Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Turkey
Turkey: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2017 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Turkey, 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
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Turkey stood at 0.2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Turkey peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1976, in 2022.
Turkey ranks 132nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 0.913 | 0.8132 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7082 | 0.612 | 0.8392 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5265 | 0.4546 | 0.6005 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4079 | 0.3532 | 0.4464 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3276 | 0.285 | 0.3708 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2448 | 0.2173 | 0.278 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2045 | 0.1976 | 0.2124 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Turkey?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Turkey was 0.2017 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 Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1976 in 2022.
- How does Turkey rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Turkey ranks 132nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey 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).