Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Middle Africa

Agricultural land share in Middle Africa in 2023 — 24.63%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 2.66 pp.

2023 24.63% +0.07 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 24.63%2023
Period minimum 21.97%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Middle Africa, 1961–2023212223242519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 21.97%1963: 22.01%1965: 22.04%1967: 22.08%1969: 22.12%1971: 22.15%1973: 22.19%1975: 22.25%1977: 22.29%1979: 22.34%1981: 22.35%1983: 22.37%1985: 22.39%1987: 22.4%1989: 22.4%1991: 22.42%1993: 22.43%1995: 22.4%1997: 22.42%1999: 22.42%2001: 22.41%2003: 22.44%2005: 22.41%2007: 22.44%2009: 22.72%2011: 23.36%2013: 23.78%2015: 24.02%2017: 24.17%2019: 24.37%2021: 24.41%2023: 24.63%
Change over the period: +2.66 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Middle Africa 24.63%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 24.63 +0.07 pp
2022 24.56 +0.15 pp
2021 24.41 +0.02 pp
2020 24.39 +0.02 pp
2019 24.37 +0.1 pp
2018 24.26 +0.1 pp
2017 24.17 +0.09 pp
2016 24.08 +0.06 pp
2015 24.02 +0.05 pp
2014 23.97 +0.19 pp
2013 23.78 +0.17 pp
2012 23.61 +0.25 pp
2011 23.36 +0.28 pp
2010 23.08 +0.36 pp
2009 22.72 +0.28 pp
2008 22.45 +0.01 pp
2007 22.44 +0.03 pp
2006 22.41 −0 pp
2005 22.41 −0 pp
2004 22.41 −0.02 pp
2003 22.44 +0.02 pp
2002 22.41 +0 pp
2001 22.41 −0.01 pp
2000 22.42 −0.01 pp
1999 22.42 −0 pp
1998 22.43 +0.01 pp
1997 22.42 +0.02 pp
1996 22.4 −0.01 pp
1995 22.4 −0.03 pp
1994 22.43 +0 pp
1993 22.43 +0.01 pp
1992 22.43 +0.01 pp
1991 22.42 +0.02 pp
1990 22.4 −0 pp
1989 22.4 −0 pp
1988 22.4 +0 pp
1987 22.4 −0.01 pp
1986 22.41 +0.01 pp
1985 22.39 +0.01 pp
1984 22.38 +0.01 pp
1983 22.37 +0.01 pp
1982 22.36 +0.01 pp
1981 22.35 +0 pp
1980 22.34 +0.01 pp
1979 22.34 +0.03 pp
1978 22.3 +0.01 pp
1977 22.29 +0.03 pp
1976 22.27 +0.01 pp
1975 22.25 +0.04 pp
1974 22.22 +0.03 pp
1973 22.19 +0.02 pp
1972 22.17 +0.02 pp
1971 22.15 +0.02 pp
1970 22.13 +0.01 pp
1969 22.12 +0.02 pp
1968 22.1 +0.02 pp
1967 22.08 +0.02 pp
1966 22.06 +0.02 pp
1965 22.04 +0.02 pp
1964 22.03 +0.02 pp
1963 22.01 +0.02 pp
1962 21.99 +0.02 pp
1961 21.97

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.