Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Comoros
Comoros: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.3043 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Comoros, 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 Comoros is 0.3043, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Comoros peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.3043, in 2023.
That places Comoros 102nd 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 Comoros, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9916 | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 0.9703 | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 0.9442 | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 0.9266 | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 0.8895 | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 0.8881 | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 0.8759 | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 0.8616 | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.8675 | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.8716 | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.8911 | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.8193 | -8.1% |
| 1974 | 0.8173 | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.853 | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.8334 | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.7968 | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7735 | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.7528 | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 0.7555 | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.798 | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 0.7644 | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7436 | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7718 | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7515 | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.7161 | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 0.6471 | -9.6% |
| 1988 | 0.6361 | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.6197 | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 0.574 | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 0.6102 | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 0.5988 | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.589 | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.5831 | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.5563 | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 0.5407 | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.5476 | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.5251 | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 0.5129 | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5023 | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4921 | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.6106 | +24.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5958 | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.5365 | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4899 | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3895 | -20.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3782 | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3691 | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.3578 | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3506 | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3457 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.3448 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3413 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3481 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3485 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.3346 | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3332 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3259 | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.325 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.3229 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.319 | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3111 | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 0.3043 | -2.2% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 0.3043 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 0.3043 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 79% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9275 | 0.8616 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8276 | 0.7528 | 0.8911 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7204 | 0.6197 | 0.798 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5638 | 0.5129 | 0.6102 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4722 | 0.3578 | 0.6106 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3398 | 0.325 | 0.3506 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3143 | 0.3043 | 0.3229 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 99 Dominican Republic 0.3111 compare
- 100 United States 0.3106 compare
- 101 Cote d'Ivoire 0.308 compare
- 103 Brazil 0.3019 compare
- 104 Venezuela 0.2979 compare
- 105 Angola 0.2966 compare
More reference data data for Comoros
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.002 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0444 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0039 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0444 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0068 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0026 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1837 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2155 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0211 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Comoros?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Comoros was 0.3043 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3043 in 2023.
- How does Comoros rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Comoros ranks 102nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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).