Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Finland
Finland: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.616 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Finland, 1961–2017
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
In 2017, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Finland stood at 0.616.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Finland peaked at 1.22 in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.5043, in 1990.
That places Finland 47th out of 163 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.01 | 0.9018 | 1.22 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.757 | 0.6011 | 0.8421 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6668 | 0.5355 | 0.9417 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6072 | 0.5043 | 0.7274 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5455 | 0.5113 | 0.5875 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5905 | 0.5386 | 0.643 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Finland?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Finland was 0.616 in 2017, 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 in 1962.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5043 in 1990.
- How does Finland rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Finland ranks 47th out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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).