How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sweden?

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.

Rwanda vs Sweden: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Rwanda

0.5486

in 2023

Sweden

0.575

in 2017

Rwanda rank

56th

Sweden rank

54th

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

Rwanda
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.575 against 0.5486 in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0264.

The two have swapped places 21 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.

Rwanda ranks 56th and Sweden ranks 54th of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8949	0.9086	0.0137	Sweden
1970s	0.7649	0.7354	0.0295	Rwanda
1980s	0.6864	0.6834	0.003	Rwanda
1990s	0.7186	0.7227	0.0042	Sweden
2000s	0.6788	0.7031	0.0243	Sweden
2010s	0.6509	0.6499	0.001	Rwanda

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, Rwanda or Sweden?: Sweden, at 0.575 against 0.5486 in Rwanda as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Rwanda and Sweden?: 0.0264, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sweden?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Rwanda and Sweden rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Rwanda ranks 56th and Sweden ranks 54th 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).