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
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.
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
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.484 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.3971 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.06 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Democracy 0 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 0 (2025)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.6624 °C (2025)
- Free country 0 (2025)
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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About this data
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).