Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Somalia

Arable land in Somalia in 2023 — 1,100,000 ha. Ranked 104 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 23.5%.

2023 1.1M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 104of 206
Period maximum 1.13M ha2004
Period minimum 891,000 ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Somalia, 1961–2023800,000900,0001M1.1M1.2M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 891,000 ha1963: 901,000 ha1965: 911,000 ha1967: 921,000 ha1969: 931,000 ha1971: 941,000 ha1973: 951,000 ha1975: 960,000 ha1977: 969,000 ha1979: 979,000 ha1981: 989,000 ha1983: 999,000 ha1985: 1,009,000 ha1987: 1,018,000 ha1989: 1,021,000 ha1991: 1,022,000 ha1993: 1,024,000 ha1995: 1,035,000 ha1997: 1,043,000 ha1999: 1,043,000 ha2001: 1,045,000 ha2003: 1,083,000 ha2005: 1,100,000 ha2007: 1,000,000 ha2009: 1,100,000 ha2011: 1,000,000 ha2013: 1,100,000 ha2015: 1,100,000 ha2017: 1,100,000 ha2019: 1,100,000 ha2021: 1,100,000 ha2023: 1,100,000 ha
Change over the period: +209,000 (+23.46%) Average annual rate: 0.34 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Somalia 1.1M 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 — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 1.1M +0 +0%
2022 1.1M +0 +0%
2021 1.1M +0 +0%
2020 1.1M +0 +0%
2019 1.1M +0 +0%
2018 1.1M +0 +0%
2017 1.1M +0 +0%
2016 1.1M +0 +0%
2015 1.1M +0 +0%
2014 1.1M +0 +0%
2013 1.1M +100,000 +10%
2012 1M +0 +0%
2011 1M −100,000 −9.09%
2010 1.1M +0 +0%
2009 1.1M +0 +0%
2008 1.1M +100,000 +10%
2007 1M −50,000 −4.76%
2006 1.05M −50,000 −4.55%
2005 1.1M −30,000 −2.65%
2004 1.13M +47,000 +4.34%
2003 1.08M +19,000 +1.79%
2002 1.06M +19,000 +1.82%
2001 1.05M +2,000 +0.19%
2000 1.04M +0 +0%
1999 1.04M +0 +0%
1998 1.04M +0 +0%
1997 1.04M +4,000 +0.38%
1996 1.04M +4,000 +0.39%
1995 1.04M +5,000 +0.49%
1994 1.03M +6,000 +0.59%
1993 1.02M +1,000 +0.1%
1992 1.02M +1,000 +0.1%
1991 1.02M +0 +0%
1990 1.02M +1,000 +0.1%
1989 1.02M +0 +0%
1988 1.02M +3,000 +0.29%
1987 1.02M +4,000 +0.39%
1986 1.01M +5,000 +0.5%
1985 1.01M +5,000 +0.5%
1984 1M +5,000 +0.5%
1983 999,000 +5,000 +0.5%
1982 994,000 +5,000 +0.51%
1981 989,000 +5,000 +0.51%
1980 984,000 +5,000 +0.51%
1979 979,000 +5,000 +0.51%
1978 974,000 +5,000 +0.52%
1977 969,000 +4,000 +0.41%
1976 965,000 +5,000 +0.52%
1975 960,000 +5,000 +0.52%
1974 955,000 +4,000 +0.42%
1973 951,000 +5,000 +0.53%
1972 946,000 +5,000 +0.53%
1971 941,000 +5,000 +0.53%
1970 936,000 +5,000 +0.54%
1969 931,000 +5,000 +0.54%
1968 926,000 +5,000 +0.54%
1967 921,000 +5,000 +0.55%
1966 916,000 +5,000 +0.55%
1965 911,000 +5,000 +0.55%
1964 906,000 +5,000 +0.55%
1963 901,000 +5,000 +0.56%
1962 896,000 +5,000 +0.56%
1961 891,000

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.