South Africa | Agricultural land (% of land area)
Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
53
Source
South Africa | Agricultural land (% of land area)
1960
1961 83.53460996
1962 82.54540059
1963 81.60565168
1964 80.57934696
1965 79.63959805
1966 79.50358176
1967 79.28513136
1968 79.12850654
1969 78.96363831
1970 78.79877008
1971 78.63390185
1972 78.47315533
1973 78.3041654
1974 78.15166228
1975 77.97030723
1976 77.80296598
1977 77.75185683
1978 77.71888318
1979 77.6611793
1980 77.61996225
1981 77.57050178
1982 77.51527092
1983 77.51527092
1984 77.51527092
1985 77.51527092
1986 77.81780412
1987 78.02388941
1988 78.22997469
1989 78.55971115
1990 78.80701349
1991 79.14087166
1992 79.52666331
1993 79.90833326
1994 80.1795415
1995 80.38974849
1996 80.69475472
1997 80.74009348
1998 80.77554015
1999 80.83324403
2000 80.88847489
2001 80.79614868
2002 80.8085138
2003 80.72607968
2004 80.46229051
2005 80.35924787
2006 79.86876489
2007 79.87041357
2008 80.05011994
2009 79.951199
2010 79.87123791
2011 79.44505354
2012
South Africa | Agricultural land (% of land area)
Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
53
Source