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
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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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).