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Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cape Verde

Cape Verde: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.9671 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.9671
Change on year
up 8.8%
World rank
23rd
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.84
in 1973
All-time low
0.5101
in 2000
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cape Verde, 1961–2023

0.511.52196119922023

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

Cape Verde recorded 0.9671 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023.

That represents a change of up 8.8% on the previous year and up 83.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cape Verde peaked at 1.84 in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.5101, in 2000.

Cape Verde ranks 23rd 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.

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cape Verde, year by year

Year Value Change
1961 1 —
1962 0.91 -9.0%
1963 0.8836 -2.9%
1964 0.8243 -6.7%
1965 0.7572 -8.1%
1966 0.7348 -3.0%
1967 0.7573 +3.1%
1968 1.12 +47.3%
1969 1.12 +0.1%
1970 1.4 +25.3%
1971 1.65 +17.9%
1972 1.77 +7.5%
1973 1.84 +3.8%
1974 1.75 -4.8%
1975 1.67 -4.5%
1976 1.42 -15.2%
1977 1.46 +3.0%
1978 1.25 -14.2%
1979 1.09 -13.2%
1980 0.7946 -27.0%
1981 1.29 +62.0%
1982 1.35 +5.2%
1983 1.44 +6.5%
1984 1.08 -25.3%
1985 1.21 +12.7%
1986 0.8376 -31.0%
1987 0.5203 -37.9%
1988 0.5859 +12.6%
1989 0.5913 +0.9%
1990 0.6912 +16.9%
1991 0.8566 +23.9%
1992 0.9331 +8.9%
1993 0.9316 -0.2%
1994 1.04 +11.5%
1995 1.05 +1.3%
1996 0.9316 -11.4%
1997 1.02 +9.8%
1998 0.9698 -5.2%
1999 0.6755 -30.4%
2000 0.5101 -24.5%
2001 0.5461 +7.1%
2002 0.6107 +11.8%
2003 0.5863 -4.0%
2004 0.608 +3.7%
2005 0.6309 +3.8%
2006 0.6216 -1.5%
2007 0.56 -9.9%
2008 0.6315 +12.8%
2009 0.6438 +2.0%
2010 0.6587 +2.3%
2011 0.577 -12.4%
2012 0.5529 -4.2%
2013 0.527 -4.7%
2014 0.5743 +9.0%
2015 0.5693 -0.9%
2016 0.5888 +3.4%
2017 0.6327 +7.5%
2018 0.8015 +26.7%
2019 0.8227 +2.7%
2020 0.8421 +2.4%
2021 0.8554 +1.6%
2022 0.8887 +3.9%
2023 0.9671 +8.8%

Cape Verde compared with similar countries

  • Cape Verde's 0.9671 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3111, 3.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
  • Cape Verde's 0.9671 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 2.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.8999 0.7348 1.12 9
1970s 1.53 1.09 1.84 10
1980s 0.9703 0.5203 1.44 10
1990s 0.9103 0.6755 1.05 10
2000s 0.5949 0.5101 0.6438 10
2010s 0.6305 0.527 0.8227 10
2020s 0.8883 0.8421 0.9671 4

Countries ranked near Cape Verde

  1. 20 Puerto Rico 1.05 compare
  2. 21 Equatorial Guinea 1.04 compare
  3. 22 Japan 0.9926 compare
  4. 24 El Salvador 0.921 compare
  5. 25 Sierra Leone 0.8698 compare
  6. 26 Solomon Islands 0.8616 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cape Verde?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Cape Verde was 0.9671 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 Cape Verde?
The highest recorded value was 1.84 in 1973.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Cape Verde?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5101 in 2000.
How does Cape Verde rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Cape Verde ranks 23rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Cape Verde?
Over the last ten years it is up 83.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cape Verde 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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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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