How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Somalia?

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.

Panama vs Somalia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Panama

0.736

in 2023

Somalia

0.7485

in 2023

Panama rank

35th

Somalia rank

34th

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

Panama
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.7485 against 0.736 in Panama, a difference of 0.0125.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.

Panama ranks 35th and Somalia ranks 34th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 3 and Somalia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Panama	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8583	0.899	0.0407	Somalia
1970s	0.5908	0.7526	0.1618	Somalia
1980s	0.5971	0.5964	0.0007	Panama
1990s	0.71	0.8021	0.0921	Somalia
2000s	0.7831	0.7202	0.063	Panama
2010s	0.8623	0.7146	0.1477	Panama
2020s	0.6994	0.814	0.1146	Somalia

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, Panama or Somalia?: Somalia, at 0.7485 against 0.736 in Panama as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Panama and Somalia?: 0.0125, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Somalia?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Panama and Somalia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Panama ranks 35th and Somalia ranks 34th 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).