How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Panama?

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.

Lesotho vs Panama: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Lesotho

0.7618

in 2023

Panama

0.736

in 2023

Lesotho rank

32nd

Panama rank

35th

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

Lesotho
Panama

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.7618 against 0.736 in Panama, a difference of 0.0258.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Panama ahead.

Lesotho ranks 32nd and Panama ranks 35th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 6 and Panama in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Panama	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.03	0.8583	0.176	Lesotho
1970s	1.03	0.5908	0.4383	Lesotho
1980s	0.9065	0.5971	0.3093	Lesotho
1990s	0.8711	0.71	0.1611	Lesotho
2000s	0.8494	0.7831	0.0662	Lesotho
2010s	0.7198	0.8623	0.1425	Panama
2020s	0.7474	0.6994	0.048	Lesotho

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, Lesotho or Panama?: Lesotho, at 0.7618 against 0.736 in Panama as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Lesotho and Panama?: 0.0258, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Panama?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Panama rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Lesotho ranks 32nd and Panama ranks 35th 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).