How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Jordan?

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.

Israel vs Jordan: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Israel

0.2907

in 2023

Jordan

0.2937

in 2023

Israel rank

108th

Jordan rank

107th

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

Israel
Jordan

How they compare

Jordan currently reports 0.2937 against 0.2907 in Israel, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jordan ahead.

Israel ranks 108th and Jordan ranks 107th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Jordan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.7451	1.38	0.6352	Jordan
1970s	0.4516	2.72	2.27	Jordan
1980s	0.3832	1.47	1.09	Jordan
1990s	0.3908	0.665	0.2742	Jordan
2000s	0.3399	0.4211	0.0812	Jordan
2010s	0.3309	0.3404	0.0095	Jordan
2020s	0.2875	0.3185	0.031	Jordan

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, Israel or Jordan?: Jordan, at 0.2937 against 0.2907 in Israel as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Israel and Jordan?: 0.003, with Jordan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Jordan?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Israel and Jordan rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Israel ranks 108th and Jordan ranks 107th 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).