Sao Tome and Principe vs Tonga: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Sao Tome and Principe
3.15
in 2023
Tonga
2.61
in 2023
Sao Tome and Principe rank
4th
Tonga rank
6th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Tonga
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 3.15 against 2.61 in Tonga, a difference of 0.54.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.2 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tonga ahead.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 4th and Tonga ranks 6th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 5 and Tonga in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sao Tome and Principe | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9865 | 1.2 | 0.2134 | Tonga |
| 1970s | 1.13 | 1.38 | 0.2465 | Tonga |
| 1980s | 2.19 | 1.78 | 0.4138 | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 3.82 | 2.08 | 1.74 | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 4.99 | 1.93 | 3.06 | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 3.65 | 2.22 | 1.44 | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 3.25 | 2.64 | 0.6108 | Sao Tome and Principe |
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, Sao Tome and Principe or Tonga?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 3.15 against 2.61 in Tonga as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Sao Tome and Principe and Tonga?
- 0.54, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Tonga?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Sao Tome and Principe and Tonga rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 4th and Tonga ranks 6th 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).