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

New Zealand
0.2072
in 2023
Yemen
0.2044
in 2023
New Zealand rank
129th
Yemen rank
131st

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

  • New Zealand
  • Yemen
0.20.40.60.811.2196119922023

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.2072 against 0.2044 in Yemen, a difference of 0.0028.

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

New Zealand ranks 129th and Yemen ranks 131st of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand Yemen Difference Ahead
1960s 0.8102 0.9836 0.1734 Yemen
1970s 0.5895 0.8135 0.224 Yemen
1980s 0.4376 0.6791 0.2415 Yemen
1990s 0.263 0.5964 0.3334 Yemen
2000s 0.2373 0.3534 0.1161 Yemen
2010s 0.2388 0.234 0.0048 New Zealand
2020s 0.2206 0.2079 0.0128 New Zealand

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 Zealand or Yemen?
New Zealand, at 0.2072 against 0.2044 in Yemen as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between New Zealand and Yemen?
0.0028, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Yemen?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do New Zealand and Yemen rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
New Zealand ranks 129th 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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About this data

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

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).