Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Togo
Togo: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.328 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.328
Change on year
down 2.8%
World rank
97th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.328
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Togo, 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
The most recent figure for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Togo is 0.328, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Togo peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.328, in 2023.
Togo ranks 97th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Togo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.973 | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 0.9122 | -6.3% |
| 1964 | 0.8783 | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 0.8653 | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 0.8575 | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 0.8469 | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 0.812 | -4.1% |
| 1969 | 0.8115 | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.7598 | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 0.7584 | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 0.8139 | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 0.8032 | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.8154 | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 0.7735 | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 0.8173 | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 0.8401 | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.8486 | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7884 | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 0.7657 | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7627 | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.7808 | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 0.8442 | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8048 | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7058 | -12.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7031 | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.6891 | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.6834 | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.6295 | -7.9% |
| 1990 | 0.6142 | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.6397 | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.6692 | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 0.5777 | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 0.5662 | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.5702 | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.4722 | -17.2% |
| 1997 | 0.4687 | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.4789 | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4829 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5312 | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 0.4767 | -10.3% |
| 2002 | 0.4808 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.4967 | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4818 | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5157 | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4961 | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 0.4853 | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.453 | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4254 | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4208 | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3735 | -11.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4172 | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4706 | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3948 | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4156 | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4016 | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.383 | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 0.3635 | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 0.359 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3602 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.3504 | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3373 | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.328 | -2.8% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 0.328 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Togo's 0.328 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 85% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8841 | 0.8115 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8019 | 0.7584 | 0.8486 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7369 | 0.6295 | 0.8442 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.554 | 0.4687 | 0.6692 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4843 | 0.4254 | 0.5312 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4 | 0.359 | 0.4706 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.344 | 0.328 | 0.3602 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 94 Afghanistan 0.3342 compare
- 95 Australia 0.3331 compare
- 96 Senegal 0.3294 compare
- 98 Nicaragua 0.314 compare
- 99 Dominican Republic 0.3111 compare
- 100 United States 0.3106 compare
More reference data data for Togo
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2131 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.9469 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7145 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.8422 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.5505 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Togo?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Togo was 0.328 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.328 in 2023.
- How does Togo rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Togo ranks 97th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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).