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Arable land — Tanzania

Arable land in Tanzania in 2023 — 13,502,500 ha. Ranked 23 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 159.7%.

2023 13.5M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 23of 206
Period maximum 13.5M ha2020
Period minimum 5.05M ha1962

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Tanzania, 1961–20235M7.5M10M12.5M15M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 5,200,000 ha1963: 6,100,000 ha1965: 6,000,000 ha1967: 6,000,000 ha1969: 6,000,000 ha1971: 7,000,000 ha1973: 7,000,000 ha1975: 7,000,000 ha1977: 7,000,000 ha1979: 8,000,000 ha1981: 8,000,000 ha1983: 8,000,000 ha1985: 9,000,000 ha1987: 9,000,000 ha1989: 9,000,000 ha1991: 9,003,000 ha1993: 8,900,000 ha1995: 8,900,000 ha1997: 8,908,000 ha1999: 8,700,000 ha2001: 8,530,000 ha2003: 8,540,000 ha2005: 9,654,200 ha2007: 10,768,400 ha2009: 11,507,100 ha2011: 11,869,900 ha2013: 12,232,700 ha2015: 12,595,500 ha2017: 12,958,300 ha2019: 13,321,100 ha2021: 13,502,500 ha2023: 13,502,500 ha
Change over the period: +8.3M (+159.66%) Average annual rate: 1.55 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Tanzania 13.5M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Eastern Africa computed 70.81M ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 403M ha
Arable land — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 13.5M +0 +0%
2022 13.5M +0 +0%
2021 13.5M +0 +0%
2020 13.5M +181,400 +1.36%
2019 13.32M +181,400 +1.38%
2018 13.14M +181,400 +1.4%
2017 12.96M +181,400 +1.42%
2016 12.78M +181,400 +1.44%
2015 12.6M +181,400 +1.46%
2014 12.41M +181,400 +1.48%
2013 12.23M +181,400 +1.51%
2012 12.05M +181,400 +1.53%
2011 11.87M +181,400 +1.55%
2010 11.69M +181,400 +1.58%
2009 11.51M +181,400 +1.6%
2008 11.33M +557,300 +5.18%
2007 10.77M +557,100 +5.46%
2006 10.21M +557,100 +5.77%
2005 9.65M +557,100 +6.12%
2004 9.1M +557,100 +6.52%
2003 8.54M −60,000 −0.7%
2002 8.6M +70,000 +0.82%
2001 8.53M −70,000 −0.81%
2000 8.6M −100,000 −1.15%
1999 8.7M −25,000 −0.29%
1998 8.73M −183,000 −2.05%
1997 8.91M −92,000 −1.02%
1996 9M +100,000 +1.12%
1995 8.9M +0 +0%
1994 8.9M +0 +0%
1993 8.9M +100,000 +1.14%
1992 8.8M −203,000 −2.25%
1991 9M +3,000 +0.03%
1990 9M +0 +0%
1989 9M +0 +0%
1988 9M +0 +0%
1987 9M +0 +0%
1986 9M +0 +0%
1985 9M +1M +12.5%
1984 8M +0 +0%
1983 8M +0 +0%
1982 8M +0 +0%
1981 8M +0 +0%
1980 8M +0 +0%
1979 8M +0 +0%
1978 8M +1M +14.29%
1977 7M +0 +0%
1976 7M +0 +0%
1975 7M +0 +0%
1974 7M +0 +0%
1973 7M +0 +0%
1972 7M +0 +0%
1971 7M +0 +0%
1970 7M +1M +16.67%
1969 6M +0 +0%
1968 6M +0 +0%
1967 6M +0 +0%
1966 6M +0 +0%
1965 6M +0 +0%
1964 6M −100,000 −1.64%
1963 6.1M +1.05M +20.79%
1962 5.05M −150,000 −2.88%
1961 5.2M — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ET Ethiopia 16.4M TZ Tanzania 13.5M UG Uganda 6.9M KE Kenya 6.63M MZ Mozambique 5.65M ZW Zimbabwe 4.02M MW Malawi 4M ZM Zambia 3.8M MG Madagascar 3M SS South Sudan 2.49M BI Burundi 1.32M RW Rwanda 1.16M SO Somalia 1.1M ER Eritrea 690,000 MU Mauritius 75,000 KM Comoros 65,000 DJ Djibouti 3,000 SC Seychelles 150
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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.

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