Ireland vs Lesotho: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Ireland
0.8275
in 2017
Lesotho
0.7618
in 2023
Ireland rank
29th
Lesotho rank
32nd
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Ireland
- Lesotho
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 0.8275 against 0.7618 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0657.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Ireland ranks 29th and Lesotho ranks 32nd of 163 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Lesotho in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 | 1.03 | 0.0322 | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 0.9298 | 1.03 | 0.0993 | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 0.8841 | 0.9065 | 0.0224 | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 0.7683 | 0.8711 | 0.1027 | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 0.9291 | 0.8494 | 0.0797 | Ireland |
| 2010s | 0.8621 | 0.7323 | 0.1298 | Ireland |
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, Ireland or Lesotho?
- Ireland, at 0.8275 against 0.7618 in Lesotho as of 2017.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Ireland and Lesotho?
- 0.0657, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Lesotho?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Ireland and Lesotho rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Ireland ranks 29th and Lesotho ranks 32nd 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).