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

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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bahrain, 1961–2023

0.250.50.7511.21.5196119922023

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.

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
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  3. 39 Jamaica 0.7152 compare
  4. 41 Suriname 0.7008 compare
  5. 42 Fiji 0.6696 compare
  6. 43 Bulgaria 0.6683 compare

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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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About this data

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).