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

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 Uruguay: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Malawi

0.2143

in 2023

Uruguay

0.2207

in 2023

Malawi rank

128th

Uruguay rank

125th

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

Malawi
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.2207 against 0.2143 in Malawi, a difference of 0.0064.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.

Malawi ranks 128th and Uruguay ranks 125th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.06	0.8623	0.1929	Malawi
1970s	0.9006	0.5483	0.3523	Malawi
1980s	0.7556	0.3924	0.3631	Malawi
1990s	0.5774	0.2611	0.3163	Malawi
2000s	0.4484	0.2336	0.2148	Malawi
2010s	0.2784	0.1936	0.0848	Malawi
2020s	0.2177	0.1857	0.032	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 Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 0.2207 against 0.2143 in Malawi as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Malawi and Uruguay?: 0.0064, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Uruguay?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Malawi and Uruguay rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Malawi ranks 128th and Uruguay ranks 125th 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).