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

India
0.19
in 2023
Kenya
0.183
in 2023
India rank
138th
Kenya rank
141st

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

  • India
  • Kenya
0.20.40.60.81196119922023

How they compare

India currently reports 0.19 against 0.183 in Kenya, a difference of 0.007.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.

India ranks 138th and Kenya ranks 141st of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade India Kenya Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9838 0.8505 0.1333 India
1970s 0.795 0.6147 0.1803 India
1980s 0.6181 0.5112 0.1069 India
1990s 0.4347 0.3406 0.0941 India
2000s 0.3545 0.2594 0.0952 India
2010s 0.2473 0.2303 0.0169 India
2020s 0.1999 0.1871 0.0128 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 Kenya?
India, at 0.19 against 0.183 in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between India and Kenya?
0.007, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Kenya?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do India and Kenya rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
India ranks 138th and Kenya ranks 141st 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
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).