Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Eastern Africa

Agricultural land share in Eastern Africa in 2023 — 49.02%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 6.58 pp.

2023 49.02% +0.01 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 49.06%2021
Period minimum 42.45%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Eastern Africa, 1961–2023424446485019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 42.45%1963: 42.81%1965: 43.07%1967: 43.16%1969: 43.38%1971: 43.95%1973: 44.13%1975: 44.42%1977: 44.56%1979: 44.72%1981: 45.07%1983: 45.32%1985: 45.88%1987: 46.07%1989: 46.39%1991: 46.49%1993: 44.58%1995: 44.97%1997: 45.36%1999: 46.09%2001: 46.66%2003: 47.19%2005: 46.74%2007: 47.37%2009: 47.83%2011: 48.33%2013: 48.31%2015: 48.51%2017: 48.68%2019: 48.91%2021: 49.06%2023: 49.02%
Change over the period: +6.58 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa 49.02%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 49.02 +0.01 pp
2022 49.01 −0.04 pp
2021 49.06 +0.06 pp
2020 48.99 +0.08 pp
2019 48.91 +0.08 pp
2018 48.83 +0.15 pp
2017 48.68 +0.05 pp
2016 48.63 +0.12 pp
2015 48.51 +0.09 pp
2014 48.41 +0.1 pp
2013 48.31 +0.18 pp
2012 48.14 −0.19 pp
2011 48.33 +0.33 pp
2010 48 +0.18 pp
2009 47.83 +0.29 pp
2008 47.54 +0.18 pp
2007 47.37 +0.26 pp
2006 47.11 +0.36 pp
2005 46.74 +0.23 pp
2004 46.51 −0.68 pp
2003 47.19 +0.4 pp
2002 46.79 +0.12 pp
2001 46.66 +0.21 pp
2000 46.46 +0.36 pp
1999 46.09 +0.43 pp
1998 45.66 +0.3 pp
1997 45.36 +0.3 pp
1996 45.06 +0.09 pp
1995 44.97 +0.19 pp
1994 44.78 +0.2 pp
1993 44.58 −2.08 pp
1992 46.67 +0.18 pp
1991 46.49 +0.23 pp
1990 46.26 −0.13 pp
1989 46.39 +0.2 pp
1988 46.19 +0.12 pp
1987 46.07 +0.05 pp
1986 46.02 +0.14 pp
1985 45.88 +0.46 pp
1984 45.42 +0.1 pp
1983 45.32 +0.15 pp
1982 45.17 +0.1 pp
1981 45.07 +0.32 pp
1980 44.75 +0.03 pp
1979 44.72 −0.05 pp
1978 44.77 +0.21 pp
1977 44.56 +0.08 pp
1976 44.49 +0.06 pp
1975 44.42 +0.21 pp
1974 44.22 +0.09 pp
1973 44.13 +0.09 pp
1972 44.04 +0.09 pp
1971 43.95 +0.32 pp
1970 43.63 +0.25 pp
1969 43.38 +0.13 pp
1968 43.25 +0.09 pp
1967 43.16 +0.05 pp
1966 43.11 +0.04 pp
1965 43.07 +0.08 pp
1964 42.98 +0.17 pp
1963 42.81 +0.28 pp
1962 42.53 +0.08 pp
1961 42.45

About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.