How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Netherlands?

57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.

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.

Malta vs Netherlands: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Malta

0.4667

in 2017

Netherlands

0.4718

in 2017

Malta rank

74th

Netherlands rank

73rd

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

Malta
Netherlands

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.4718 against 0.4667 in Malta, a difference of 0.0051.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Netherlands ahead.

Malta ranks 74th and Netherlands ranks 73rd of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.858	0.8646	0.0066	Netherlands
1970s	0.7531	0.6325	0.1206	Malta
1980s	0.6323	0.5769	0.0554	Malta
1990s	0.4972	0.5162	0.019	Netherlands
2000s	0.4033	0.5607	0.1574	Netherlands
2010s	0.4346	0.5012	0.0666	Netherlands

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, Malta or Netherlands?: Netherlands, at 0.4718 against 0.4667 in Malta as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Malta and Netherlands?: 0.0051, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Netherlands?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Malta and Netherlands rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Malta ranks 74th and Netherlands ranks 73rd 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).