Sierra Leone vs Zimbabwe: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Sierra Leone
0.8698
in 2023
Zimbabwe
0.8285
in 2023
Sierra Leone rank
25th
Zimbabwe rank
28th

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

  • Sierra Leone
  • Zimbabwe
00.511.52196119922023

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.8698 against 0.8285 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0413.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 25th and Zimbabwe ranks 28th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9026 0.9942 0.0916 Zimbabwe
1970s 0.8506 1.03 0.1829 Zimbabwe
1980s 0.8263 1.17 0.3469 Zimbabwe
1990s 0.8116 1.32 0.504 Zimbabwe
2000s 1.27 1.43 0.1679 Zimbabwe
2010s 1.01 1.26 0.2522 Zimbabwe
2020s 0.8695 0.8467 0.0229 Sierra Leone

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, Sierra Leone or Zimbabwe?
Sierra Leone, at 0.8698 against 0.8285 in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
0.0413, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Sierra Leone ranks 25th and Zimbabwe ranks 28th 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
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).