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

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 Uruguay: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Nigeria

0.2491

in 2023

Uruguay

0.2207

in 2023

Nigeria rank

123rd

Uruguay rank

125th

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

Nigeria
Uruguay

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.2491 against 0.2207 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0284.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.

Nigeria ranks 123rd and Uruguay ranks 125th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8996	0.8623	0.0373	Nigeria
1970s	0.9159	0.5483	0.3677	Nigeria
1980s	0.8702	0.3924	0.4777	Nigeria
1990s	0.491	0.2847	0.2062	Nigeria
2000s	0.3992	0.2336	0.1655	Nigeria
2010s	0.3114	0.1936	0.1178	Nigeria
2020s	0.2555	0.1857	0.0698	Nigeria

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 Uruguay?: Nigeria, at 0.2491 against 0.2207 in Uruguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Nigeria and Uruguay?: 0.0284, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Uruguay?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Uruguay rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Nigeria ranks 123rd and Uruguay ranks 125th 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).