Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Philippines
Philippines: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2893 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Philippines, 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 Philippines stood at 0.2893.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Philippines peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2864, in 2021.
Philippines ranks 109th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8813 | 0.7905 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.637 | 0.5427 | 0.7389 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.516 | 0.4935 | 0.5446 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4264 | 0.3893 | 0.4594 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3334 | 0.3081 | 0.3749 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2999 | 0.2919 | 0.3089 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2896 | 0.2864 | 0.2923 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Philippines?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Philippines was 0.2893 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2864 in 2021.
- How does Philippines rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Philippines ranks 109th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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).