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Agricultural land — Namibia

Agricultural land in Namibia in 2023 — 388,120 km². Ranked 32 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0.4%.

2023 388,120 km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 32of 209
Period maximum 388,200 km²1995
Period minimum 386,420 km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Namibia, 1961–2023386,000386,500387,000387,500388,000388,50019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 386,420 km²1963: 386,420 km²1965: 386,460 km²1967: 386,490 km²1969: 386,490 km²1971: 386,530 km²1973: 386,530 km²1975: 386,530 km²1977: 386,550 km²1979: 386,560 km²1981: 386,570 km²1983: 386,620 km²1985: 386,620 km²1987: 386,620 km²1989: 386,620 km²1991: 386,620 km²1993: 387,000 km²1995: 388,200 km²1997: 388,200 km²1999: 388,200 km²2001: 388,200 km²2003: 388,200 km²2005: 388,200 km²2007: 388,080 km²2009: 388,080 km²2011: 388,090 km²2013: 388,090 km²2015: 388,100 km²2017: 388,110 km²2019: 388,110 km²2021: 388,120 km²2023: 388,120 km²
Change over the period: +1,700 (+0.44%) Average annual rate: 0.01 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Namibia 388,120 km²
World 47.92M km²
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.68M km²
Southern Africa computed 1.65M km²
Upper-middle-income countries computed 17.19M km²
Agricultural land — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 388,120 +0 +0%
2022 388,120 +0 +0%
2021 388,120 +10 +0%
2020 388,110 +0 +0%
2019 388,110 +0 +0%
2018 388,110 +0 +0%
2017 388,110 +10 +0%
2016 388,100 +0 +0%
2015 388,100 +10 +0%
2014 388,090 +0 +0%
2013 388,090 +0 +0%
2012 388,090 +0 +0%
2011 388,090 +0 +0%
2010 388,090 +10 +0%
2009 388,080 +0 +0%
2008 388,080 +0 +0%
2007 388,080 −120 −0.03%
2006 388,200 +0 +0%
2005 388,200 +0 +0%
2004 388,200 +0 +0%
2003 388,200 +0 +0%
2002 388,200 +0 +0%
2001 388,200 +0 +0%
2000 388,200 +0 +0%
1999 388,200 +0 +0%
1998 388,200 +0 +0%
1997 388,200 +0 +0%
1996 388,200 +0 +0%
1995 388,200 +700 +0.18%
1994 387,500 +500 +0.13%
1993 387,000 +380 +0.1%
1992 386,620 +0 +0%
1991 386,620 +0 +0%
1990 386,620 +0 +0%
1989 386,620 +0 +0%
1988 386,620 +0 +0%
1987 386,620 +0 +0%
1986 386,620 +0 +0%
1985 386,620 +0 +0%
1984 386,620 +0 +0%
1983 386,620 +50 +0.01%
1982 386,570 +0 +0%
1981 386,570 +0 +0%
1980 386,570 +10 +0%
1979 386,560 +0 +0%
1978 386,560 +10 +0%
1977 386,550 +0 +0%
1976 386,550 +20 +0.01%
1975 386,530 +0 +0%
1974 386,530 +0 +0%
1973 386,530 +0 +0%
1972 386,530 +0 +0%
1971 386,530 +20 +0.01%
1970 386,510 +20 +0.01%
1969 386,490 +0 +0%
1968 386,490 +0 +0%
1967 386,490 +30 +0.01%
1966 386,460 +0 +0%
1965 386,460 +0 +0%
1964 386,460 +40 +0.01%
1963 386,420 +0 +0%
1962 386,420 +0 +0%
1961 386,420 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 963,410 NA Namibia 388,120 BW Botswana 258,620 LS Lesotho 23,607 SZ Eswatini 11,950
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About the indicator

The area of agricultural land: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. Pasture makes up most of this figure almost everywhere, so the largest agricultural countries by area turn out to be not the main grain producers but countries with vast dry rangelands — Australia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia. The indicator serves as the denominator for the share of irrigated land.

Important: Pasture is included and usually predominates, so the figure is far larger than the area of arable land. FAO estimates for pasture in arid countries are approximate: the boundary between rangeland and wasteland is a matter of convention.

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

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