Permanent cropland (% of land area) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Permanent cropland is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.
Permanent cropland (% of land area) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Sao Tome and Principe48.96
2Comoros29.55
3Tunisia13.99
4Burundi13.63
5Ivory Coast13.21
6Uganda11.16
7Rwanda11.15
8Seychelles10.87
9Ghana10.55
10Guinea-Bissau8.89
11Nigeria3.29
12Equatorial Guinea3.21
13Togo3.13
14Guinea2.73
15Cameroon2.58
16Benin2.44
17Liberia2.23
18Morocco2.01
19Mauritius1.97
20Tanzania1.35
21Malawi1.28
22Sierra Leone1.12
23Ethiopia1.04
24Madagascar1.03
25Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa0.96
26Sub-Saharan Africa0.95
27Africa0.93
28Kenya0.88
29Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria0.86
30North Africa0.84
31Swaziland0.81
32South Africa0.78
33Cape Verde0.74
34Gabon0.66
35Gambia0.60
36Egypt0.52
37Mozambique0.45
38Democratic Republic of the Congo0.42
39Algeria0.39
40Zimbabwe0.31
41Senegal0.27
42Angola0.23
43Burkina Faso0.22
44Libya0.17
45Republic of the Congo0.15
46Lesotho0.13
47Central African Republic0.13
48Mali0.11
49Sudan0.09
50Somalia0.04
51Zambia0.04
52Eritrea0.02
53Chad0.02
54Mauritania0.01
55Namibia0.01
56Niger0.01
57Botswana0
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