Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Morocco
Morocco: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.1856 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.1856
Change on year
up 21.4%
World rank
140th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.153
in 2022
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Morocco, 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 Morocco stood at 0.1856.
The figure is up 21.4% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Morocco peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.153, in 2022.
That places Morocco 140th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.7641 | -23.6% |
| 1963 | 0.6859 | -10.2% |
| 1964 | 0.6715 | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 0.6208 | -7.6% |
| 1966 | 0.7547 | +21.6% |
| 1967 | 0.7261 | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 0.4867 | -33.0% |
| 1969 | 0.6514 | +33.9% |
| 1970 | 0.6433 | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.533 | -17.1% |
| 1972 | 0.5908 | +10.8% |
| 1973 | 0.6524 | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 0.5489 | -15.9% |
| 1975 | 0.6074 | +10.7% |
| 1976 | 0.529 | -12.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6971 | +31.8% |
| 1978 | 0.5756 | -17.4% |
| 1979 | 0.5438 | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5589 | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 0.6766 | +21.1% |
| 1982 | 0.5119 | -24.3% |
| 1983 | 0.6051 | +18.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5577 | -7.8% |
| 1985 | 0.4897 | -12.2% |
| 1986 | 0.3991 | -18.5% |
| 1987 | 0.4751 | +19.1% |
| 1988 | 0.385 | -19.0% |
| 1989 | 0.3601 | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 0.4098 | +13.8% |
| 1991 | 0.3444 | -16.0% |
| 1992 | 0.5054 | +46.7% |
| 1993 | 0.4982 | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.3637 | -27.0% |
| 1995 | 0.5818 | +60.0% |
| 1996 | 0.3221 | -44.6% |
| 1997 | 0.4137 | +28.4% |
| 1998 | 0.3417 | -17.4% |
| 1999 | 0.3792 | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4432 | +16.9% |
| 2001 | 0.3762 | -15.1% |
| 2002 | 0.3371 | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 0.2938 | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 0.2662 | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2956 | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 0.2317 | -21.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3016 | +30.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2657 | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 0.2128 | -19.9% |
| 2010 | 0.2041 | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.2007 | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.224 | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2047 | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 0.1902 | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1733 | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2392 | +38.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2 | -16.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1709 | -14.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1628 | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.1959 | +20.4% |
| 2021 | 0.153 | -21.9% |
| 2022 | 0.153 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1856 | +21.4% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 0.1856 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 63% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 0.1856 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2216, 84% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7068 | 0.4867 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5921 | 0.529 | 0.6971 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5019 | 0.3601 | 0.6766 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.416 | 0.3221 | 0.5818 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3024 | 0.2128 | 0.4432 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.197 | 0.1628 | 0.2392 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1719 | 0.153 | 0.1959 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More reference data data for Morocco
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4441 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 8.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4159 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 21.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 38.3 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.42 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Morocco?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Morocco was 0.1856 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.153 in 2022.
- How does Morocco rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Morocco ranks 140th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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).