Africa | Arable land (hectares)
Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source
Africa | Arable land (hectares)
1960
1961 154795000
1962 155534000
1963 157405000
1964 158415000
1965 159823000
1966 160648000
1967 161402000
1968 163015000
1969 164293000
1970 164815000
1971 166833000
1972 166985000
1973 167131000
1974 166807000
1975 168454000
1976 169602000
1977 169633000
1978 170996000
1979 170905000
1980 171009000
1981 170846000
1982 171557000
1983 172110000
1984 172985000
1985 175493000
1986 176509000
1987 176840000
1988 178114000
1989 179492000
1990 181175000
1991 182923000
1992 185421000
1993 189269000
1994 190151000
1995 193032000
1996 193843000
1997 194725000
1998 196610000
1999 197594000
2000 197221000
2001 199503000
2002 202198000
2003 208152700
2004 208487000
2005 214196000
2006 216794300
2007 219134800
2008 224912700
2009 223425400
2010 227409100
2011 228205500
2012
Africa | Arable land (hectares)
Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source