Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Hungary
Hungary: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.5067 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Hungary, 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 Hungary is 0.5067, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.2% on the previous year and down 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Hungary peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.4727, in 2016.
Hungary ranks 64th of 163 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.8673 | 0.6934 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6698 | 0.5878 | 0.8413 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5446 | 0.5122 | 0.5867 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6439 | 0.5289 | 0.7673 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6089 | 0.4868 | 0.7504 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5658 | 0.4727 | 0.689 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Hungary?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Hungary was 0.5067 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 Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4727 in 2016.
- How does Hungary rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Hungary ranks 64th out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary 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).