How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Sri Lanka?

57 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.

Hungary vs Sri Lanka: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Hungary

0.5067

in 2017

Sri Lanka

0.5192

in 2023

Hungary rank

64th

Sri Lanka rank

61st

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

Hungary
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.5192 against 0.5067 in Hungary, a difference of 0.0125.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Hungary ranks 64th and Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Hungary	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8673	1.12	0.2561	Sri Lanka
1970s	0.6698	1.06	0.3929	Sri Lanka
1980s	0.5446	0.8418	0.2971	Sri Lanka
1990s	0.6439	0.5676	0.0763	Hungary
2000s	0.6089	0.5114	0.0975	Hungary
2010s	0.5658	0.4992	0.0667	Hungary

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, Hungary or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 0.5192 against 0.5067 in Hungary as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Hungary and Sri Lanka?: 0.0125, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Sri Lanka?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Hungary and Sri Lanka rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Hungary ranks 64th and Sri Lanka ranks 61st 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).