Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria
Records
53
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Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | Agricultural land (% of land area)
1960
1961 43.67498564
1962 43.74560818
1963 43.80387684
1964 43.8607078
1965 43.92287478
1966 43.9946726
1967 44.02974411
1968 44.07456963
1969 44.12495107
1970 44.14680857
1971 44.23589225
1972 44.28016603
1973 44.31804656
1974 44.34913895
1975 44.4083172
1976 44.44963569
1977 44.48455857
1978 44.56346216
1979 44.56334668
1980 44.55198517
1981 44.5682187
1982 44.60372851
1983 44.63863726
1984 44.67512195
1985 44.92988535
1986 45.14901742
1987 45.2881527
1988 45.55126243
1989 45.71626691
1990 45.75242112
1991 45.77631433
1992 45.88999599
1993 45.47794644
1994 45.64260861
1995 45.82845137
1996 45.9341146
1997 46.14091009
1998 46.35151984
1999 46.55037541
2000 46.74268165
2001 46.96143844
2002 47.12316043
2003 47.42490051
2004 47.54959182
2005 47.82271751
2006 47.95503755
2007 48.04749706
2008 48.35698809
2009 48.46362501
2010 48.57249044
2011 48.60249004
2012
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 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 and Nigeria
Records
53
Source