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

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 New Zealand: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Malawi

0.2143

in 2023

New Zealand

0.2072

in 2023

Malawi rank

128th

New Zealand rank

129th

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

Malawi
New Zealand

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.2143 against 0.2072 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0071.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.

Malawi ranks 128th and New Zealand ranks 129th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 6 and New Zealand in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.06	0.8102	0.245	Malawi
1970s	0.9006	0.5895	0.3111	Malawi
1980s	0.7556	0.4376	0.318	Malawi
1990s	0.5774	0.2557	0.3217	Malawi
2000s	0.4484	0.2373	0.2111	Malawi
2010s	0.2784	0.2388	0.0396	Malawi
2020s	0.2177	0.2206	0.003	New Zealand

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 New Zealand?: Malawi, at 0.2143 against 0.2072 in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Malawi and New Zealand?: 0.0071, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and New Zealand?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Malawi and New Zealand rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Malawi ranks 128th and New Zealand ranks 129th 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).