Sri Lanka vs United Kingdom: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Sri Lanka
0.5192
in 2023
United Kingdom
0.5175
in 2023
Sri Lanka rank
61st
United Kingdom rank
62nd
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Sri Lanka
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.5192 against 0.5175 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.0017.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United Kingdom ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 61st and United Kingdom ranks 62nd of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 6 and United Kingdom in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.12 | 0.8562 | 0.2672 | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 1.06 | 0.7393 | 0.3235 | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 0.8418 | 0.5682 | 0.2736 | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.5676 | 0.4818 | 0.0857 | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.5114 | 0.4733 | 0.0381 | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.5077 | 0.4798 | 0.0279 | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.5048 | 0.5126 | 0.0078 | United Kingdom |
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, Sri Lanka or United Kingdom?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.5192 against 0.5175 in United Kingdom as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Sri Lanka and United Kingdom?
- 0.0017, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and United Kingdom?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Sri Lanka and United Kingdom rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Sri Lanka ranks 61st and United Kingdom ranks 62nd 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).