New Caledonia vs Samoa: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
New Caledonia
1.18
in 2023
Samoa
1.41
in 2023
New Caledonia rank
16th
Samoa rank
13th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- New Caledonia
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.41 against 1.18 in New Caledonia, a difference of 0.23.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times New Caledonia's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.
New Caledonia ranks 16th and Samoa ranks 13th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Caledonia averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Caledonia | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9839 | 1.08 | 0.0959 | Samoa |
| 1970s | 1.18 | 1.22 | 0.0361 | Samoa |
| 1980s | 1.56 | 1.38 | 0.1848 | New Caledonia |
| 1990s | 2.04 | 2.13 | 0.0945 | Samoa |
| 2000s | 1.77 | 1.13 | 0.6371 | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | 1.34 | 2.14 | 0.7912 | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.14 | 1.47 | 0.3253 | Samoa |
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, New Caledonia or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 1.41 against 1.18 in New Caledonia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between New Caledonia and Samoa?
- 0.23, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Caledonia and Samoa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do New Caledonia and Samoa rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- New Caledonia ranks 16th and Samoa ranks 13th 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).