Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Portugal
Portugal: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.3471 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Portugal, 1961–2017
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
The most recent figure for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Portugal is 0.3471, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
The figure is down 19.3% on the previous year and down 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Portugal peaked at 1.39 in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.3471, in 2017.
That places Portugal 91st out of 163 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9368 | 0.8344 | 1.12 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.03 | 0.8927 | 1.27 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.11 | 0.9358 | 1.39 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.921 | 0.7183 | 1.08 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6758 | 0.5553 | 0.8506 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4729 | 0.3471 | 0.5444 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Portugal?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Portugal was 0.3471 in 2017, 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.39 in 1988.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3471 in 2017.
- How does Portugal rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Portugal ranks 91st out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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).