How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Tanzania?

57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.

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.

Spain vs Tanzania: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Spain

0.3471

in 2017

Tanzania

0.3437

in 2023

Spain rank

90th

Tanzania rank

92nd

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

Spain
Tanzania

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.3471 against 0.3437 in Tanzania, a difference of 0.0034.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tanzania ahead.

Spain ranks 90th and Tanzania ranks 92nd of 163 countries.

Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Spain	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9296	0.9374	0.0077	Tanzania
1970s	0.7375	0.8584	0.1208	Tanzania
1980s	0.6025	0.7499	0.1474	Tanzania
1990s	0.5223	0.6675	0.1452	Tanzania
2000s	0.3812	0.492	0.1108	Tanzania
2010s	0.3526	0.3649	0.0123	Tanzania

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, Spain or Tanzania?: Spain, at 0.3471 against 0.3437 in Tanzania as of 2017.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Spain and Tanzania?: 0.0034, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Tanzania?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Spain and Tanzania rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Spain ranks 90th and Tanzania ranks 92nd 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).