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

Guinea-Bissau
0.4868
in 2023
Netherlands
0.4718
in 2017
Guinea-Bissau rank
71st
Netherlands rank
73rd

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

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Netherlands
0.50.7511.21.5196119922023

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.4868 against 0.4718 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.015.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Netherlands ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 71st and Netherlands ranks 73rd of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 5 and Netherlands in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Netherlands Difference Ahead
1960s 1.19 0.8646 0.3264 Guinea-Bissau
1970s 1.39 0.6325 0.7588 Guinea-Bissau
1980s 1.05 0.5769 0.4725 Guinea-Bissau
1990s 0.7789 0.5472 0.2317 Guinea-Bissau
2000s 0.6365 0.5607 0.0758 Guinea-Bissau
2010s 0.4683 0.5012 0.0329 Netherlands

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 Netherlands?
Guinea-Bissau, at 0.4868 against 0.4718 in Netherlands as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Guinea-Bissau and Netherlands?
0.015, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Netherlands?
50 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Netherlands rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 71st and Netherlands ranks 73rd 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
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).