Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahrain
Bahrain: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.702 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahrain, 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
The most recent figure for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahrain, year by year
| 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +126.4% | 0.3712 | 0.8402 |
| 1990 | +73.8% | 0.8014 | 1.39 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Bahrain
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0108 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0191 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0191 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0034 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0013 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0528 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0873 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahrain?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahrain was 0.702 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 Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.39 in 1990.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3712 in 1980.
- How does Bahrain rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Bahrain ranks 40th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 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).