Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Venezuela

Venezuela: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2979 in 2014. ▼ Falling

Latest (2014)
0.2979
Change on year
down 2.9%
World rank
104th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.2925
in 2011
Years of data
54
1961–2014

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Venezuela, 1961–2014

0.20.40.60.81196119872014

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 2014, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Venezuela stood at 0.2979.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Venezuela peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2925, in 2011.

Venezuela ranks 104th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.8655 0.7436 1 9
1970s 0.6737 0.5988 0.7382 10
1980s 0.545 0.4569 0.6012 10
1990s 0.3929 0.3388 0.4606 10
2000s 0.3289 0.3133 0.3531 10
2010s 0.3079 0.2925 0.3296 5

Countries ranked near Venezuela

  1. 101 Cote d'Ivoire 0.308 compare
  2. 102 Comoros 0.3043 compare
  3. 103 Brazil 0.3019 compare
  4. 105 Angola 0.2966 compare
  5. 106 Peru 0.2962 compare
  6. 107 Jordan 0.2937 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Venezuela?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Venezuela was 0.2979 in 2014, 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 Venezuela?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Venezuela?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2925 in 2011.
How does Venezuela rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Venezuela ranks 104th out of 163 countries with data for 2014.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Venezuela?
Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Venezuela 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).