Arable land — all countries

Arable land — South Sudan

Arable land in South Sudan in 2023 — 2,489,233 ha. Ranked 76 in the world out of 206. Since 2012, the indicator has fallen by 6.4%.

2023 2.49M ha +3.95% vs 2022
World rank 76of 206
Period maximum 2.66M ha2012
Period minimum 2.39M ha2019

Trend over time

2012–2023 · hectares

Arable land — South Sudan, 2012–20232.3M2.4M2.5M2.6M2.7M20122014201620182020202220232012: 2,658,713 ha2013: 2,616,425 ha2014: 2,575,138 ha2015: 2,537,850 ha2016: 2,502,563 ha2017: 2,467,275 ha2018: 2,396,700 ha2019: 2,394,700 ha2020: 2,394,700 ha2021: 2,394,700 ha2022: 2,394,700 ha2023: 2,489,233 ha
Change over the period: −169,479 (−6.37%) Average annual rate: -0.6 %

Comparison, 2023

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

South Sudan 2.49M 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 — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 2.49M +94,533 +3.95%
2022 2.39M +0 +0%
2021 2.39M +0 +0%
2020 2.39M +0 +0%
2019 2.39M −2,000 −0.08%
2018 2.4M −70,575 −2.86%
2017 2.47M −35,288 −1.41%
2016 2.5M −35,288 −1.39%
2015 2.54M −37,288 −1.45%
2014 2.58M −41,288 −1.58%
2013 2.62M −42,288 −1.59%
2012 2.66M

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.