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
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Trinidad and Tobago, 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 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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 1.09 | +8.6% |
| 1963 | 1.02 | -6.0% |
| 1964 | 1.06 | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 0.9597 | -9.5% |
| 1966 | 1.02 | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 1.04 | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.9473 | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 0.9872 | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 0.9605 | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 1.07 | +11.2% |
| 1972 | 0.9921 | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 1.37 | +37.9% |
| 1974 | 1.39 | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 1.34 | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 1.16 | -12.9% |
| 1977 | 1.33 | +14.1% |
| 1978 | 1.54 | +15.9% |
| 1979 | 1.49 | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 1.43 | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 1.43 | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 1.3 | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 1.3 | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 1.44 | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 1.24 | -13.8% |
| 1986 | 1.18 | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 1.17 | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 1.15 | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 1.14 | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 1.01 | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 1.16 | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 1.17 | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 1.21 | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 1.1 | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 1.16 | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 1.13 | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 1.03 | -9.5% |
| 1998 | 1.24 | +20.5% |
| 1999 | 1.15 | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 1.07 | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 1.1 | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9101 | -17.3% |
| 2003 | 1.18 | +29.2% |
| 2004 | 1.14 | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 1.17 | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8972 | -23.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9253 | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 1.59 | +71.8% |
| 2009 | 1.73 | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 1.79 | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 1.77 | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.76 | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.8 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.75 | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.7 | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 1.68 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.66 | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.62 | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 1.68 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 1.63 | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 1.61 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 1.64 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.74 | +6.1% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 1.74 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.5062, 3.4× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 1.74 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 3.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Trinidad and Tobago changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +71.8% | 0.9253 | 1.59 |
| 1973 | +37.9% | 0.9921 | 1.37 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More reference data data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0696 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0589 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0005 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2333 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0945 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3189 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7976 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0027 (2050)
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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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).