Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Eastern Africa

Arable land in Eastern Africa in 2023 — 70,807,700 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 204.5%.

2023 70.81M ha +0.06% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 70.81M ha2021
Period minimum 23.26M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Eastern Africa, 1961–2023020M40M60M80M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 23,256,137 ha1963: 24,664,939 ha1965: 25,516,654 ha1967: 25,749,849 ha1969: 26,545,543 ha1971: 28,053,182 ha1973: 28,588,505 ha1975: 29,423,475 ha1977: 29,708,381 ha1979: 30,410,314 ha1981: 30,810,977 ha1983: 31,823,658 ha1985: 34,404,799 ha1987: 35,019,361 ha1989: 36,323,635 ha1991: 36,525,691 ha1993: 46,862,296 ha1995: 47,446,430 ha1997: 47,373,395 ha1999: 48,148,551 ha2001: 48,882,000 ha2003: 51,382,000 ha2005: 55,470,200 ha2007: 58,695,900 ha2009: 61,248,400 ha2011: 63,982,525 ha2013: 67,851,596 ha2015: 68,492,610 ha2017: 69,078,161 ha2019: 70,140,609 ha2021: 70,808,535 ha2023: 70,807,700 ha
Change over the period: +47.55M (+204.47%) Average annual rate: 1.81 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Africa 70.81M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 70.81M +39,832 +0.06%
2022 70.77M −40,667 −0.06%
2021 70.81M +379,849 +0.54%
2020 70.43M +288,077 +0.41%
2019 70.14M +274,878 +0.39%
2018 69.87M +787,570 +1.14%
2017 69.08M +102,833 +0.15%
2016 68.98M +482,717 +0.7%
2015 68.49M +318,289 +0.47%
2014 68.17M +322,726 +0.48%
2013 67.85M +405,486 +0.6%
2012 67.45M +3.46M +5.41%
2011 63.98M +1.8M +2.9%
2010 62.18M +929,989 +1.52%
2009 61.25M +1.42M +2.37%
2008 59.83M +1.13M +1.93%
2007 58.7M +1.43M +2.5%
2006 57.27M +1.8M +3.24%
2005 55.47M +1.6M +2.97%
2004 53.87M +2.49M +4.84%
2003 51.38M +1.87M +3.78%
2002 49.51M +628,000 +1.28%
2001 48.88M +403,958 +0.83%
2000 48.48M +329,491 +0.68%
1999 48.15M +725,048 +1.53%
1998 47.42M +50,108 +0.11%
1997 47.37M +241,850 +0.51%
1996 47.13M −314,885 −0.66%
1995 47.45M +259,561 +0.55%
1994 47.19M +324,573 +0.69%
1993 46.86M +10.56M +29.07%
1992 36.31M −218,600 −0.6%
1991 36.53M +230,394 +0.63%
1990 36.3M −28,338 −0.08%
1989 36.32M +848,975 +2.39%
1988 35.47M +455,300 +1.3%
1987 35.02M +142,823 +0.41%
1986 34.88M +471,739 +1.37%
1985 34.4M +2.15M +6.67%
1984 32.25M +429,978 +1.35%
1983 31.82M +603,441 +1.93%
1982 31.22M +409,241 +1.33%
1981 30.81M +409,214 +1.35%
1980 30.4M −8,551 −0.03%
1979 30.41M −338,176 −1.1%
1978 30.75M +1.04M +3.5%
1977 29.71M +197,435 +0.67%
1976 29.51M +87,471 +0.3%
1975 29.42M +580,381 +2.01%
1974 28.84M +254,589 +0.89%
1973 28.59M +255,078 +0.9%
1972 28.33M +280,245 +1%
1971 28.05M +423,607 +1.53%
1970 27.63M +1.08M +4.08%
1969 26.55M +491,689 +1.89%
1968 26.05M +304,005 +1.18%
1967 25.75M +118,277 +0.46%
1966 25.63M +114,918 +0.45%
1965 25.52M +277,521 +1.1%
1964 25.24M +574,195 +2.33%
1963 24.66M +1.31M +5.61%
1962 23.35M +97,503 +0.42%
1961 23.26M

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.