How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Namibia?

63 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.

Mauritania vs Namibia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Mauritania

0.2863

in 2023

Namibia

0.2735

in 2023

Mauritania rank

110th

Namibia rank

113th

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

Mauritania
Namibia

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.2863 against 0.2735 in Namibia, a difference of 0.0128.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Namibia ahead.

Mauritania ranks 110th and Namibia ranks 113th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9105	0.8803	0.0302	Mauritania
1970s	0.9851	0.7405	0.2446	Mauritania
1980s	0.8979	0.6246	0.2732	Mauritania
1990s	0.8529	0.5893	0.2635	Mauritania
2000s	0.7611	0.3992	0.3619	Mauritania
2010s	0.4616	0.3099	0.1517	Mauritania
2020s	0.3231	0.2637	0.0594	Mauritania

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, Mauritania or Namibia?: Mauritania, at 0.2863 against 0.2735 in Namibia as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Mauritania and Namibia?: 0.0128, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Namibia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Namibia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Mauritania ranks 110th and Namibia ranks 113th 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).