Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Sudan

Arable land in Sudan in 2023 — 20,995,000 ha. Ranked 13 in the world out of 206. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 5.7%.

2023 21M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 13of 206
Period maximum 21M ha2018
Period minimum 19.82M ha2014

Trend over time

2012–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Sudan, 2012–202319.5M20M20.5M21M20122014201620182020202220232012: 19,856,760 ha2013: 19,839,960 ha2014: 19,823,160 ha2015: 20,080,080 ha2016: 20,385,000 ha2017: 20,689,920 ha2018: 20,995,000 ha2019: 20,995,000 ha2020: 20,995,000 ha2021: 20,995,000 ha2022: 20,995,000 ha2023: 20,995,000 ha
Change over the period: +1.14M (+5.73%) Average annual rate: 0.51 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sudan 21M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Northern Africa computed 43.05M ha
Low-income countries computed 142M ha
Arable land — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 21M +0 +0%
2022 21M +0 +0%
2021 21M +0 +0%
2020 21M +0 +0%
2019 21M +0 +0%
2018 21M +305,080 +1.47%
2017 20.69M +304,920 +1.5%
2016 20.39M +304,920 +1.52%
2015 20.08M +256,920 +1.3%
2014 19.82M −16,800 −0.08%
2013 19.84M −16,800 −0.08%
2012 19.86M

Northern Africa, 2023

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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.