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Arable land — Namibia

Arable land in Namibia in 2023 — 800,000 ha. Ranked 115 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 24.8%.

2023 800,000 ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 115of 206
Period maximum 816,000 ha1995
Period minimum 641,000 ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Namibia, 1961–2023600,000650,000700,000750,000800,000850,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 641,000 ha1963: 641,000 ha1965: 645,000 ha1967: 648,000 ha1969: 648,000 ha1971: 652,000 ha1973: 652,000 ha1975: 652,000 ha1977: 654,000 ha1979: 655,000 ha1981: 655,000 ha1983: 660,000 ha1985: 660,000 ha1987: 660,000 ha1989: 660,000 ha1991: 660,000 ha1993: 698,000 ha1995: 816,000 ha1997: 816,000 ha1999: 816,000 ha2001: 816,000 ha2003: 815,000 ha2005: 814,000 ha2007: 800,000 ha2009: 800,000 ha2011: 800,000 ha2013: 800,000 ha2015: 800,000 ha2017: 800,000 ha2019: 800,000 ha2021: 800,000 ha2023: 800,000 ha
Change over the period: +159,000 (+24.8%) Average annual rate: 0.36 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Namibia 800,000 ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Southern Africa computed 13.59M ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 374M ha
Arable land — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 800,000 +0 +0%
2022 800,000 +0 +0%
2021 800,000 +0 +0%
2020 800,000 +0 +0%
2019 800,000 +0 +0%
2018 800,000 +0 +0%
2017 800,000 +0 +0%
2016 800,000 +0 +0%
2015 800,000 +0 +0%
2014 800,000 +0 +0%
2013 800,000 +0 +0%
2012 800,000 +0 +0%
2011 800,000 +0 +0%
2010 800,000 +0 +0%
2009 800,000 +0 +0%
2008 800,000 +0 +0%
2007 800,000 −13,000 −1.6%
2006 813,000 −1,000 −0.12%
2005 814,000 −1,000 −0.12%
2004 815,000 +0 +0%
2003 815,000 −1,000 −0.12%
2002 816,000 +0 +0%
2001 816,000 +0 +0%
2000 816,000 +0 +0%
1999 816,000 +0 +0%
1998 816,000 +0 +0%
1997 816,000 +0 +0%
1996 816,000 +0 +0%
1995 816,000 +69,000 +9.24%
1994 747,000 +49,000 +7.02%
1993 698,000 +38,000 +5.76%
1992 660,000 +0 +0%
1991 660,000 +0 +0%
1990 660,000 +0 +0%
1989 660,000 +0 +0%
1988 660,000 +0 +0%
1987 660,000 +0 +0%
1986 660,000 +0 +0%
1985 660,000 +0 +0%
1984 660,000 +0 +0%
1983 660,000 +5,000 +0.76%
1982 655,000 +0 +0%
1981 655,000 +0 +0%
1980 655,000 +0 +0%
1979 655,000 +0 +0%
1978 655,000 +1,000 +0.15%
1977 654,000 +0 +0%
1976 654,000 +2,000 +0.31%
1975 652,000 +0 +0%
1974 652,000 +0 +0%
1973 652,000 +0 +0%
1972 652,000 +0 +0%
1971 652,000 +2,000 +0.31%
1970 650,000 +2,000 +0.31%
1969 648,000 +0 +0%
1968 648,000 +0 +0%
1967 648,000 +3,000 +0.47%
1966 645,000 +0 +0%
1965 645,000 +0 +0%
1964 645,000 +4,000 +0.62%
1963 641,000 +0 +0%
1962 641,000 +0 +0%
1961 641,000 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

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

ZA South Africa 12M NA Namibia 800,000 LS Lesotho 356,748 BW Botswana 260,000 SZ Eswatini 177,000
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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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