Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South 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
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | Arable land (% of land area)
1960
1961 5.46465112
1962 5.50558032
1963 5.58953651
1964 5.6289928
1965 5.67483172
1966 5.70031763
1967 5.72901717
1968 5.7974408
1969 5.8511799
1970 5.86831928
1971 5.90924849
1972 5.94558041
1973 5.94455383
1974 5.92524391
1975 5.97685895
1976 6.01533467
1977 6.02296732
1978 6.0863496
1979 6.0978209
1980 6.11205959
1981 6.09875824
1982 6.1294674
1983 6.16486327
1984 6.18959128
1985 6.30193859
1986 6.33113014
1987 6.33760228
1988 6.39143257
1989 6.43615725
1990 6.498379
1991 6.56408231
1992 6.62920536
1993 6.7694498
1994 6.81127317
1995 6.9435725
1996 6.95785583
1997 6.99378733
1998 7.08305814
1999 7.12488151
2000 7.11930208
2001 7.24414731
2002 7.36600195
2003 7.60953271
2004 7.67626264
2005 7.96045625
2006 8.10315563
2007 8.2107939
2008 8.45129838
2009 8.39408918
2010 8.57430462
2011 8.62613525
2012
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South 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
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
Records
53
Source