Arable land per capita — all countries

Arable land per capita — Western Africa

Arable land per capita in Western Africa in 2023 — 0.2242 ha/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 62.9%.

2023 0.2242 ha/person −1.52% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.6038 ha/person1961
Period minimum 0.2242 ha/person2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares per capita

Arable land per capita — Western Africa, 1961–20230.20.30.40.50.60.719611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.6038 ha/person1963: 0.5832 ha/person1965: 0.5628 ha/person1967: 0.5434 ha/person1969: 0.529 ha/person1971: 0.4993 ha/person1973: 0.4752 ha/person1975: 0.4477 ha/person1977: 0.427 ha/person1979: 0.4089 ha/person1981: 0.3876 ha/person1983: 0.3723 ha/person1985: 0.3593 ha/person1987: 0.3428 ha/person1989: 0.33 ha/person1991: 0.3344 ha/person1993: 0.3362 ha/person1995: 0.3416 ha/person1997: 0.335 ha/person1999: 0.3292 ha/person2001: 0.316 ha/person2003: 0.3085 ha/person2005: 0.2942 ha/person2007: 0.2821 ha/person2009: 0.2764 ha/person2011: 0.2644 ha/person2013: 0.2604 ha/person2015: 0.2523 ha/person2017: 0.2456 ha/person2019: 0.2397 ha/person2021: 0.2315 ha/person2023: 0.2242 ha/person
Change over the period: −0.3796 (−62.86%) Average annual rate: -1.58 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Western Africa 0.2242 ha/person
World 0.1717 ha/person
Arable land per capita — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha/person Change Change, %
2023 0.2242 −0.0035 −1.52%
2022 0.2277 −0.0038 −1.66%
2021 0.2315 −0.0032 −1.35%
2020 0.2347 −0.005 −2.08%
2019 0.2397 −0.0033 −1.34%
2018 0.243 −0.0027 −1.08%
2017 0.2456 −0.0033 −1.33%
2016 0.2489 −0.0034 −1.36%
2015 0.2523 −0.0032 −1.25%
2014 0.2555 −0.0049 −1.87%
2013 0.2604 −0.001 −0.37%
2012 0.2614 −0.0031 −1.17%
2011 0.2644 −0.0053 −1.98%
2010 0.2698 −0.0066 −2.39%
2009 0.2764 −0.003 −1.06%
2008 0.2794 −0.0027 −0.97%
2007 0.2821 −0.0046 −1.59%
2006 0.2866 −0.0075 −2.56%
2005 0.2942 −0.0042 −1.39%
2004 0.2983 −0.0102 −3.3%
2003 0.3085 −0.0022 −0.7%
2002 0.3107 −0.0054 −1.7%
2001 0.316 −0.0052 −1.62%
2000 0.3213 −0.0079 −2.4%
1999 0.3292 −0.0007 −0.2%
1998 0.3298 −0.0051 −1.54%
1997 0.335 −0.0071 −2.08%
1996 0.3421 +0.0005 +0.14%
1995 0.3416 +0.0072 +2.15%
1994 0.3344 −0.0018 −0.54%
1993 0.3362 −0.0018 −0.54%
1992 0.3381 +0.0037 +1.09%
1991 0.3344 +0.0029 +0.89%
1990 0.3315 +0.0015 +0.46%
1989 0.33 −0.0067 −2%
1988 0.3367 −0.0061 −1.77%
1987 0.3428 −0.0085 −2.43%
1986 0.3513 −0.008 −2.22%
1985 0.3593 −0.0069 −1.89%
1984 0.3662 −0.0061 −1.65%
1983 0.3723 −0.0077 −2.04%
1982 0.3801 −0.0075 −1.94%
1981 0.3876 −0.0129 −3.22%
1980 0.4005 −0.0084 −2.05%
1979 0.4089 −0.009 −2.16%
1978 0.4179 −0.0091 −2.12%
1977 0.427 −0.0119 −2.71%
1976 0.4388 −0.0089 −1.99%
1975 0.4477 −0.0092 −2.01%
1974 0.4569 −0.0183 −3.85%
1973 0.4752 −0.0132 −2.7%
1972 0.4884 −0.0108 −2.17%
1971 0.4993 −0.0097 −1.9%
1970 0.5089 −0.02 −3.79%
1969 0.529 −0.0123 −2.27%
1968 0.5413 −0.0021 −0.39%
1967 0.5434 −0.0089 −1.61%
1966 0.5523 −0.0105 −1.87%
1965 0.5628 −0.0096 −1.68%
1964 0.5724 −0.0108 −1.84%
1963 0.5832 −0.0097 −1.64%
1962 0.5929 −0.0109 −1.81%
1961 0.6038

About the indicator

The area of arable land per inhabitant, in hectares. A key resource indicator of food security: countries with little arable land per person must either achieve very high yields or import food. The world value is falling — the area of arable land is barely growing while the population increases.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its arable land over all of its population. The indicator speaks of land endowment, not of yield: a hectare gives different amounts in different climates.

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