Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Niue
Niue: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.3769 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Niue, 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
Niue recorded 0.3769 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Niue peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.3763, in 2022.
That places Niue 87th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Niue, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.8955 | -10.4% |
| 1963 | 0.7107 | -20.6% |
| 1964 | 0.5968 | -16.0% |
| 1965 | 0.6826 | +14.4% |
| 1966 | 0.7047 | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 0.7353 | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 0.7609 | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 0.7301 | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 0.6359 | -12.9% |
| 1971 | 0.5986 | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 0.6188 | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.5876 | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 0.4976 | -15.3% |
| 1975 | 0.5116 | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 0.558 | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 0.4868 | -12.8% |
| 1978 | 0.4796 | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.4354 | -9.2% |
| 1980 | 0.4636 | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 0.4396 | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 0.4458 | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.43 | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 0.4377 | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.4316 | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.4189 | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 0.4024 | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 0.3955 | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.3845 | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 0.6163 | +60.3% |
| 1991 | 0.5356 | -13.1% |
| 1992 | 0.5074 | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.4816 | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4725 | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.4613 | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.4461 | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.4378 | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.4305 | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.4239 | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.4486 | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 0.4479 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.4456 | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.4356 | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.437 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4384 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4391 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4315 | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.4317 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4257 | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4162 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.4182 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.412 | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4145 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4103 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4306 | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 0.4172 | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4134 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.4108 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4098 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.41 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3765 | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3763 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.3769 | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Niue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +60.3% | 0.3845 | 0.6163 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7574 | 0.5968 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.541 | 0.4354 | 0.6359 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.425 | 0.3845 | 0.4636 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4813 | 0.4239 | 0.6163 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4381 | 0.4257 | 0.4486 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4153 | 0.4098 | 0.4306 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3849 | 0.3763 | 0.41 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Niue
More reference data data for Niue
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0004 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0004 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 2.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Enteric Fermentation 0.5082 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 0.4045 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Niue?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Niue was 0.3769 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 Niue?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Niue?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3763 in 2022.
- How does Niue rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Niue ranks 87th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Niue?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niue 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).