Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 1.04 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.04
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
21st
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.23
in 2009
All-time low
0.4199
in 1990
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2023

0.40.60.811.2196119922023

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 Equatorial Guinea is 1.04, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% 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 Equatorial Guinea peaked at 1.23 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.4199, in 1990.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 21st of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.7337 0.5789 1 9
1970s 0.9083 0.5524 1.08 10
1980s 0.549 0.4776 0.7227 10
1990s 0.4946 0.4199 0.5613 10
2000s 0.9342 0.5762 1.23 10
2010s 1.11 1.04 1.19 10
2020s 1.04 1.03 1.04 4

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

  1. 18 Mauritius 1.08 compare
  2. 19 Antigua and Barbuda 1.08 compare
  3. 20 Puerto Rico 1.05 compare
  4. 22 Japan 0.9926 compare
  5. 23 Cape Verde 0.9671 compare
  6. 24 El Salvador 0.921 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Equatorial Guinea?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Equatorial Guinea was 1.04 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 Equatorial Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 1.23 in 2009.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4199 in 1990.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 21st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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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About this data

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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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).