Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in India
India: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.19 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in India, 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 India is 0.19, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in India peaked at 1.05 in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0.19, in 2023.
That places India 138th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9838 | 0.8953 | 1.05 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.795 | 0.6974 | 0.8806 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6181 | 0.5099 | 0.7258 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4347 | 0.3793 | 0.5104 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3545 | 0.3028 | 0.4136 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2473 | 0.2182 | 0.2837 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1999 | 0.19 | 0.2108 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in India?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in India was 0.19 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 in 1966.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.19 in 2023.
- How does India rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- India ranks 138th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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).