Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Israel
Israel: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2907 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Israel, 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
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Israel stood at 0.2907.
The figure is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Israel peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2682, in 2022.
Israel ranks 108th 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 | 0.7451 | 0.5606 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4516 | 0.4 | 0.5591 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3832 | 0.3349 | 0.4262 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3908 | 0.3473 | 0.4505 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3399 | 0.3074 | 0.3929 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3309 | 0.2793 | 0.4211 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2875 | 0.2682 | 0.2989 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Israel?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Israel was 0.2907 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2682 in 2022.
- How does Israel rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Israel ranks 108th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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).