Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Germany
Germany: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.7532 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Germany, 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
The most recent figure for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Germany is 0.7532, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Germany peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.6736, in 2014.
That places Germany 33rd out of 163 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8531 | 0.768 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8562 | 0.8025 | 0.9944 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8104 | 0.7488 | 0.918 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8361 | 0.7486 | 0.9097 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7575 | 0.6996 | 0.8831 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7539 | 0.6736 | 0.7999 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Germany?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Germany was 0.7532 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6736 in 2014.
- How does Germany rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Germany ranks 33rd out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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).