Hong Kong vs Malta: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Hong Kong
0.4524
in 2023
Malta
0.4667
in 2017
Hong Kong rank
76th
Malta rank
74th

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

  • Hong Kong
  • Malta
0.250.50.7511.21.5196119922023

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.4667 against 0.4524 in Hong Kong, a difference of 0.0143.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malta ahead.

Hong Kong ranks 76th and Malta ranks 74th of 163 regions.

Across the 6 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 4 and Malta in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong Malta Difference Ahead
1960s 1.02 0.858 0.1599 Hong Kong
1970s 0.6275 0.7531 0.1256 Malta
1980s 0.5242 0.6323 0.1081 Malta
1990s 0.7107 0.4972 0.2135 Hong Kong
2000s 1.06 0.4033 0.6598 Hong Kong
2010s 0.7197 0.4346 0.2851 Hong Kong

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, Hong Kong or Malta?
Malta, at 0.4667 against 0.4524 in Hong Kong as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Hong Kong and Malta?
0.0143, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Malta?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Hong Kong and Malta rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Hong Kong ranks 76th and Malta ranks 74th of 163 regions.
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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About this data

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

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).