Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Algeria
Algeria: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2733 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Algeria, 1961–2023
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.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 0.2733 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Algeria peaked at 1.75 in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.2733, in 2023.
Algeria ranks 114th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Algeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.912 | -8.8% |
| 1963 | 0.8829 | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 1.01 | +14.1% |
| 1965 | 0.8845 | -12.2% |
| 1966 | 1.45 | +64.2% |
| 1967 | 1.32 | -9.2% |
| 1968 | 0.9844 | -25.3% |
| 1969 | 1.09 | +10.8% |
| 1970 | 1.06 | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 1.05 | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 1.23 | +16.8% |
| 1973 | 1.34 | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 1.24 | -7.0% |
| 1975 | 1.16 | -6.8% |
| 1976 | 1.34 | +15.5% |
| 1977 | 1.75 | +30.5% |
| 1978 | 1.73 | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 1.47 | -15.0% |
| 1980 | 1.34 | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 1.33 | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 1.65 | +24.2% |
| 1983 | 1.53 | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 1.45 | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 1.07 | -26.1% |
| 1986 | 1.08 | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 1.15 | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 1.33 | +15.4% |
| 1989 | 1.16 | -13.1% |
| 1990 | 1.28 | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 0.9819 | -23.1% |
| 1992 | 0.941 | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 1.05 | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 1.21 | +15.4% |
| 1995 | 1.02 | -16.1% |
| 1996 | 0.7771 | -23.7% |
| 1997 | 1.11 | +42.8% |
| 1998 | 0.9423 | -15.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8716 | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 1.11 | +27.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9244 | -16.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8963 | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.6845 | -23.6% |
| 2004 | 0.6141 | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6012 | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5644 | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 0.648 | +14.8% |
| 2008 | 0.6332 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4629 | -26.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4474 | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4015 | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3782 | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 0.3391 | -10.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3517 | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3279 | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3203 | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3199 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.2906 | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2782 | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2783 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3095 | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2883 | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2733 | -5.2% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 0.2733 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3111, 88% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 0.2733 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2216, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Algeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +64.2% | 0.8845 | 1.45 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.06 | 0.8829 | 1.45 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.34 | 1.05 | 1.75 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.31 | 1.07 | 1.65 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 | 0.7771 | 1.28 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7136 | 0.4629 | 1.11 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3455 | 0.2782 | 0.4474 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2874 | 0.2733 | 0.3095 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More reference data data for Algeria
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2569 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2959 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 5.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8614 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3259 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 18.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 22.66 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.61 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Algeria?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Algeria was 0.2733 in 2023, according to 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.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.75 in 1977.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2733 in 2023.
- How does Algeria rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Algeria ranks 114th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).