Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Canada
Canada: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.1804 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Canada, 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 Canada is 0.1804, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Canada peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1702, in 2020.
Canada ranks 144th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.651 | 0.5224 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5264 | 0.4428 | 0.6213 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4151 | 0.3549 | 0.4872 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3287 | 0.2785 | 0.375 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2934 | 0.2313 | 0.4035 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1962 | 0.1755 | 0.2373 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1878 | 0.1702 | 0.2259 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Canada?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Canada was 0.1804 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1702 in 2020.
- How does Canada rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Canada ranks 144th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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).