Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bhutan
Bhutan: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.4965 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bhutan, 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 Bhutan stood at 0.4965.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bhutan peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.3011, in 2017.
Bhutan ranks 67th 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 | 0.8986 | 0.8113 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.83 | 0.7969 | 0.8744 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7482 | 0.6644 | 0.7919 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6849 | 0.6275 | 0.7983 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6741 | 0.369 | 0.9854 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3454 | 0.3011 | 0.3905 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4144 | 0.3124 | 0.4965 | 4 |
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- Spring temperature anomalies 1.97 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.6061 °C (2026)
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- Civil liberties rating 3 (2025)
- Free country 2 (2025)
- Democracy 6 (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bhutan?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bhutan was 0.4965 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3011 in 2017.
- How does Bhutan rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Bhutan ranks 67th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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).