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

Latest (2023)
0.3769
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
87th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.3763
in 2022
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Niue, 1961–2023

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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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 84 Mali 0.3931 compare
  2. 85 Ghana 0.3818 compare
  3. 86 Kiribati 0.3788 compare
  4. 88 South Korea 0.3518 compare
  5. 89 Botswana 0.3512 compare
  6. 90 Spain 0.3471 compare

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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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About this data

Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
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
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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