Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 1.18 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in New Caledonia, 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 New Caledonia stood at 1.18.
That represents a change of down 6.4% on the previous year and down 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in New Caledonia peaked at 2.3 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.8877, in 1964.
New Caledonia ranks 16th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9839 | 0.8877 | 1.06 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.18 | 0.9836 | 1.33 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.56 | 1.09 | 1.94 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.04 | 1.64 | 2.3 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.77 | 1.6 | 1.99 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 | 1.02 | 1.82 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 | 1 | 1.26 | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 13 Samoa 1.41 compare
- 14 Switzerland 1.34 compare
- 15 Faroe Islands 1.24 compare
- 17 Papua New Guinea 1.15 compare
- 18 Mauritius 1.08 compare
- 19 Antigua and Barbuda 1.08 compare
More reference data data for New Caledonia
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.3959 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.3994 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.4653 °C (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.02 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.4155 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 106.96 2010 = 100 (2016)
- Precipitation anomalies 493 millimeters (2025)
- Annual precipitation 1,856 millimeters (2025)
- Share of men and women expected to survive to the age of 65 90.0% (2024)
- Milk production 344 tonnes (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in New Caledonia?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in New Caledonia was 1.18 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 New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3 in 1991.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8877 in 1964.
- How does New Caledonia rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- New Caledonia ranks 16th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).