How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Saudi Arabia?

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.

Nigeria vs Saudi Arabia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Nigeria

0.2491

in 2023

Saudi Arabia

0.2389

in 2023

Nigeria rank

123rd

Saudi Arabia rank

124th

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

Nigeria
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.2491 against 0.2389 in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.0102.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Nigeria ranks 123rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 124th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and Saudi Arabia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8996	0.9306	0.031	Saudi Arabia
1970s	0.9159	0.7332	0.1827	Nigeria
1980s	0.8702	0.5339	0.3363	Nigeria
1990s	0.491	0.4417	0.0493	Nigeria
2000s	0.3992	0.4041	0.005	Saudi Arabia
2010s	0.3114	0.4264	0.1149	Saudi Arabia
2020s	0.2555	0.2686	0.0132	Saudi Arabia

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, Nigeria or Saudi Arabia?: Nigeria, at 0.2491 against 0.2389 in Saudi Arabia as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia?: 0.0102, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Saudi Arabia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Saudi Arabia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Nigeria ranks 123rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 124th 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).