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. 2010 Dec 15;5(12):e14327. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014327

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.