Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 1.74 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.74
Change on year
up 6.1%
World rank
10th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.8
in 2013
All-time low
0.8972
in 2006
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2023

00.511.52196119922023

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 Trinidad and Tobago is 1.74, measured in 2023.

The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 1.8 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.8972, in 2006.

Trinidad and Tobago ranks 10th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.01 0.9473 1.09 9
1970s 1.26 0.9605 1.54 10
1980s 1.28 1.14 1.44 10
1990s 1.14 1.01 1.24 10
2000s 1.17 0.8972 1.73 10
2010s 1.72 1.62 1.8 10
2020s 1.65 1.61 1.74 4

Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago

  1. 7 Saint Lucia 2.35 compare
  2. 8 Barbados 2.17 compare
  3. 9 Maldives 1.91 compare
  4. 11 French Polynesia 1.6 compare
  5. 12 Norway 1.59 compare
  6. 13 Samoa 1.41 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Trinidad and Tobago?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Trinidad and Tobago was 1.74 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
The highest recorded value was 1.8 in 2013.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8972 in 2006.
How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 10th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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).