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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9418 | -5.8% |
| 1963 | 0.9325 | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 0.8882 | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 0.8616 | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 0.8445 | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 0.832 | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 0.8183 | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 0.8038 | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.7983 | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.7859 | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 0.7749 | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.755 | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 0.7472 | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7276 | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 0.725 | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.706 | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 0.699 | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6857 | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.6785 | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.6601 | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.6484 | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.6339 | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.6127 | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 0.6513 | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 0.6108 | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 0.6142 | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.5823 | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 0.5541 | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 0.541 | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.5274 | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7437 | +41.0% |
| 1993 | 0.6458 | -13.2% |
| 1994 | 0.5808 | -10.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6866 | +18.2% |
| 1996 | 0.6194 | -9.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4857 | -21.6% |
| 1998 | 0.5085 | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 0.5545 | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4777 | -13.8% |
| 2001 | 0.4505 | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 0.468 | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4413 | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3778 | -14.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3804 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3317 | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3512 | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3578 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.356 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.337 | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3321 | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.308 | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3369 | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3048 | -9.5% |
| 2015 | 0.2972 | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3199 | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 0.2835 | -11.4% |
| 2018 | 0.2747 | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3046 | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 0.2581 | -15.3% |
| 2021 | 0.2626 | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2606 | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.2735 | +4.9% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.2735 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 92% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.2735 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 71% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +41.0% | 0.5274 | 0.7437 |
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 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More reference data data for Namibia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0579 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.52 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0157 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.194 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1306 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.82 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0853 (2050)
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).