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

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.

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

East Timor

0.597

in 2023

Vanuatu

0.5845

in 2023

East Timor rank

51st

Vanuatu rank

53rd

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

East Timor
Vanuatu

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 0.597 against 0.5845 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.0125.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Vanuatu ahead.

East Timor ranks 51st and Vanuatu ranks 53rd of 163 countries.

Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Timor	Vanuatu	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9387	1.08	0.1453	Vanuatu
1970s	0.7987	1.35	0.5467	Vanuatu
1980s	0.7858	1.32	0.5302	Vanuatu
1990s	0.8152	1.35	0.5371	Vanuatu
2000s	0.6584	1.43	0.7741	Vanuatu
2010s	0.6636	1.01	0.3444	Vanuatu
2020s	0.6345	0.8222	0.1878	Vanuatu

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, East Timor or Vanuatu?: East Timor, at 0.597 against 0.5845 in Vanuatu as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between East Timor and Vanuatu?: 0.0125, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Vanuatu?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do East Timor and Vanuatu rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: East Timor ranks 51st and Vanuatu ranks 53rd 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).