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.
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 |
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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).