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
Latest (2023)
0.736
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
35th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.5292
in 1979
Years of data
63
1961–2023
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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Panama, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9914 | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.9566 | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 0.9242 | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 0.8903 | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 0.8969 | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 0.8344 | -7.0% |
| 1968 | 0.6315 | -24.3% |
| 1969 | 0.5994 | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 0.6447 | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 0.6165 | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 0.6383 | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 0.6218 | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6043 | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 0.5839 | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.5902 | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.5463 | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 0.5324 | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 0.5292 | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.5758 | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 0.5786 | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.5821 | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.5956 | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 0.6027 | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.6062 | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.678 | +11.8% |
| 1987 | 0.5725 | -15.6% |
| 1988 | 0.5935 | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 0.5866 | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.6105 | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 0.7166 | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 0.6837 | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 0.6956 | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.6628 | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 0.6895 | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6871 | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.7795 | +13.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8139 | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7608 | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 0.8231 | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 0.829 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8064 | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.7691 | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8052 | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8036 | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7319 | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6977 | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7288 | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8366 | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9175 | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9163 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9199 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8891 | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8724 | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8921 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8629 | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.837 | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7838 | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 0.7318 | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6865 | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6585 | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7166 | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 0.736 | +2.7% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 0.736 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.5062, 1.5× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Panama's 0.736 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 1.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More reference data data for Panama
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1446 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6179 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9793 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0285 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.9793 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4849 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1553 (2050)
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).