Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mongolia
Mongolia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2609 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia is 0.2609, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 7.5% on the previous year and down 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mongolia peaked at 1.15 in 1969 and was at its lowest, 0.2482, in 2021.
That places Mongolia 120th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7001 | 0.4968 | 1.15 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5725 | 0.382 | 0.8488 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4502 | 0.3131 | 0.8319 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8336 | 0.3815 | 1.09 | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8235 | 0.4328 | 1.08 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4138 | 0.309 | 0.5901 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2716 | 0.2482 | 0.2951 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mongolia?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mongolia was 0.2609 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 in 1969.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2482 in 2021.
- How does Mongolia rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Mongolia ranks 120th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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).