Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Taiwan

Taiwan: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.7349 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.7349
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
36th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.09
in 1963
All-time low
0.5591
in 1999
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Taiwan, 1961–2023

00.250.50.751196119922023

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

Taiwan recorded 0.7349 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Taiwan peaked at 1.09 in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.5591, in 1999.

Taiwan ranks 36th 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.9048 0.767 1.09 9
1970s 0.7238 0.6743 0.7603 10
1980s 0.6541 0.61 0.6816 10
1990s 0.5964 0.5591 0.6445 10
2000s 0.6284 0.5756 0.685 10
2010s 0.6588 0.6239 0.71 10
2020s 0.7106 0.6745 0.7349 4

Countries ranked near Taiwan

  1. 33 Germany 0.7532 compare
  2. 34 Somalia 0.7485 compare
  3. 35 Panama 0.736 compare
  4. 37 Poland 0.7275 compare
  5. 38 Haiti 0.722 compare
  6. 39 Jamaica 0.7152 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Taiwan?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Taiwan was 0.7349 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 Taiwan?
The highest recorded value was 1.09 in 1963.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Taiwan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5591 in 1999.
How does Taiwan rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Taiwan ranks 36th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Taiwan?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Taiwan 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

Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
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
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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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).