Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Northern Africa

Arable land in Northern Africa in 2023 — 43,054,352 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 111.5%.

2023 43.05M ha +0.93% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 43.82M ha2017
Period minimum 20.07M ha1963

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Northern Africa, 1961–202320M30M40M50M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 20,361,000 ha1963: 20,073,000 ha1965: 20,480,000 ha1967: 20,795,000 ha1969: 20,869,000 ha1971: 21,149,000 ha1973: 21,455,000 ha1975: 21,979,000 ha1977: 22,125,000 ha1979: 21,810,000 ha1981: 21,810,000 ha1983: 21,594,740 ha1985: 21,950,000 ha1987: 22,303,000 ha1989: 22,597,000 ha1991: 22,962,000 ha1993: 23,950,180 ha1995: 23,969,000 ha1997: 24,281,920 ha1999: 24,209,000 ha2001: 23,521,000 ha2003: 24,069,700 ha2005: 22,676,000 ha2007: 22,581,000 ha2009: 22,873,600 ha2011: 22,668,800 ha2013: 42,745,130 ha2015: 42,195,357 ha2017: 43,818,355 ha2019: 42,933,564 ha2021: 43,288,057 ha2023: 43,054,352 ha
Change over the period: +22.69M (+111.45%) Average annual rate: 1.22 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Northern Africa 43.05M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 43.05M +397,657 +0.93%
2022 42.66M −631,362 −1.46%
2021 43.29M −329,279 −0.75%
2020 43.62M +683,771 +1.59%
2019 42.93M −752,911 −1.72%
2018 43.69M −131,880 −0.3%
2017 43.82M +737,790 +1.71%
2016 43.08M +885,208 +2.1%
2015 42.2M +353,507 +0.84%
2014 41.84M −903,280 −2.11%
2013 42.75M −62,130 −0.15%
2012 42.81M +20.14M +88.84%
2011 22.67M +25,500 +0.11%
2010 22.64M −230,300 −1.01%
2009 22.87M +105,600 +0.46%
2008 22.77M +187,000 +0.83%
2007 22.58M −71,000 −0.31%
2006 22.65M −24,000 −0.11%
2005 22.68M −533,000 −2.3%
2004 23.21M −860,700 −3.58%
2003 24.07M +598,700 +2.55%
2002 23.47M −50,000 −0.21%
2001 23.52M −388,000 −1.62%
2000 23.91M −300,000 −1.24%
1999 24.21M +27,380 +0.11%
1998 24.18M −100,300 −0.41%
1997 24.28M +81,460 +0.34%
1996 24.2M +231,460 +0.97%
1995 23.97M +100,340 +0.42%
1994 23.87M −81,520 −0.34%
1993 23.95M +115,900 +0.49%
1992 23.83M +872,280 +3.8%
1991 22.96M +176,000 +0.77%
1990 22.79M +189,000 +0.84%
1989 22.6M +276,000 +1.24%
1988 22.32M +18,000 +0.08%
1987 22.3M +236,000 +1.07%
1986 22.07M +117,000 +0.53%
1985 21.95M +25,740 +0.12%
1984 21.92M +329,520 +1.53%
1983 21.59M −259,500 −1.19%
1982 21.85M +44,240 +0.2%
1981 21.81M +175,000 +0.81%
1980 21.64M −175,000 −0.8%
1979 21.81M −298,000 −1.35%
1978 22.11M −17,000 −0.08%
1977 22.13M −98,000 −0.44%
1976 22.22M +244,000 +1.11%
1975 21.98M +453,000 +2.1%
1974 21.53M +71,000 +0.33%
1973 21.46M +129,000 +0.6%
1972 21.33M +177,000 +0.84%
1971 21.15M +182,000 +0.87%
1970 20.97M +98,000 +0.47%
1969 20.87M +34,000 +0.16%
1968 20.84M +40,000 +0.19%
1967 20.8M +91,000 +0.44%
1966 20.7M +224,000 +1.09%
1965 20.48M +331,000 +1.64%
1964 20.15M +76,000 +0.38%
1963 20.07M −60,000 −0.3%
1962 20.13M −228,000 −1.12%
1961 20.36M

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.