How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and United States?

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.

Nicaragua vs United States: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Nicaragua

0.314

in 2023

United States

0.3106

in 2023

Nicaragua rank

98th

United States rank

100th

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

Nicaragua
United States

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.314 against 0.3106 in United States, a difference of 0.0034.

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

Nicaragua ranks 98th and United States ranks 100th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 3 and United States in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nicaragua	United States	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.6738	0.915	0.2412	United States
1970s	0.4881	0.7404	0.2523	United States
1980s	0.6168	0.6254	0.0086	United States
1990s	0.732	0.5162	0.2158	Nicaragua
2000s	0.6312	0.4171	0.214	Nicaragua
2010s	0.3728	0.3377	0.0351	Nicaragua
2020s	0.2993	0.3176	0.0183	United States

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, Nicaragua or United States?: Nicaragua, at 0.314 against 0.3106 in United States as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Nicaragua and United States?: 0.0034, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and United States?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Nicaragua and United States rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Nicaragua ranks 98th and United States ranks 100th 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).