Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Uganda
Uganda: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.5895 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 0.5895, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Uganda peaked at 1.17 in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.5856, in 1975.
Uganda ranks 52nd 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9997 | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.9027 | -9.7% |
| 1964 | 1.01 | +11.7% |
| 1965 | 1.17 | +15.8% |
| 1966 | 1.12 | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 0.9499 | -15.2% |
| 1968 | 0.8937 | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 0.7742 | -13.4% |
| 1970 | 0.6116 | -21.0% |
| 1971 | 0.6371 | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 0.6356 | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.6343 | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.6078 | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 0.5856 | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6481 | +10.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6395 | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.6534 | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 0.9343 | +43.0% |
| 1980 | 0.9469 | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.8881 | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 0.8087 | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 0.8505 | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 0.9514 | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 0.9474 | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.9459 | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.893 | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8561 | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8111 | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 0.7927 | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.7947 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.816 | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 0.7612 | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7514 | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.721 | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7271 | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.7213 | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.6707 | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 0.6392 | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 0.6581 | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.6285 | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6272 | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6574 | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.6715 | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.6817 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7143 | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 0.7029 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 1 | +42.3% |
| 2009 | 0.976 | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9697 | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9799 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9894 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9599 | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9208 | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9051 | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 1.03 | +14.2% |
| 2017 | 0.906 | -12.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7795 | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 0.7674 | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6324 | -17.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6236 | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5868 | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 0.5895 | +0.5% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 0.5895 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.4868, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 0.5895 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 1.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +43.0% | 0.6534 | 0.9343 |
| 2008 | +42.3% | 0.7029 | 1 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9796 | 0.7742 | 1.17 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6587 | 0.5856 | 0.9343 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8899 | 0.8087 | 0.9514 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7395 | 0.6392 | 0.816 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7318 | 0.6272 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9211 | 0.7674 | 1.03 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6081 | 0.5868 | 0.6324 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More reference data data for Uganda
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4214 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 4.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 5.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 29.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 42.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.29 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Uganda?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Uganda was 0.5895 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 in 1965.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5856 in 1975.
- How does Uganda rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Uganda ranks 52nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).