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
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Taiwan, 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
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).