How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Laos?

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.

Kuwait vs Laos: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Kuwait

0.0671

in 2023

Laos

0.1071

in 2023

Kuwait rank

162nd

Laos rank

159th

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

Kuwait
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 0.1071 against 0.0671 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.04.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.6 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Laos ahead.

Kuwait ranks 162nd and Laos ranks 159th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kuwait	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.6292	0.8123	0.1831	Laos
1970s	0.1955	0.7362	0.5407	Laos
1980s	0.1702	0.5652	0.395	Laos
1990s	0.2416	0.4423	0.2006	Laos
2000s	0.1648	0.3175	0.1526	Laos
2010s	0.0658	0.1906	0.1248	Laos
2020s	0.0662	0.1202	0.054	Laos

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, Kuwait or Laos?: Laos, at 0.1071 against 0.0671 in Kuwait as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Kuwait and Laos?: 0.04, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Laos?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and Laos rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Kuwait ranks 162nd and Laos ranks 159th 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).