Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Grenada
Grenada: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.6503 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Grenada, 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 Grenada is 0.6503, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Grenada peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1582, in 1999.
Grenada ranks 44th of 163 countries on this measure, 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 Grenada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9233 | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 0.8624 | -6.6% |
| 1964 | 0.9177 | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 0.7157 | -22.0% |
| 1966 | 0.7226 | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 0.6574 | -9.0% |
| 1968 | 0.6394 | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 0.6379 | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 0.6536 | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 0.725 | +10.9% |
| 1972 | 0.6148 | -15.2% |
| 1973 | 0.6473 | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6631 | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.6546 | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.547 | -16.4% |
| 1977 | 0.555 | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.4099 | -26.1% |
| 1979 | 0.3865 | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 0.4218 | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 0.3836 | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 0.4456 | +16.1% |
| 1983 | 0.4813 | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 0.4205 | -12.6% |
| 1985 | 0.4759 | +13.2% |
| 1986 | 0.4412 | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 0.2605 | -41.0% |
| 1988 | 0.3061 | +17.5% |
| 1989 | 0.3148 | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.3071 | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.3195 | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.3231 | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.3007 | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 0.288 | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 0.1592 | -44.7% |
| 1996 | 0.1613 | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.164 | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.1674 | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.1582 | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 0.1596 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.3529 | +121.1% |
| 2002 | 0.3008 | -14.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3433 | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3309 | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7093 | +114.4% |
| 2006 | 0.6111 | -13.8% |
| 2007 | 0.5779 | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 0.5751 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8482 | +47.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7667 | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7227 | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 0.716 | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.6838 | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.593 | -13.3% |
| 2015 | 0.5351 | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 0.466 | -12.9% |
| 2017 | 0.5054 | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 0.4964 | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.5741 | +15.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5845 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.5842 | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6596 | +12.9% |
| 2023 | 0.6503 | -1.4% |
Grenada compared with similar countries
- Grenada's 0.6503 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3111, 2.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Grenada's 0.6503 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Grenada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +121.1% | 0.1596 | 0.3529 |
| 2005 | +114.4% | 0.3309 | 0.7093 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7863 | 0.6379 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5857 | 0.3865 | 0.725 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3951 | 0.2605 | 0.4813 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2348 | 0.1582 | 0.3231 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4809 | 0.1596 | 0.8482 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6059 | 0.466 | 0.7667 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6197 | 0.5842 | 0.6596 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
More reference data data for Grenada
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0047 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0076 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0034 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0219 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0331 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0001 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Grenada?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Grenada was 0.6503 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 Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1582 in 1999.
- How does Grenada rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Grenada ranks 44th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Grenada 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).