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

57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.

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.

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

Poland

0.7275

in 2017

Somalia

0.7485

in 2023

Poland rank

37th

Somalia rank

34th

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

Poland
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.7485 against 0.7275 in Poland, a difference of 0.021.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.

Poland ranks 37th and Somalia ranks 34th of 163 countries.

Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Poland	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9574	0.899	0.0584	Poland
1970s	0.8181	0.7526	0.0656	Poland
1980s	0.853	0.5964	0.2565	Poland
1990s	0.8992	0.8021	0.0971	Poland
2000s	0.9215	0.7202	0.2014	Poland
2010s	0.7756	0.7152	0.0604	Poland

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, Poland or Somalia?: Somalia, at 0.7485 against 0.7275 in Poland as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Poland and Somalia?: 0.021, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Somalia?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Poland and Somalia rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Poland ranks 37th 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).