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Arable land — Liberia

Arable land in Liberia in 2023 — 500,000 ha. Ranked 124 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 32.3%.

2023 500,000 ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 124of 206
Period maximum 500,000 ha2011
Period minimum 350,000 ha1990

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Liberia, 1961–2023350,000400,000450,000500,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 378,000 ha1963: 376,000 ha1965: 373,000 ha1967: 370,000 ha1969: 368,000 ha1971: 366,000 ha1973: 366,000 ha1975: 366,000 ha1977: 371,000 ha1979: 371,000 ha1981: 371,000 ha1983: 380,000 ha1985: 380,000 ha1987: 390,000 ha1989: 400,000 ha1991: 350,000 ha1993: 350,000 ha1995: 350,000 ha1997: 370,000 ha1999: 400,000 ha2001: 400,000 ha2003: 400,000 ha2005: 400,000 ha2007: 400,000 ha2009: 470,000 ha2011: 500,000 ha2013: 500,000 ha2015: 500,000 ha2017: 500,000 ha2019: 500,000 ha2021: 500,000 ha2023: 500,000 ha
Change over the period: +122,000 (+32.28%) Average annual rate: 0.45 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Liberia 500,000 ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Western Africa computed 99.78M ha
Low-income countries computed 142M ha
Arable land — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 500,000 +0 +0%
2022 500,000 +0 +0%
2021 500,000 +0 +0%
2020 500,000 +0 +0%
2019 500,000 +0 +0%
2018 500,000 +0 +0%
2017 500,000 +0 +0%
2016 500,000 +0 +0%
2015 500,000 +0 +0%
2014 500,000 +0 +0%
2013 500,000 +0 +0%
2012 500,000 +0 +0%
2011 500,000 +20,000 +4.17%
2010 480,000 +10,000 +2.13%
2009 470,000 +40,000 +9.3%
2008 430,000 +30,000 +7.5%
2007 400,000 +0 +0%
2006 400,000 +0 +0%
2005 400,000 +0 +0%
2004 400,000 +0 +0%
2003 400,000 +0 +0%
2002 400,000 +0 +0%
2001 400,000 +0 +0%
2000 400,000 +0 +0%
1999 400,000 +20,000 +5.26%
1998 380,000 +10,000 +2.7%
1997 370,000 +20,000 +5.71%
1996 350,000 +0 +0%
1995 350,000 +0 +0%
1994 350,000 +0 +0%
1993 350,000 +0 +0%
1992 350,000 +0 +0%
1991 350,000 +0 +0%
1990 350,000 −50,000 −12.5%
1989 400,000 +0 +0%
1988 400,000 +10,000 +2.56%
1987 390,000 +0 +0%
1986 390,000 +10,000 +2.63%
1985 380,000 +0 +0%
1984 380,000 +0 +0%
1983 380,000 +5,000 +1.33%
1982 375,000 +4,000 +1.08%
1981 371,000 +0 +0%
1980 371,000 +0 +0%
1979 371,000 +0 +0%
1978 371,000 +0 +0%
1977 371,000 +5,000 +1.37%
1976 366,000 +0 +0%
1975 366,000 +0 +0%
1974 366,000 +0 +0%
1973 366,000 +0 +0%
1972 366,000 +0 +0%
1971 366,000 +0 +0%
1970 366,000 −2,000 −0.54%
1969 368,000 +0 +0%
1968 368,000 −2,000 −0.54%
1967 370,000 +0 +0%
1966 370,000 −3,000 −0.8%
1965 373,000 +0 +0%
1964 373,000 −3,000 −0.8%
1963 376,000 +0 +0%
1962 376,000 −2,000 −0.53%
1961 378,000 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

NG Nigeria 36.87M NE Niger 17.7M ML Mali 8.34M BF Burkina Faso 7.91M GN Guinea 6M CI Côte d'Ivoire 4.8M GH Ghana 4.71M SN Senegal 3.83M BJ Benin 3.55M TG Togo 2.65M SL Sierra Leone 1.58M LR Liberia 500,000 MR Mauritania 450,000 GM Gambia 440,000 GW Guinea-Bissau 395,531 CV Cabo Verde 50,000
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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.

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