Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Austria

Austria: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.8307 in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.8307
Change on year
up 4.8%
World rank
27th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.26
in 1965
All-time low
0.6683
in 2008
Years of data
57
1961–2017

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Austria, 1961–2017

00.511.5196119892017

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

In 2017, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Austria stood at 0.8307.

The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Austria peaked at 1.26 in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.6683, in 2008.

Austria ranks 27th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.9849 0.8503 1.26 9
1970s 0.9231 0.8846 1.01 10
1980s 0.8427 0.742 0.969 10
1990s 0.8423 0.7674 0.9079 10
2000s 0.7612 0.6683 0.8287 10
2010s 0.8111 0.713 0.8652 8

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 24 El Salvador 0.921 compare
  2. 25 Sierra Leone 0.8698 compare
  3. 26 Solomon Islands 0.8616 compare
  4. 28 Zimbabwe 0.8285 compare
  5. 30 Burundi 0.8045 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Austria?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Austria was 0.8307 in 2017, 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 Austria?
The highest recorded value was 1.26 in 1965.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6683 in 2008.
How does Austria rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Austria ranks 27th out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Austria 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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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
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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).