How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Mali?

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.

Iraq vs Mali: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Iraq

0.4155

in 2023

Mali

0.3931

in 2023

Iraq rank

81st

Mali rank

84th

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

Iraq
Mali

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 0.4155 against 0.3931 in Mali, a difference of 0.0224.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mali ahead.

Iraq ranks 81st and Mali ranks 84th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8559	0.977	0.1211	Mali
1970s	0.6753	0.8881	0.2128	Mali
1980s	0.5256	0.7655	0.2399	Mali
1990s	0.3871	0.6122	0.2251	Mali
2000s	0.3355	0.6992	0.3636	Mali
2010s	0.4044	0.4667	0.0623	Mali
2020s	0.3461	0.4097	0.0636	Mali

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, Iraq or Mali?: Iraq, at 0.4155 against 0.3931 in Mali as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Iraq and Mali?: 0.0224, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Mali?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Iraq and Mali rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Iraq ranks 81st and Mali ranks 84th 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).