Maldives vs Norway: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Maldives
1.91
in 2023
Norway
1.59
in 2023
Maldives rank
9th
Norway rank
12th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Maldives
- Norway
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 1.91 against 1.59 in Norway, a difference of 0.32.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Norway's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Norway ahead.
Maldives ranks 9th and Norway ranks 12th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8632 | 1.09 | 0.2274 | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.9399 | 1.06 | 0.1246 | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.7608 | 1.06 | 0.2972 | Norway |
| 1990s | 1.21 | 1.26 | 0.0493 | Norway |
| 2000s | 1.01 | 1.31 | 0.2952 | Norway |
| 2010s | 1.79 | 1.32 | 0.4719 | Maldives |
| 2020s | 1.88 | 1.28 | 0.5931 | Maldives |
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, Maldives or Norway?
- Maldives, at 1.91 against 1.59 in Norway as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Maldives and Norway?
- 0.32, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Norway?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Maldives and Norway rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Maldives ranks 9th and Norway ranks 12th 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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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).