Arable land pin in Somalia

Somalia: Arable land pin was 0.7485 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.7485
Change on year
down 8.1%
World rank
34th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.4758
in 1989
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land pin in Somalia, 1961–2023

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Somalia recorded 0.7485 for arable land pin in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land pin in Somalia peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.4758, in 1989.

Somalia ranks 34th 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.

Arable land pin in Somalia, year by year

Annual values for Arable land pin in Somalia, 1961 to 2023.
Year Value Change
1961 1 —
1962 0.9887 -1.1%
1963 0.9626 -2.6%
1964 0.9325 -3.1%
1965 0.8764 -6.0%
1966 0.8528 -2.7%
1967 0.8308 -2.6%
1968 0.8427 +1.4%
1969 0.8046 -4.5%
1970 0.7342 -8.8%
1971 0.7596 +3.5%
1972 0.6553 -13.7%
1973 0.7488 +14.3%
1974 0.7613 +1.7%
1975 0.75 -1.5%
1976 0.7518 +0.2%
1977 0.7806 +3.8%
1978 0.7931 +1.6%
1979 0.7908 -0.3%
1980 0.7812 -1.2%
1981 0.6572 -15.9%
1982 0.6035 -8.2%
1983 0.6873 +13.9%
1984 0.6264 -8.9%
1985 0.5592 -10.7%
1986 0.5554 -0.7%
1987 0.5224 -5.9%
1988 0.4958 -5.1%
1989 0.4758 -4.1%
1990 0.5887 +23.7%
1991 0.759 +28.9%
1992 0.9425 +24.2%
1993 0.9071 -3.8%
1994 0.7256 -20.0%
1995 0.7985 +10.1%
1996 0.8047 +0.8%
1997 0.7887 -2.0%
1998 0.9052 +14.8%
1999 0.8007 -11.5%
2000 0.7233 -9.7%
2001 0.6797 -6.0%
2002 0.6599 -2.9%
2003 0.684 +3.7%
2004 0.7156 +4.6%
2005 0.7111 -0.6%
2006 0.731 +2.8%
2007 0.7347 +0.5%
2008 0.7846 +6.8%
2009 0.7777 -0.9%
2010 0.6912 -11.1%
2011 0.7741 +12.0%
2012 0.6109 -21.1%
2013 0.6798 +11.3%
2014 0.7333 +7.9%
2015 0.7024 -4.2%
2016 0.7975 +13.5%
2017 0.732 -8.2%
2018 0.7035 -3.9%
2019 0.7213 +2.5%
2020 0.811 +12.4%
2021 0.8824 +8.8%
2022 0.8142 -7.7%
2023 0.7485 -8.1%

Somalia compared with similar countries

  • Somalia's 0.7485 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.4868, 1.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
  • Somalia's 0.7485 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 1.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.899 0.8046 1 9
1970s 0.7526 0.6553 0.7931 10
1980s 0.5964 0.4758 0.7812 10
1990s 0.8021 0.5887 0.9425 10
2000s 0.7202 0.6599 0.7846 10
2010s 0.7146 0.6109 0.7975 10
2020s 0.814 0.7485 0.8824 4

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 31 Gabon 0.7638 compare
  2. 32 Lesotho 0.7618 compare
  3. 33 Germany 0.7532 compare
  4. 35 Panama 0.736 compare
  5. 36 Taiwan 0.7349 compare
  6. 37 Poland 0.7275 compare

See the full ranking of 163 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land pin in Somalia?
Arable land pin in Somalia was 0.7485 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest arable land pin recorded in Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land pin recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4758 in 1989.
How does Somalia rank for arable land pin?
Somalia ranks 34th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land pin rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Somalia data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land pin. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Arable land pin
Source
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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