Japan vs Sierra Leone: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Japan
0.9926
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.8698
in 2023
Japan rank
22nd
Sierra Leone rank
25th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Japan
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.9926 against 0.8698 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.1228.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Japan ranks 22nd and Sierra Leone ranks 25th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9024 | 0.9026 | 0.0002 | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.8304 | 0.8506 | 0.0202 | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.8535 | 0.8263 | 0.0272 | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.8795 | 0.8116 | 0.0679 | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.9184 | 1.23 | 0.3126 | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.9656 | 1.01 | 0.0395 | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.9808 | 0.8695 | 0.1112 | Japan |
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, Japan or Sierra Leone?
- Japan, at 0.9926 against 0.8698 in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Japan and Sierra Leone?
- 0.1228, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sierra Leone?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Sierra Leone rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Japan ranks 22nd and Sierra Leone ranks 25th 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).