Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 1.24 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Faroe Islands, 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 Faroe Islands is 1.24, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Faroe Islands peaked at 1.73 in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.9358, in 1963.
Faroe Islands ranks 15th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 1.05 | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 0.9358 | -11.0% |
| 1964 | 1.14 | +21.4% |
| 1965 | 1.22 | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 1.08 | -11.5% |
| 1967 | 1.22 | +13.0% |
| 1968 | 1.17 | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 1.42 | +20.9% |
| 1970 | 1.06 | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 1.34 | +25.8% |
| 1972 | 1.48 | +10.6% |
| 1973 | 1.64 | +11.2% |
| 1974 | 1.63 | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 1.73 | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 1.28 | -25.8% |
| 1977 | 1.34 | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 1.34 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1.34 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1.34 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1.34 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1.34 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1.31 | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 1.29 | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 1.24 | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 1.24 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1.24 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.24 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1.24 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.2 | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 1.17 | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 1.14 | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 1.15 | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 1.15 | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 1.15 | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 1.15 | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1.15 | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1.16 | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 1.16 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 1.17 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.18 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.19 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 1.2 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.2 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.21 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1.22 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1.24 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 1.22 | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 1.22 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 1.23 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.19 | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 1.16 | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 1.09 | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 1.03 | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 1.25 | +21.7% |
| 2016 | 1.15 | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 1.18 | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 1.18 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.18 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.26 | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 1.25 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.25 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.24 | -0.2% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 1.24 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.5062, 2.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 1.24 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5463, 2.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Faroe Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +25.8% | 1.06 | 1.34 |
| 1976 | -25.8% | 1.73 | 1.28 |
| 1970 | -25.0% | 1.42 | 1.06 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.14 | 0.9358 | 1.42 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.42 | 1.06 | 1.73 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.28 | 1.24 | 1.34 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.16 | 1.14 | 1.2 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2 | 1.17 | 1.24 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.16 | 1.03 | 1.25 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 | 1.24 | 1.26 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 12 Norway 1.59 compare
- 13 Samoa 1.41 compare
- 14 Switzerland 1.34 compare
- 16 New Caledonia 1.18 compare
- 17 Papua New Guinea 1.15 compare
- 18 Mauritius 1.08 compare
More reference data data for Faroe Islands
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 0.7467 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.015 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 31.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Enteric Fermentation 21.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 6.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 8.43 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0051 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.015 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 7.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 1.34 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Faroe Islands?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Faroe Islands was 1.24 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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.73 in 1975.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9358 in 1963.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Faroe Islands ranks 15th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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).