Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guyana
Guyana: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.3978 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guyana, 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 Guyana is 0.3978, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guyana peaked at 1.24 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.3766, in 2015.
Guyana ranks 83rd 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9915 | 0.9338 | 1.11 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.9415 | 0.8104 | 1.09 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9555 | 0.8516 | 1.12 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8214 | 0.638 | 1.24 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7089 | 0.6512 | 0.7833 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4994 | 0.3766 | 0.6772 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4111 | 0.3849 | 0.4427 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guyana?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guyana was 0.3978 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 in 1990.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3766 in 2015.
- How does Guyana rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Guyana ranks 83rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana 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).