Agricultural land (sq. km) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Agricultural area refers to: (a) arable land - land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). The abandoned land resulting from shifting cultivation is not included in this category. Data for arable land are not meant to indicate the amount of land that is potentially cultivable; (b) permanent crops - 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; and (c) permanent pastures - land used permanently (five years or more) for herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild (wild prairie or grazing land). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.
Agricultural land (sq. km) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa11,524,033
2Sub-Saharan Africa10,522,773
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa9,528,993
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria8,743,993
5Sudan1,367,730
6North Africa1,001,260
7South Africa993,780
8Nigeria785,000
9Angola575,900
10Chad493,300
11Mozambique488,000
12Somalia440,270
13Niger435,150
14Algeria412,520
15Madagascar408,430
16Mauritania397,120
17Mali396,190
18Namibia388,050
19Ethiopia350,770
20Tanzania342,000
21Morocco299,600
22Kenya270,000
23Botswana258,520
24Zambia255,890
25Democratic Republic of the Congo226,500
26Ivory Coast202,000
27Libya155,500
28Zimbabwe154,500
29Ghana148,500
30Guinea135,700
31Uganda128,120
32Burkina Faso112,600
33Republic of the Congo105,450
34Tunisia98,260
35Cameroon91,600
36Senegal86,370
37Eritrea75,420
38Central African Republic52,050
39Gabon51,600
40Malawi49,700
41Togo36,300
42Egypt35,380
43Benin35,200
44Sierra Leone31,800
45Liberia26,000
46Lesotho23,040
47Burundi22,950
48Rwanda19,250
49Djibouti17,013
50Guinea-Bissau16,300
51Swaziland13,420
52Gambia8,130
53Equatorial Guinea3,240
54Comoros1,500
55Mauritius1,010
56Cape Verde780
57Sao Tome and Principe570
58Seychelles60
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