Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — Eastern Africa

Agricultural land in Eastern Africa in 2023 — 3,356,554 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 59.7%.

2023 3.36M km² +0.02% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 3.36M km²2021
Period minimum 2.1M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Eastern Africa, 1961–20232M2.5M3M3.5M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 2,102,166 km²1963: 2,120,245 km²1965: 2,132,830 km²1967: 2,137,424 km²1969: 2,148,233 km²1971: 2,176,757 km²1973: 2,185,551 km²1975: 2,200,093 km²1977: 2,207,023 km²1979: 2,214,828 km²1981: 2,231,921 km²1983: 2,244,524 km²1985: 2,272,248 km²1987: 2,281,782 km²1989: 2,297,399 km²1991: 2,302,217 km²1993: 2,698,895 km²1995: 2,722,501 km²1997: 2,746,039 km²1999: 2,790,299 km²2001: 2,824,743 km²2003: 2,856,514 km²2005: 2,899,003 km²2007: 2,937,683 km²2009: 2,966,302 km²2011: 2,997,853 km²2013: 3,302,254 km²2015: 3,316,418 km²2017: 3,330,158 km²2019: 3,347,877 km²2021: 3,358,657 km²2023: 3,356,554 km²
Change over the period: +1.25M (+59.67%) Average annual rate: 0.76 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Africa 3.36M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 3.36M +669 +0.02%
2022 3.36M −2,771 −0.08%
2021 3.36M +4,351 +0.13%
2020 3.35M +6,429 +0.19%
2019 3.35M +6,334 +0.19%
2018 3.34M +11,384 +0.34%
2017 3.33M +4,697 +0.14%
2016 3.33M +9,043 +0.27%
2015 3.32M +7,370 +0.22%
2014 3.31M +6,794 +0.21%
2013 3.3M +12,114 +0.37%
2012 3.29M +292,287 +9.75%
2011 3M +20,312 +0.68%
2010 2.98M +11,239 +0.38%
2009 2.97M +17,759 +0.6%
2008 2.95M +10,861 +0.37%
2007 2.94M +16,172 +0.55%
2006 2.92M +22,507 +0.78%
2005 2.9M +14,498 +0.5%
2004 2.88M +27,992 +0.98%
2003 2.86M +24,335 +0.86%
2002 2.83M +7,436 +0.26%
2001 2.82M +12,509 +0.44%
2000 2.81M +21,935 +0.79%
1999 2.79M +26,233 +0.95%
1998 2.76M +18,026 +0.66%
1997 2.75M +18,319 +0.67%
1996 2.73M +5,219 +0.19%
1995 2.72M +11,506 +0.42%
1994 2.71M +12,100 +0.45%
1993 2.7M +387,725 +16.78%
1992 2.31M +8,954 +0.39%
1991 2.3M +11,342 +0.5%
1990 2.29M −6,524 −0.28%
1989 2.3M +9,827 +0.43%
1988 2.29M +5,790 +0.25%
1987 2.28M +2,485 +0.11%
1986 2.28M +7,048 +0.31%
1985 2.27M +22,703 +1.01%
1984 2.25M +5,022 +0.22%
1983 2.24M +7,455 +0.33%
1982 2.24M +5,148 +0.23%
1981 2.23M +15,774 +0.71%
1980 2.22M +1,319 +0.06%
1979 2.21M −2,492 −0.11%
1978 2.22M +10,297 +0.47%
1977 2.21M +3,728 +0.17%
1976 2.2M +3,202 +0.15%
1975 2.2M +10,250 +0.47%
1974 2.19M +4,293 +0.2%
1973 2.19M +4,502 +0.21%
1972 2.18M +4,291 +0.2%
1971 2.18M +15,942 +0.74%
1970 2.16M +12,583 +0.59%
1969 2.15M +6,513 +0.3%
1968 2.14M +4,296 +0.2%
1967 2.14M +2,376 +0.11%
1966 2.14M +2,219 +0.1%
1965 2.13M +4,125 +0.19%
1964 2.13M +8,460 +0.4%
1963 2.12M +14,106 +0.67%
1962 2.11M +3,973 +0.19%
1961 2.1M

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.