Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Kiribati

Kiribati: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.3788 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.3788
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
86th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.21
in 1963
All-time low
0.2954
in 2016
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Kiribati, 1961–2023

0.20.40.60.811.2196119922023

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 Kiribati is 0.3788, measured in 2023.

The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Kiribati peaked at 1.21 in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.2954, in 2016.

Kiribati ranks 86th 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.9934 0.7541 1.21 9
1970s 0.8792 0.6816 1.14 10
1980s 0.674 0.496 0.9022 10
1990s 0.7149 0.6001 0.8766 10
2000s 0.5228 0.4078 0.6489 10
2010s 0.3698 0.2954 0.4058 10
2020s 0.3787 0.371 0.3827 4

Countries ranked near Kiribati

  1. 83 Guyana 0.3978 compare
  2. 84 Mali 0.3931 compare
  3. 85 Ghana 0.3818 compare
  4. 87 Niue 0.3769 compare
  5. 88 South Korea 0.3518 compare
  6. 89 Botswana 0.3512 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Kiribati?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Kiribati was 0.3788 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 Kiribati?
The highest recorded value was 1.21 in 1963.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Kiribati?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2954 in 2016.
How does Kiribati rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Kiribati ranks 86th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Kiribati?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kiribati 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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About this data

Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
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
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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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).