Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | Arable land (% of land area)
1960
1961 5.69416642
1962 5.73494714
1963 5.81659335
1964 5.85614471
1965 5.90180046
1966 5.92710824
1967 5.95521387
1968 6.02189585
1969 6.074631
1970 6.09260504
1971 6.13296184
1972 6.16916426
1973 6.16988492
1974 6.15324457
1975 6.2039662
1976 6.2422895
1977 6.2477582
1978 6.30626059
1979 6.31503595
1980 6.32686361
1981 6.31253476
1982 6.33979348
1983 6.37341116
1984 6.3968969
1985 6.50360016
1986 6.5417115
1987 6.54573884
1988 6.59898449
1989 6.64570162
1990 6.70903681
1991 6.77567866
1992 6.84867946
1993 6.99302774
1994 7.03376745
1995 7.16154006
1996 7.18146478
1997 7.21771083
1998 7.30249689
1999 7.34476275
2000 7.34166806
2001 7.45485746
2002 7.57122634
2003 7.79828343
2004 7.84894311
2005 8.11356043
2006 8.22471496
2007 8.32694576
2008 8.56380412
2009 8.50349155
2010 8.6693543
2011 8.69738457
2012

Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source