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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 1.04 | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 1 | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 0.8877 | -11.3% |
| 1965 | 0.8922 | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.8904 | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 1.04 | +17.0% |
| 1968 | 1.05 | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 1.06 | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 1.24 | +17.8% |
| 1971 | 1.14 | -8.4% |
| 1972 | 1.05 | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 0.9836 | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 1.17 | +19.3% |
| 1975 | 1.14 | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 1.17 | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 1.29 | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 1.33 | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 1.32 | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 1.09 | -17.3% |
| 1981 | 1.28 | +17.3% |
| 1982 | 1.33 | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 1.13 | -14.9% |
| 1984 | 1.83 | +61.5% |
| 1985 | 1.73 | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 1.7 | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 1.79 | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 1.94 | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 1.8 | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 2.02 | +12.3% |
| 1991 | 2.3 | +13.9% |
| 1992 | 2.29 | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 2 | -12.3% |
| 1994 | 1.74 | -13.4% |
| 1995 | 1.64 | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 1.95 | +18.9% |
| 1997 | 2.17 | +11.6% |
| 1998 | 2.12 | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 2.15 | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1.99 | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 1.88 | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 1.8 | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 1.92 | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 1.66 | -13.5% |
| 2005 | 1.64 | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 1.6 | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 1.7 | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 1.65 | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 1.84 | +11.6% |
| 2010 | 1.82 | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 1.77 | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 1.44 | -18.8% |
| 2013 | 1.66 | +15.3% |
| 2014 | 1.56 | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 1.09 | -30.3% |
| 2016 | 1.02 | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 1.06 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 1.02 | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 1.02 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.12 | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 1.26 | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 1.18 | -6.4% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 1.18 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.5062, 2.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 1.18 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4156, 2.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in New Caledonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +61.5% | 1.13 | 1.83 |
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
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0675 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0244 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Enteric 223.47 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 260.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 36.97 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0036 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 7.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 9.3 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 1.32 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 101.22 (2050)
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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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).