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

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.

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

Rwanda

0.5486

in 2023

Vanuatu

0.5845

in 2023

Rwanda rank

56th

Vanuatu rank

53rd

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

Rwanda
Vanuatu

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 0.5845 against 0.5486 in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0359.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Rwanda ranks 56th and Vanuatu ranks 53rd of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8949	1.08	0.1891	Vanuatu
1970s	0.7649	1.35	0.5805	Vanuatu
1980s	0.6864	1.32	0.6295	Vanuatu
1990s	0.7186	1.35	0.6337	Vanuatu
2000s	0.6788	1.43	0.7537	Vanuatu
2010s	0.6462	1.01	0.3617	Vanuatu
2020s	0.592	0.8222	0.2302	Vanuatu

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 Vanuatu?: Vanuatu, at 0.5845 against 0.5486 in Rwanda as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Rwanda and Vanuatu?: 0.0359, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Vanuatu?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Rwanda and Vanuatu rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Rwanda ranks 56th and Vanuatu ranks 53rd 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).