How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Netherlands?

57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.

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.

Madagascar vs Netherlands: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Madagascar

0.4929

in 2023

Netherlands

0.4718

in 2017

Madagascar rank

70th

Netherlands rank

73rd

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

Madagascar
Netherlands

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 0.4929 against 0.4718 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0211.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Netherlands ahead.

Madagascar ranks 70th and Netherlands ranks 73rd of 163 countries.

Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8979	0.8646	0.0333	Madagascar
1970s	0.7956	0.6325	0.1631	Madagascar
1980s	0.8178	0.5769	0.2409	Madagascar
1990s	0.7867	0.5162	0.2705	Madagascar
2000s	0.6854	0.5607	0.1247	Madagascar
2010s	0.5614	0.5012	0.0602	Madagascar

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, Madagascar or Netherlands?: Madagascar, at 0.4929 against 0.4718 in Netherlands as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Madagascar and Netherlands?: 0.0211, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Netherlands?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Madagascar and Netherlands rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Madagascar ranks 70th and Netherlands ranks 73rd 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).