Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mexico
Mexico: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2013 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mexico, 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 Mexico stood at 0.2013. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mexico peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2013, in 2023.
Mexico ranks 133rd of 163 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.7684 | 0.6388 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5272 | 0.4516 | 0.5935 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4088 | 0.3823 | 0.4473 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4207 | 0.3772 | 0.4594 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3502 | 0.3201 | 0.3813 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2659 | 0.2062 | 0.3307 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2197 | 0.2013 | 0.2328 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mexico?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mexico was 0.2013 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2013 in 2023.
- How does Mexico rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Mexico ranks 133rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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).