How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Myanmar?

58 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.

Malawi vs Myanmar: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Malawi

0.2143

in 2023

Myanmar

0.2065

in 2023

Malawi rank

128th

Myanmar rank

130th

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

Malawi
Myanmar

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.2143 against 0.2065 in Myanmar, a difference of 0.0078.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 58 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Myanmar ahead.

Malawi ranks 128th and Myanmar ranks 130th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Myanmar	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.06	0.885	0.1702	Malawi
1970s	0.9006	0.7289	0.1717	Malawi
1980s	0.7556	0.466	0.2895	Malawi
1990s	0.5774	0.3617	0.2157	Malawi
2000s	0.4484	0.2258	0.2227	Malawi
2010s	0.2784	0.1957	0.0827	Malawi
2020s	0.2177	0.2032	0.0145	Malawi

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, Malawi or Myanmar?: Malawi, at 0.2143 against 0.2065 in Myanmar as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Malawi and Myanmar?: 0.0078, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Myanmar?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Malawi and Myanmar rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Malawi ranks 128th and Myanmar ranks 130th 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).