Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Middle Africa

Arable land in Middle Africa in 2023 — 34,514,864 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 78.8%.

2023 34.51M ha +1.16% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 34.51M ha2023
Period minimum 19.3M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Middle Africa, 1961–202315M20M25M30M35M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 19,302,000 ha1963: 19,489,000 ha1965: 19,634,000 ha1967: 19,841,000 ha1969: 20,099,000 ha1971: 20,237,000 ha1973: 20,342,000 ha1975: 20,599,000 ha1977: 20,937,000 ha1979: 21,194,000 ha1981: 21,268,000 ha1983: 21,293,000 ha1985: 21,356,000 ha1987: 21,400,000 ha1989: 21,461,000 ha1991: 21,584,000 ha1993: 21,721,000 ha1995: 21,771,000 ha1997: 21,969,000 ha1999: 21,976,000 ha2001: 22,081,000 ha2003: 22,488,000 ha2005: 22,591,000 ha2007: 22,695,000 ha2009: 24,646,000 ha2011: 28,209,000 ha2013: 30,563,000 ha2015: 31,718,000 ha2017: 32,819,000 ha2019: 33,254,000 ha2021: 33,284,383 ha2023: 34,514,864 ha
Change over the period: +15.21M (+78.81%) Average annual rate: 0.94 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Middle Africa 34.51M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 34.51M +395,979 +1.16%
2022 34.12M +834,502 +2.51%
2021 33.28M +32,383 +0.1%
2020 33.25M −2,000 −0.01%
2019 33.25M +184,000 +0.56%
2018 33.07M +251,000 +0.76%
2017 32.82M +577,000 +1.79%
2016 32.24M +524,000 +1.65%
2015 31.72M +261,000 +0.83%
2014 31.46M +894,000 +2.93%
2013 30.56M +824,000 +2.77%
2012 29.74M +1.53M +5.42%
2011 28.21M +1.77M +6.68%
2010 26.44M +1.8M +7.29%
2009 24.65M +1.9M +8.33%
2008 22.75M +55,000 +0.24%
2007 22.7M +100,000 +0.44%
2006 22.6M +4,000 +0.02%
2005 22.59M +103,000 +0.46%
2004 22.49M +0 +0%
2003 22.49M +300,000 +1.35%
2002 22.19M +107,000 +0.48%
2001 22.08M +108,000 +0.49%
2000 21.97M −3,000 −0.01%
1999 21.98M +5,000 +0.02%
1998 21.97M +2,000 +0.01%
1997 21.97M +215,000 +0.99%
1996 21.75M −17,000 −0.08%
1995 21.77M +39,000 +0.18%
1994 21.73M +11,000 +0.05%
1993 21.72M +35,000 +0.16%
1992 21.69M +102,000 +0.47%
1991 21.58M +123,000 +0.57%
1990 21.46M +0 +0%
1989 21.46M +24,000 +0.11%
1988 21.44M +37,000 +0.17%
1987 21.4M −45,000 −0.21%
1986 21.45M +89,000 +0.42%
1985 21.36M +42,000 +0.2%
1984 21.31M +21,000 +0.1%
1983 21.29M +13,000 +0.06%
1982 21.28M +12,000 +0.06%
1981 21.27M +32,000 +0.15%
1980 21.24M +42,000 +0.2%
1979 21.19M +249,000 +1.19%
1978 20.95M +8,000 +0.04%
1977 20.94M +107,000 +0.51%
1976 20.83M +231,000 +1.12%
1975 20.6M +147,000 +0.72%
1974 20.45M +110,000 +0.54%
1973 20.34M +53,000 +0.26%
1972 20.29M +52,000 +0.26%
1971 20.24M +99,000 +0.49%
1970 20.14M +39,000 +0.19%
1969 20.1M +130,000 +0.65%
1968 19.97M +128,000 +0.65%
1967 19.84M +109,000 +0.55%
1966 19.73M +98,000 +0.5%
1965 19.63M +69,000 +0.35%
1964 19.57M +76,000 +0.39%
1963 19.49M +89,000 +0.46%
1962 19.4M +98,000 +0.51%
1961 19.3M

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.