Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Brunei
Brunei: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.4963 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Brunei, 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 Brunei is 0.4963, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 9.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Brunei peaked at 1.97 in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0.3892, in 2016.
Brunei ranks 68th 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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Brunei, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 1.01 | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 1.13 | +11.9% |
| 1964 | 1.17 | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 1.31 | +12.4% |
| 1966 | 1.97 | +50.2% |
| 1967 | 1.78 | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 1.84 | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 1.62 | -12.4% |
| 1970 | 1.63 | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 1.26 | -22.5% |
| 1972 | 1.27 | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 1.01 | -20.3% |
| 1974 | 0.8233 | -18.5% |
| 1975 | 0.8298 | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.9643 | +16.2% |
| 1977 | 1.14 | +18.6% |
| 1978 | 1.15 | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 1.12 | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 1.19 | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 1.19 | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 1.15 | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 1.08 | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 1.23 | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 1.59 | +29.7% |
| 1986 | 1.51 | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 1.56 | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 1.43 | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 1.5 | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 1.42 | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 1.35 | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 1.42 | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 1.27 | -10.6% |
| 1994 | 1.23 | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 1.13 | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 1.07 | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 1.1 | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 1.15 | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 1 | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 0.8851 | -11.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8519 | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8147 | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7724 | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 0.696 | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7539 | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8119 | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 0.7491 | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 0.709 | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 0.6701 | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 0.6111 | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 0.5677 | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5401 | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 0.5065 | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4745 | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4089 | -13.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3892 | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3962 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4034 | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.4424 | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 0.489 | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 0.546 | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 0.5464 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4963 | -9.2% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 0.4963 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.5062, 98% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 0.4963 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4156, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Brunei 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +50.2% | 1.31 | 1.97 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.43 | 1 | 1.97 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.12 | 0.8233 | 1.63 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.34 | 1.08 | 1.59 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.21 | 1 | 1.42 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7714 | 0.6701 | 0.8851 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.474 | 0.3892 | 0.6111 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5195 | 0.489 | 0.5464 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
- 65 Italy 0.5062 compare
- 66 Cyprus 0.4981 compare
- 67 Bhutan 0.4965 compare
- 69 North Korea 0.4962 compare
- 70 Madagascar 0.4929 compare
- 71 Guinea-Bissau 0.4868 compare
More reference data data for Brunei
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 23.58 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0005 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.071 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0594 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 89.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 177.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.5816 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2382 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 63.12 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Brunei?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Brunei was 0.4963 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 Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 1.97 in 1966.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3892 in 2016.
- How does Brunei rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Brunei ranks 68th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brunei 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).