How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Taiwan?

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.

Somalia vs Taiwan: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Somalia

0.7485

in 2023

Taiwan

0.7349

in 2023

Somalia rank

34th

Taiwan rank

36th

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

Somalia
Taiwan

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.7485 against 0.7349 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.0136.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Taiwan ahead.

Somalia ranks 34th and Taiwan ranks 36th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 5 and Taiwan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Taiwan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.899	0.9048	0.0058	Taiwan
1970s	0.7526	0.7238	0.0288	Somalia
1980s	0.5964	0.6541	0.0577	Taiwan
1990s	0.8021	0.5964	0.2057	Somalia
2000s	0.7202	0.6284	0.0917	Somalia
2010s	0.7146	0.6588	0.0558	Somalia
2020s	0.814	0.7106	0.1034	Somalia

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, Somalia or Taiwan?: Somalia, at 0.7485 against 0.7349 in Taiwan as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Somalia and Taiwan?: 0.0136, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Taiwan?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Somalia and Taiwan rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Somalia ranks 34th and Taiwan ranks 36th 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).