Land area (hectares) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Possible variations in the data may be due to updating and revisions of the country data and not necessarily to any change of area. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.
Land area (hectares) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa2,936,731,100
2Sub-Saharan Africa2,362,892,100
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa2,241,445,100
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria2,150,368,100
5North Africa573,839,000
6Algeria238,174,000
7Sudan237,600,000
8Democratic Republic of the Congo226,705,000
9Libya175,954,000
10Niger126,670,000
11Chad125,920,000
12Angola124,670,000
13Mali122,019,000
14South Africa121,447,000
15Mauritania103,070,000
16Ethiopia100,000,000
17Egypt99,545,000
18Nigeria91,077,000
19Tanzania88,580,000
20Namibia82,329,000
21Mozambique78,638,000
22Zambia74,339,000
23Somalia62,734,000
24Central African Republic62,300,000
25Madagascar58,154,000
26Kenya56,914,000
27Botswana56,673,000
28Cameroon46,540,000
29Morocco44,630,000
30Zimbabwe38,685,000
31Republic of the Congo34,150,000
32Ivory Coast31,800,000
33Burkina Faso27,360,000
34Gabon25,767,000
35Guinea24,572,000
36Ghana22,754,000
37Uganda19,710,000
38Senegal19,253,000
39Tunisia15,536,000
40Benin11,062,000
41Eritrea10,100,000
42Liberia9,632,000
43Malawi9,408,000
44Sierra Leone7,162,000
45Togo5,439,000
46Lesotho3,035,000
47Guinea-Bissau2,812,000
48Equatorial Guinea2,805,000
49Burundi2,568,000
50Rwanda2,467,000
51Djibouti2,318,000
52Swaziland1,720,000
53Gambia1,000,000
54Cape Verde403,000
55Mauritius203,000
56Comoros186,100
57Sao Tome and Principe96,000
58Seychelles46,000
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