Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Somalia
Somalia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Somalia, 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
Somalia recorded 0.7485 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Somalia, year by year
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Somalia
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.4444 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3652 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 41.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 234.3 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 43.31 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 96.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Enteric Fermentation 28,272 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 71.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 1,010 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2685 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Somalia?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Somalia was 0.7485 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4758 in 1989.
- How does Somalia rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Somalia ranks 34th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 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).