163	0.2421	0.0791	Zambia
2020s	0.1596	0.1973	0.0377	Zambia

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, Guatemala or Zambia?: Zambia, at 0.1735 against 0.1687 in Guatemala as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Guatemala and Zambia?: 0.0048, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Zambia?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Guatemala and Zambia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Guatemala ranks 151st and Zambia ranks 148th 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).