Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahamas
Bahamas: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2849 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahamas, 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
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahamas stood at 0.2849.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahamas peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2799, in 2010.
Bahamas ranks 111th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.844 | 0.7335 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5893 | 0.5175 | 0.7109 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5153 | 0.4903 | 0.5351 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4582 | 0.354 | 0.5647 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3733 | 0.3262 | 0.4207 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2961 | 0.2799 | 0.312 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2856 | 0.2849 | 0.2862 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahamas?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahamas was 0.2849 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 Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2799 in 2010.
- How does Bahamas rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Bahamas ranks 111th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas 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).