Samoa vs Switzerland: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Samoa
1.41
in 2023
Switzerland
1.34
in 2023
Samoa rank
13th
Switzerland rank
14th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Samoa
- Switzerland
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.41 against 1.34 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.07.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Samoa ranks 13th and Switzerland ranks 14th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.08 | 0.9421 | 0.1376 | Samoa |
| 1970s | 1.22 | 0.9592 | 0.26 | Samoa |
| 1980s | 1.38 | 0.9593 | 0.4179 | Samoa |
| 1990s | 2.13 | 1.06 | 1.08 | Samoa |
| 2000s | 1.13 | 1.17 | 0.0382 | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 2.14 | 1.2 | 0.9391 | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.47 | 1.29 | 0.1739 | Samoa |
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, Samoa or Switzerland?
- Samoa, at 1.41 against 1.34 in Switzerland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Samoa and Switzerland?
- 0.07, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Switzerland?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Switzerland rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Samoa ranks 13th and Switzerland ranks 14th 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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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).