How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and East Timor?

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.

Sweden vs East Timor: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Sweden

0.575

in 2017

East Timor

0.597

in 2023

Sweden rank

54th

East Timor rank

51st

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

Sweden
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 0.597 against 0.575 in Sweden, a difference of 0.022.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was East Timor ahead.

Sweden ranks 54th and East Timor ranks 51st of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 1 and East Timor in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sweden	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9086	0.9387	0.0301	East Timor
1970s	0.7354	0.7987	0.0633	East Timor
1980s	0.6834	0.7858	0.1023	East Timor
1990s	0.7227	0.8152	0.0925	East Timor
2000s	0.7031	0.6584	0.0447	Sweden
2010s	0.6499	0.6524	0.0025	East Timor

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, Sweden or East Timor?: East Timor, at 0.597 against 0.575 in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Sweden and East Timor?: 0.022, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and East Timor?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Sweden and East Timor rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Sweden ranks 54th and East Timor ranks 51st 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).