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
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Kiribati, 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 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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 1.09 | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 1.21 | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 1.13 | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 0.8489 | -25.1% |
| 1966 | 0.8659 | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 0.7541 | -12.9% |
| 1968 | 1.03 | +37.0% |
| 1969 | 1.01 | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 0.9564 | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 0.8289 | -13.3% |
| 1972 | 1.11 | +34.1% |
| 1973 | 0.8361 | -24.8% |
| 1974 | 0.6816 | -18.5% |
| 1975 | 1.14 | +67.8% |
| 1976 | 0.8615 | -24.7% |
| 1977 | 0.8497 | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.7272 | -14.4% |
| 1979 | 0.7957 | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 0.8748 | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 0.6891 | -21.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7432 | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 0.9022 | +21.4% |
| 1984 | 0.612 | -32.2% |
| 1985 | 0.6079 | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.5661 | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 0.53 | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 0.496 | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7191 | +45.0% |
| 1990 | 0.8766 | +21.9% |
| 1991 | 0.7799 | -11.0% |
| 1992 | 0.7612 | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.7591 | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.7507 | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7493 | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.6355 | -15.2% |
| 1997 | 0.6339 | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.6026 | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 0.6001 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.6489 | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 0.6459 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6404 | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.6365 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.5046 | -20.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5018 | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.4244 | -15.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4094 | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 0.4081 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4078 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4058 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4054 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.3996 | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3937 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.3963 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3937 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.2954 | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2955 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3299 | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3829 | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3827 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.3822 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.371 | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.3788 | +2.1% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 0.3788 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 1.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 0.3788 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4156, 91% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Kiribati changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +67.8% | 0.6816 | 1.14 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Kiribati
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0059 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Enteric Fermentation 0.7542 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0194 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 5.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0143 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 13.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0136 (2050)
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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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).