Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Namibia
Namibia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2735 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Namibia, 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 Namibia stood at 0.2735.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Namibia peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2581, in 2020.
Namibia ranks 113th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8803 | 0.8038 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7405 | 0.6857 | 0.7983 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6246 | 0.5541 | 0.6785 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5893 | 0.4857 | 0.7437 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3992 | 0.3317 | 0.4777 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3099 | 0.2747 | 0.337 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2637 | 0.2581 | 0.2735 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Namibia?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Namibia was 0.2735 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2581 in 2020.
- How does Namibia rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Namibia ranks 113th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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).