Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Eritrea

Arable land in Eritrea in 2023 — 690,000 ha. Ranked 119 in the world out of 206. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 38.6%.

2023 690,000 ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 119of 206
Period maximum 690,000 ha2009
Period minimum 369,000 ha1996

Trend over time

1993–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Eritrea, 1993–2023300,000400,000500,000600,000700,000199319961999200220052008201120142017202020231993: 498,000 ha1994: 437,000 ha1995: 438,000 ha1996: 369,000 ha1997: 391,000 ha1998: 498,000 ha1999: 498,000 ha2000: 560,000 ha2001: 562,000 ha2002: 562,000 ha2003: 597,000 ha2004: 598,000 ha2005: 620,000 ha2006: 670,000 ha2007: 670,000 ha2008: 670,000 ha2009: 690,000 ha2010: 690,000 ha2011: 690,000 ha2012: 690,000 ha2013: 690,000 ha2014: 690,000 ha2015: 690,000 ha2016: 690,000 ha2017: 690,000 ha2018: 690,000 ha2019: 690,000 ha2020: 690,000 ha2021: 690,000 ha2022: 690,000 ha2023: 690,000 ha
Change over the period: +192,000 (+38.55%) Average annual rate: 1.09 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eritrea 690,000 ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Eastern Africa computed 70.81M ha
Low-income countries computed 142M ha
Arable land — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 690,000 +0 +0%
2022 690,000 +0 +0%
2021 690,000 +0 +0%
2020 690,000 +0 +0%
2019 690,000 +0 +0%
2018 690,000 +0 +0%
2017 690,000 +0 +0%
2016 690,000 +0 +0%
2015 690,000 +0 +0%
2014 690,000 +0 +0%
2013 690,000 +0 +0%
2012 690,000 +0 +0%
2011 690,000 +0 +0%
2010 690,000 +0 +0%
2009 690,000 +20,000 +2.99%
2008 670,000 +0 +0%
2007 670,000 +0 +0%
2006 670,000 +50,000 +8.06%
2005 620,000 +22,000 +3.68%
2004 598,000 +1,000 +0.17%
2003 597,000 +35,000 +6.23%
2002 562,000 +0 +0%
2001 562,000 +2,000 +0.36%
2000 560,000 +62,000 +12.45%
1999 498,000 +0 +0%
1998 498,000 +107,000 +27.37%
1997 391,000 +22,000 +5.96%
1996 369,000 −69,000 −15.75%
1995 438,000 +1,000 +0.23%
1994 437,000 −61,000 −12.25%
1993 498,000

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

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