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
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Austria, 1961–2017
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 24 El Salvador 0.921 compare
- 25 Sierra Leone 0.8698 compare
- 26 Solomon Islands 0.8616 compare
- 28 Zimbabwe 0.8285 compare
- 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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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).