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

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

Malawi

0.2143

in 2023

Yemen

0.2044

in 2023

Malawi rank

128th

Yemen rank

131st

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

Malawi
Yemen

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.2143 against 0.2044 in Yemen, a difference of 0.0099.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Yemen ahead.

Malawi ranks 128th and Yemen ranks 131st of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.06	0.9836	0.0716	Malawi
1970s	0.9006	0.8135	0.0871	Malawi
1980s	0.7556	0.6791	0.0765	Malawi
1990s	0.5774	0.5683	0.0091	Malawi
2000s	0.4484	0.3534	0.095	Malawi
2010s	0.2784	0.234	0.0444	Malawi
2020s	0.2177	0.2079	0.0098	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 Yemen?: Malawi, at 0.2143 against 0.2044 in Yemen as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Malawi and Yemen?: 0.0099, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Yemen?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Malawi and Yemen rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Malawi ranks 128th and Yemen ranks 131st 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).