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



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Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops 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. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.
Agricultural land (% of land area) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Burundi89.37
2Nigeria86.19
3South Africa81.83
4Gambia81.30
5Comoros80.60
6Rwanda78.03
7Swaziland78.02
8Lesotho75.91
9Eritrea74.67
10Djibouti73.40
11Madagascar70.23
12Somalia70.18
13Morocco67.13
14Togo66.74
15Ghana65.26
16Uganda65
17Ivory Coast63.52
18Tunisia63.25
19Mozambique62.06
20Sao Tome and Principe59.38
21Guinea-Bissau57.97
22Sudan57.56
23Guinea55.23
24Sub-Saharan Africa54.08
25Malawi52.83
26Africa52.41
27Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa51.18
28Mauritius49.75
29Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria48.04
30Kenya47.44
31Namibia47.13
32Angola46.19
33Botswana45.62
34Senegal44.86
35Sierra Leone44.40
36Burkina Faso41.15
37Zimbabwe39.94
38Chad39.18
39Tanzania38.61
40Mauritania38.53
41Ethiopia35.08
42North Africa34.93
43Zambia34.42
44Niger34.35
45Mali32.47
46Benin31.82
47Republic of the Congo30.88
48Liberia26.99
49Gabon20.03
50Cameroon19.68
51Cape Verde19.35
52Algeria17.32
53Seychelles13.04
54Equatorial Guinea11.55
55Democratic Republic of the Congo9.99
56Libya8.84
57Central African Republic8.35
58Egypt3.55
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