Arable land pin in Bahrain

Bahrain: Arable land pin was 0.702 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.702
Change on year
down 2.7%
World rank
40th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.39
in 1990
All-time low
0.3712
in 1980
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land pin in Bahrain, 1961–2023

0.250.50.7511.21.5196119922023

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for arable land pin in Bahrain is 0.702, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land pin in Bahrain peaked at 1.39 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.3712, in 1980.

Bahrain ranks 40th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Arable land pin in Bahrain, year by year

Annual values for Arable land pin in Bahrain, 1961 to 2023.
Year Value Change
1961 1 —
1962 1 +0.2%
1963 0.9906 -1.2%
1964 0.9906 +0.0%
1965 0.9879 -0.3%
1966 1 +1.6%
1967 0.9959 -0.8%
1968 0.99 -0.6%
1969 0.9839 -0.6%
1970 0.975 -0.9%
1971 0.9673 -0.8%
1972 0.9524 -1.5%
1973 0.9523 -0.0%
1974 0.8846 -7.1%
1975 0.6267 -29.2%
1976 0.4734 -24.5%
1977 0.3743 -20.9%
1978 0.3756 +0.3%
1979 0.3754 -0.0%
1980 0.3712 -1.1%
1981 0.8402 +126.4%
1982 1.07 +27.8%
1983 1.06 -1.3%
1984 1.05 -1.0%
1985 0.9334 -11.0%
1986 0.8901 -4.6%
1987 0.7989 -10.2%
1988 0.7986 -0.0%
1989 0.8014 +0.3%
1990 1.39 +73.8%
1991 1.31 -6.2%
1992 1.14 -12.9%
1993 1.04 -8.3%
1994 0.8892 -14.8%
1995 0.7264 -18.3%
1996 0.72 -0.9%
1997 0.7224 +0.3%
1998 0.6161 -14.7%
1999 0.709 +15.1%
2000 0.7281 +2.7%
2001 0.7482 +2.8%
2002 0.8502 +13.6%
2003 0.8418 -1.0%
2004 0.8706 +3.4%
2005 0.9348 +7.4%
2006 0.7041 -24.7%
2007 0.759 +7.8%
2008 0.782 +3.0%
2009 0.7857 +0.5%
2010 0.7996 +1.8%
2011 0.8218 +2.8%
2012 0.8244 +0.3%
2013 0.8319 +0.9%
2014 0.7727 -7.1%
2015 0.725 -6.2%
2016 0.6566 -9.4%
2017 0.7586 +15.5%
2018 0.7494 -1.2%
2019 0.7212 -3.8%
2020 0.7069 -2.0%
2021 0.7501 +6.1%
2022 0.7213 -3.8%
2023 0.702 -2.7%

Bahrain compared with similar countries

  • Bahrain's 0.702 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.5062, 1.4× the median. (53 countries reporting)
  • Bahrain's 0.702 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2216, 3.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Arable land pin in Bahrain 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.

YearChange FromTo
1981 +126.4% 0.3712 0.8402
1990 +73.8% 0.8014 1.39

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.9939 0.9839 1 9
1970s 0.6957 0.3743 0.975 10
1980s 0.8616 0.3712 1.07 10
1990s 0.9262 0.6161 1.39 10
2000s 0.8005 0.7041 0.9348 10
2010s 0.7661 0.6566 0.8319 10
2020s 0.7201 0.702 0.7501 4

Countries ranked near Bahrain

  1. 37 Poland 0.7275 compare
  2. 38 Haiti 0.722 compare
  3. 39 Jamaica 0.7152 compare
  4. 41 Suriname 0.7008 compare
  5. 42 Fiji 0.6696 compare
  6. 43 Bulgaria 0.6683 compare

See the full ranking of 163 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land pin in Bahrain?
Arable land pin in Bahrain was 0.702 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest arable land pin recorded in Bahrain?
The highest recorded value was 1.39 in 1990.
What is the lowest arable land pin recorded in Bahrain?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3712 in 1980.
How does Bahrain rank for arable land pin?
Bahrain ranks 40th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land pin rising or falling in Bahrain?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bahrain data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land pin. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Arable land pin
Source
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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