Africa | Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land 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 (% of land area)
1960
1961 5.26885633
1962 5.29401015
1963 5.35769457
1964 5.39207259
1965 5.43999758
1966 5.46807863
1967 5.49374301
1968 5.54864573
1969 5.59214583
1970 5.60991348
1971 5.67860143
1972 5.68377515
1973 5.68875239
1974 5.67780149
1975 5.73394039
1976 5.77301671
1977 5.77407191
1978 5.82046654
1979 5.81736903
1980 5.82090904
1981 5.81536075
1982 5.8395622
1983 5.85838555
1984 5.88816934
1985 5.97353818
1986 6.00812141
1987 6.01938819
1988 6.06275338
1989 6.10965859
1990 6.16694557
1991 6.22644507
1992 6.31147352
1993 6.4424541
1994 6.47247616
1995 6.5705414
1996 6.59814671
1997 6.62816877
1998 6.69233155
1999 6.72582555
2000 6.71312915
2001 6.79080526
2002 6.88253932
2003 7.08522904
2004 7.09660815
2005 7.29093459
2006 7.37937711
2007 7.45904449
2008 7.65571618
2009 7.60509056
2010 7.74069018
2011 7.76779853
2012

Africa | Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land 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