How many years of comparable data are there for India and Indonesia?

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.

India vs Indonesia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

India

0.19

in 2023

Indonesia

0.1935

in 2023

India rank

138th

Indonesia rank

137th

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

India
Indonesia

How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 0.1935 against 0.19 in India, a difference of 0.0035.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Indonesia ahead.

India ranks 138th and Indonesia ranks 137th of 163 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	Indonesia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9838	0.9487	0.035	India
1970s	0.795	0.7704	0.0246	India
1980s	0.6181	0.5796	0.0386	India
1990s	0.4347	0.3844	0.0503	India
2000s	0.3545	0.2855	0.0691	India
2010s	0.2473	0.215	0.0322	India
2020s	0.1999	0.1931	0.0068	India

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, India or Indonesia?: Indonesia, at 0.1935 against 0.19 in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between India and Indonesia?: 0.0035, with Indonesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Indonesia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do India and Indonesia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: India ranks 138th and Indonesia ranks 137th 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).