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

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 Uganda: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Sweden

0.575

in 2017

Uganda

0.5895

in 2023

Sweden rank

54th

Uganda rank

52nd

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

Sweden
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.5895 against 0.575 in Sweden, a difference of 0.0145.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.

Sweden ranks 54th and Uganda ranks 52nd of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sweden	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9086	0.9796	0.0709	Uganda
1970s	0.7354	0.6587	0.0767	Sweden
1980s	0.6834	0.8899	0.2065	Uganda
1990s	0.7227	0.7395	0.0168	Uganda
2000s	0.7031	0.7318	0.0287	Uganda
2010s	0.6499	0.958	0.3081	Uganda

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 Uganda?: Uganda, at 0.5895 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 Uganda?: 0.0145, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Uganda?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Sweden and Uganda rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Sweden ranks 54th and Uganda ranks 52nd 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).