Hong Kong vs Netherlands: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Hong Kong
0.4524
in 2023
Netherlands
0.4718
in 2017
Hong Kong rank
76th
Netherlands rank
73rd
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Hong Kong
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.4718 against 0.4524 in Hong Kong, a difference of 0.0194.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Netherlands ahead.
Hong Kong ranks 76th and Netherlands ranks 73rd of 163 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 4 and Netherlands in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 | 0.8646 | 0.1533 | Hong Kong |
| 1970s | 0.6275 | 0.6325 | 0.005 | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 0.5242 | 0.5769 | 0.0527 | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 0.7107 | 0.5162 | 0.1945 | Hong Kong |
| 2000s | 1.06 | 0.5607 | 0.5025 | Hong Kong |
| 2010s | 0.7197 | 0.5012 | 0.2185 | 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 Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 0.4718 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 Netherlands?
- 0.0194, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Netherlands?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Hong Kong and Netherlands rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Hong Kong ranks 76th 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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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).