Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.8616 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Solomon Islands, 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
Solomon Islands recorded 0.8616 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Solomon Islands peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.481, in 1997.
Solomon Islands ranks 26th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9478 | 0.8891 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7827 | 0.7118 | 0.8186 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6243 | 0.5578 | 0.698 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5336 | 0.481 | 0.5907 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5878 | 0.5274 | 0.66 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8372 | 0.7806 | 0.9027 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8536 | 0.8316 | 0.8793 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 23 Cape Verde 0.9671 compare
- 24 El Salvador 0.921 compare
- 25 Sierra Leone 0.8698 compare
- 27 Austria 0.8307 compare
- 28 Zimbabwe 0.8285 compare
More reference data data for Solomon Islands
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.5032 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.3882 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.2159 °C (2026)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.4206 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 164.87 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.6447 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Democracy 6 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Solomon Islands?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Solomon Islands was 0.8616 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.481 in 1997.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Solomon Islands ranks 26th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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).