Sub-Saharan Africa excluding 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
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | Agricultural land (% of land area)
1960
46.22934255 1961
46.30264572 1962
46.3628854 1963
46.42507077 1964
46.49089375 1965
46.55632496 1966
46.59615723 1967
46.63253403 1968
46.72491327 1969
46.76239539 1970
46.83563386 1971
46.87351353 1972
46.90753101 1973
46.9363949 1974
46.99912846 1975
47.04589511 1976
47.09459558 1977
47.16232611 1978
47.16894018 1979
47.16511196 1980
47.17997827 1981
47.23013588 1982
47.27800212 1983
47.33021276 1984
47.5700177 1985
47.79857199 1986
47.93545489 1987
48.19201898 1988
48.35654902 1989
48.40714326 1990
48.45676142 1991
48.56818387 1992
48.24526695 1993
48.3982377 1994
48.57478479 1995
48.46161085 1996
48.49853778 1997
48.89695022 1998
49.0772659 1999
49.25280089 2000
49.44560945 2001
49.81652916 2002
50.08694989 2003
50.26995975 2004
50.7383034 2005
51.04031122 2006
51.11779795 2007
51.25857042 2008
51.01684974 2009
51.34763658 2010
51.37185178 2011
2012
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding 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
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
Records
53
Source