Table 1. Change in the mass of crop production between 2000 and 2015 assuming country-level crop mixes in 2015 mimic those observed in 2000.
Country scenario | Regional scenario | ||||||||
HDI Country Group | No. of countries | Net change in million harvested km2 | Change in production (million Mg) | Change in prod. /change in harvested km2 (Mg/km2) | % of countries where new cropland is, on average, more productive than 2000 cropland | Net change in million harvested km2 | Change in production (million Mg) | Change in prod. /change in harvested km2 (Mg/km2) | % of countries where new cropland is, on average, more productive than 2000 cropland |
Low | 26 | 0.25 | 49 | 194 | 0.16 | 0.28 | 68 | 243 | 0.38 |
Medium | 78 | 0.33 | 359 | 1,102 | 0.33 | 0.15 | 228 | 1,520 | 0.68 |
High | 73 | −0.05 | 215 | NA | 0.39 | 0.26 | 368 | 1,443 | 0.59 |
Note: Countries that do not have a 2006 HDI are not included in this table.