How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Nigeria?

63 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 vs Nigeria: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Guinea

0.2554

in 2023

Nigeria

0.2491

in 2023

Guinea rank

121st

Nigeria rank

123rd

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

Guinea
Nigeria

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 0.2554 against 0.2491 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0063.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Guinea ranks 121st and Nigeria ranks 123rd of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9802	0.8996	0.0807	Guinea
1970s	0.8508	0.9159	0.0651	Nigeria
1980s	0.7232	0.8702	0.147	Nigeria
1990s	0.5161	0.491	0.0252	Guinea
2000s	0.3835	0.3992	0.0156	Nigeria
2010s	0.3496	0.3114	0.0381	Guinea
2020s	0.2471	0.2555	0.0083	Nigeria

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 or Nigeria?: Guinea, at 0.2554 against 0.2491 in Nigeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Guinea and Nigeria?: 0.0063, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Nigeria?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Guinea and Nigeria rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Guinea ranks 121st and Nigeria ranks 123rd 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).