Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Panama
Panama: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.736 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Panama, 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 Panama stood at 0.736.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Panama peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.5292, in 1979.
That places Panama 35th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8583 | 0.5994 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5908 | 0.5292 | 0.6447 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5971 | 0.5725 | 0.678 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.71 | 0.6105 | 0.8139 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7831 | 0.6977 | 0.8366 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8623 | 0.7318 | 0.9199 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6994 | 0.6585 | 0.736 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Panama?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Panama was 0.736 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5292 in 1979.
- How does Panama rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Panama ranks 35th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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).