Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops by country
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).
Countries reporting
161
Highest
4.61
Cuba
Lowest
0.0496
Djibouti
Median
0.3978
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,097
What the numbers show
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 4.61 in Cuba; the lowest is 0.0496 in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3978, and the mean is 0.6143.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 93.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 119.9%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 58.6%).
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 4.61 | 2023 | up 119.9% | rising |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.57 | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Gambia | 3.35 | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.15 | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 2.82 | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Tonga | 2.61 | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 7 | Saint Lucia | 2.35 | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Barbados | 2.17 | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 9 | Maldives | 1.91 | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.74 | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 1.6 | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 12 | Norway | 1.59 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 13 | Samoa | 1.41 | 2023 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 14 | Switzerland | 1.34 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 15 | Faroe Islands | 1.24 | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 16 | New Caledonia | 1.18 | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 17 | Papua New Guinea | 1.15 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritius | 1.08 | 2023 | up 27.7% | flat |
| 19 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.08 | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 20 | Puerto Rico | 1.05 | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 21 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.04 | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 0.9926 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 0.9671 | 2023 | up 83.5% | falling |
| 24 | El Salvador | 0.921 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 0.8698 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 26 | Solomon Islands | 0.8616 | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 27 | Austria | 0.8307 | 2017 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 0.8285 | 2023 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 30 | Burundi | 0.8045 | 2023 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 31 | Gabon | 0.7638 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 32 | Lesotho | 0.7618 | 2023 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 33 | Germany | 0.7532 | 2017 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 34 | Somalia | 0.7485 | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 35 | Panama | 0.736 | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 36 | Taiwan | 0.7349 | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 0.7275 | 2017 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 38 | Haiti | 0.722 | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 39 | Jamaica | 0.7152 | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 40 | Bahrain | 0.702 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 41 | Suriname | 0.7008 | 2023 | up 28.7% | flat |
| 42 | Fiji | 0.6696 | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 0.6683 | 2017 | down 44.3% | rising |
| 44 | Grenada | 0.6503 | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 45 | Singapore | 0.6344 | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Mozambique | 0.618 | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 47 | Finland | 0.616 | 2017 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 48 | Qatar | 0.6114 | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Iceland | 0.6013 | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 50 | France | 0.6004 | 2017 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 51 | East Timor | 0.597 | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 52 | Uganda | 0.5895 | 2023 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 53 | Vanuatu | 0.5845 | 2023 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 54 | Sweden | 0.575 | 2017 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5521 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 56 | Rwanda | 0.5486 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 57 | Dominica | 0.5457 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 58 | Argentina | 0.5376 | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 59 | Bolivia | 0.5273 | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 60 | Paraguay | 0.5231 | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 0.5192 | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 62 | United Kingdom | 0.5175 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 63 | Belize | 0.5137 | 2023 | up 60.8% | falling |
| 64 | Hungary | 0.5067 | 2017 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 65 | Italy | 0.5062 | 2017 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 66 | Cyprus | 0.4981 | 2017 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Bhutan | 0.4965 | 2023 | up 34.2% | falling |
| 68 | Brunei | 0.4963 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 69 | North Korea | 0.4962 | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 70 | Madagascar | 0.4929 | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 71 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4868 | 2023 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 72 | Liberia | 0.4759 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 73 | Netherlands | 0.4718 | 2017 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 75 | Greece | 0.4609 | 2017 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 76 | Hong Kong | 0.4524 | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 77 | Romania | 0.4411 | 2017 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 78 | Chad | 0.4339 | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 79 | Seychelles | 0.4301 | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Denmark | 0.4247 | 2017 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 81 | Iraq | 0.4155 | 2023 | up 57.8% | falling |
| 82 | Benin | 0.409 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 83 | Guyana | 0.3978 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 84 | Mali | 0.3931 | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 85 | Ghana | 0.3818 | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 86 | Kiribati | 0.3788 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 87 | Niue | 0.3769 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 88 | South Korea | 0.3518 | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 89 | Botswana | 0.3512 | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 90 | Spain | 0.3471 | 2017 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 91 | Portugal | 0.3471 | 2017 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 92 | Tanzania | 0.3437 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 93 | Congo | 0.3344 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 94 | Afghanistan | 0.3342 | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 95 | Australia | 0.3331 | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 96 | Senegal | 0.3294 | 2023 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 97 | Togo | 0.328 | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 0.314 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 0.3111 | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 100 | United States | 0.3106 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 101 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.308 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 102 | Comoros | 0.3043 | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 103 | Brazil | 0.3019 | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 104 | Venezuela | 0.2979 | 2014 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 105 | Angola | 0.2966 | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Peru | 0.2962 | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 107 | Jordan | 0.2937 | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Israel | 0.2907 | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 109 | Philippines | 0.2893 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 110 | Mauritania | 0.2863 | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 111 | Bahamas | 0.2849 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 112 | Eswatini | 0.2742 | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 113 | Namibia | 0.2735 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 114 | Algeria | 0.2733 | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 115 | South Africa | 0.2729 | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 116 | Lebanon | 0.2713 | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Albania | 0.2684 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 118 | Thailand | 0.2634 | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2626 | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Mongolia | 0.2609 | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 121 | Guinea | 0.2554 | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 122 | Oman | 0.2529 | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Nigeria | 0.2491 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 124 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2389 | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 125 | Uruguay | 0.2207 | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Cambodia | 0.2201 | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 127 | Ecuador | 0.2173 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 128 | Malawi | 0.2143 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 129 | New Zealand | 0.2072 | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Myanmar | 0.2065 | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Yemen | 0.2044 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 132 | Turkey | 0.2017 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 133 | Mexico | 0.2013 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 134 | Bangladesh | 0.1988 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 135 | Egypt | 0.1982 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 136 | Colombia | 0.1938 | 2023 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Indonesia | 0.1935 | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 138 | India | 0.19 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 139 | Burkina Faso | 0.186 | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 140 | Morocco | 0.1856 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 141 | Kenya | 0.183 | 2023 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Central African Republic | 0.1806 | 2023 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 143 | Honduras | 0.1806 | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 144 | Canada | 0.1804 | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 145 | Malaysia | 0.1788 | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Syria | 0.1756 | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Tunisia | 0.1748 | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Zambia | 0.1735 | 2023 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Cameroon | 0.1713 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 150 | Nepal | 0.1709 | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Guatemala | 0.1687 | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1609 | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Vietnam | 0.1592 | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Iran | 0.1471 | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Pakistan | 0.1437 | 2023 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Libya | 0.1422 | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Niger | 0.1361 | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 158 | China | 0.1335 | 2023 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Laos | 0.1071 | 2023 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Chile | 0.0922 | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Costa Rica | 0.0815 | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Kuwait | 0.0671 | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Djibouti | 0.0496 | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).