How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar?

56 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.

Guinea-Bissau vs Madagascar: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Guinea-Bissau

0.4868

in 2023

Madagascar

0.4929

in 2023

Guinea-Bissau rank

71st

Madagascar rank

70th

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

Guinea-Bissau
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 0.4929 against 0.4868 in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.0061.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 71st and Madagascar ranks 70th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 4 and Madagascar in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.19	0.8979	0.2931	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	1.39	0.7956	0.5957	Guinea-Bissau
1980s	1.05	0.8178	0.2316	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	0.7789	0.7751	0.0039	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	0.6365	0.6854	0.0489	Madagascar
2010s	0.4719	0.561	0.0891	Madagascar
2020s	0.4871	0.5182	0.0312	Madagascar

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, Guinea-Bissau or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 0.4929 against 0.4868 in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar?: 0.0061, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 71st and Madagascar ranks 70th 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).