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Arable land share — all countries

Arable land share — South Africa

Arable land share in South Africa in 2023 — 9.89%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 206.

2023 9.89% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 104of 206
Period maximum 11.39%2000
Period minimum 9.89%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — South Africa, 1961–20239.51010.51111.519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 9.89%1963: 9.97%1965: 10.06%1967: 10.07%1969: 10.09%1971: 10.1%1973: 10.12%1975: 10.13%1977: 10.15%1979: 10.16%1981: 10.18%1983: 10.18%1985: 10.18%1987: 10.35%1989: 10.47%1991: 10.63%1993: 11.07%1995: 11.13%1997: 11.29%1999: 11.34%2001: 11.28%2003: 11.21%2005: 10.86%2007: 10.39%2009: 10.44%2011: 9.92%2013: 9.89%2015: 9.89%2017: 9.89%2019: 9.89%2021: 9.89%2023: 9.89%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

South Africa 9.89%
World 10.67%
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.03%
Southern Africa computed 5.13%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 9.15%
Arable land share — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.89 +0 pp
2022 9.89 +0 pp
2021 9.89 +0 pp
2020 9.89 +0 pp
2019 9.89 +0 pp
2018 9.89 +0 pp
2017 9.89 +0 pp
2016 9.89 +0 pp
2015 9.89 +0 pp
2014 9.89 +0 pp
2013 9.89 +0 pp
2012 9.89 −0.03 pp
2011 9.92 −0.41 pp
2010 10.33 −0.1 pp
2009 10.44 −0.12 pp
2008 10.55 +0.16 pp
2007 10.39 +0 pp
2006 10.39 −0.47 pp
2005 10.86 −0.1 pp
2004 10.96 −0.25 pp
2003 11.21 −0.08 pp
2002 11.29 +0.01 pp
2001 11.28 −0.1 pp
2000 11.39 +0.04 pp
1999 11.34 +0.05 pp
1998 11.29 +0 pp
1997 11.29 +0.04 pp
1996 11.25 +0.12 pp
1995 11.13 +0.04 pp
1994 11.09 +0.02 pp
1993 11.07 +0.22 pp
1992 10.85 +0.22 pp
1991 10.63 +0.08 pp
1990 10.55 +0.08 pp
1989 10.47 +0.08 pp
1988 10.39 +0.04 pp
1987 10.35 −0.04 pp
1986 10.39 +0.2 pp
1985 10.18 +0 pp
1984 10.18 +0 pp
1983 10.18 +0 pp
1982 10.18 +0.01 pp
1981 10.18 +0.01 pp
1980 10.17 +0.01 pp
1979 10.16 +0.01 pp
1978 10.15 +0.01 pp
1977 10.15 +0.01 pp
1976 10.14 +0.01 pp
1975 10.13 +0.01 pp
1974 10.12 +0.01 pp
1973 10.12 +0.01 pp
1972 10.11 +0.01 pp
1971 10.1 +0.01 pp
1970 10.09 +0.01 pp
1969 10.09 +0.01 pp
1968 10.08 +0.01 pp
1967 10.07 +0.01 pp
1966 10.06 +0.01 pp
1965 10.06 +0.04 pp
1964 10.02 +0.04 pp
1963 9.97 +0.04 pp
1962 9.93 +0.04 pp
1961 9.89 —

Southern Africa, 2023

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

LS Lesotho 11.75 SZ Eswatini 10.29 ZA South Africa 9.89 NA Namibia 0.97 BW Botswana 0.46
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About the indicator

The share of arable land in land area: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for less than five years. It excludes permanent crops and permanent pasture, so the indicator reflects more precisely the resource available for growing grain and other field crops.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

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

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