Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bolivia
Bolivia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.5273 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bolivia, 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 Bolivia stood at 0.5273.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bolivia peaked at 1.08 in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.5079, in 2018.
That places Bolivia 59th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Bolivia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9652 | -3.5% |
| 1963 | 0.8938 | -7.4% |
| 1964 | 0.8905 | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.8784 | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 0.8712 | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.8671 | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.8097 | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 0.8362 | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 0.8216 | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 0.7969 | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 0.7601 | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 0.6949 | -8.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6981 | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.6723 | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6889 | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.744 | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 0.7644 | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.79 | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.7652 | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 0.7446 | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7415 | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 1.08 | +46.1% |
| 1984 | 0.7995 | -26.2% |
| 1985 | 0.6796 | -15.0% |
| 1986 | 0.6775 | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.6564 | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 0.6472 | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.6452 | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.6323 | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.5888 | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 0.6238 | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 0.5929 | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5938 | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.5922 | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.5848 | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.6094 | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 0.6173 | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.6325 | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.6182 | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6064 | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.6079 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6103 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.6396 | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.6378 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6411 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.6624 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.6829 | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5925 | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 0.6536 | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 0.6584 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.5886 | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 0.577 | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5749 | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5388 | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5291 | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.5465 | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5079 | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 0.5399 | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5456 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5132 | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 0.5517 | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 0.5273 | -4.4% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 0.5273 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 1.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 0.5273 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bolivia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +46.1% | 0.7415 | 1.08 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8902 | 0.8097 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7431 | 0.6723 | 0.8216 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.744 | 0.6452 | 1.08 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6068 | 0.5848 | 0.6325 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6299 | 0.5925 | 0.6829 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5715 | 0.5079 | 0.6584 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5345 | 0.5132 | 0.5517 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More reference data data for Bolivia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7329 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3892 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 5.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 18.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 25.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.12 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bolivia?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bolivia was 0.5273 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 Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 in 1983.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5079 in 2018.
- How does Bolivia rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Bolivia ranks 59th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bolivia 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).