Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — South Sudan

Agricultural land in South Sudan in 2023 — 283,472 km². Ranked 40 in the world out of 209. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 0.5%.

2023 283,472 km² +0.33% vs 2022
World rank 40of 209
Period maximum 284,979 km²2012
Period minimum 282,507 km²2020

Trend over time

2012–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — South Sudan, 2012–2023282,000283,000284,000285,00020122014201620182020202220232012: 284,979 km²2013: 284,626 km²2014: 284,273 km²2015: 283,921 km²2016: 283,568 km²2017: 283,215 km²2018: 282,509 km²2019: 282,509 km²2020: 282,507 km²2021: 282,527 km²2022: 282,527 km²2023: 283,472 km²
Change over the period: −1,507 (−0.53%) Average annual rate: -0.05 %

Comparison, 2023

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

South Sudan 283,472 km²
World 47.92M km²
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.68M km²
Eastern Africa computed 3.36M km²
Low-income countries computed 6.24M km²
Agricultural land — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 283,472 +945 +0.33%
2022 282,527 +0 +0%
2021 282,527 +20 +0.01%
2020 282,507 −2 −0%
2019 282,509 +0 +0%
2018 282,509 −706 −0.25%
2017 283,215 −353 −0.12%
2016 283,568 −353 −0.12%
2015 283,921 −353 −0.12%
2014 284,273 −353 −0.12%
2013 284,626 −353 −0.12%
2012 284,979

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.