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

00.20.40.60.81196119922023

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 32 Lesotho 0.7618 compare
  2. 33 Germany 0.7532 compare
  3. 34 Somalia 0.7485 compare
  4. 36 Taiwan 0.7349 compare
  5. 37 Poland 0.7275 compare
  6. 38 Haiti 0.722 compare

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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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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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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).