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

50 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.

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

Guinea-Bissau

0.4868

in 2023

Malta

0.4667

in 2017

Guinea-Bissau rank

71st

Malta rank

74th

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

Guinea-Bissau
Malta

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.4868 against 0.4667 in Malta, a difference of 0.0201.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malta ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 71st and Malta ranks 74th of 163 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.19	0.858	0.333	Guinea-Bissau
1970s	1.39	0.7531	0.6382	Guinea-Bissau
1980s	1.05	0.6323	0.4171	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	0.7789	0.4497	0.3292	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	0.6365	0.4033	0.2331	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	0.4683	0.4346	0.0337	Guinea-Bissau

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 Malta?: Guinea-Bissau, at 0.4868 against 0.4667 in Malta as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Guinea-Bissau and Malta?: 0.0201, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Malta?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Malta rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 71st 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).