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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Agricultural land by country

The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual...

Countries reporting
174
Highest
3.62 million Hectares
World outside Africa
Lowest
0.4 Hectares
Naoero, Republic of
Median
4,842 Hectares
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
5,106

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Agricultural land is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 3.62 million Hectares in World outside Africa; the lowest is 0.4 Hectares in Naoero, Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,842 Hectares, and the mean is 65,025 Hectares.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino, Republic of (up 130.0%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 49.6%).

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 World outside Africa 3.62 million Hectares 2020 down 0.9% flat
2 OECD 1.20 million Hectares 2020 down 2.4% falling
3 Resource-rich countries 1.14 million Hectares 2020 up 2.6% flat
4 Africa, fragile states 589,940 Hectares 2020 up 3.2% rising
5 China, People's Republic of 528,508 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% flat
6 United States 405,810 Hectares 2020 down 0.3% flat
7 Australia 355,775 Hectares 2020 down 5.5% falling
8 Brazil 236,879 Hectares 2020 up 2.2% flat
9 Russian Federation 215,494 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
10 Kazakhstan, Republic of 214,003 Hectares 2020 down 1.5% flat
11 India 179,045 Hectares 2020 down 0.3% flat
12 Saudi Arabia 173,596 Hectares 2020 up 0.1% flat
13 East African Community 147,234 Hectares 2020 up 32.6% rising
14 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 136,483 Hectares 2020 up 0.0% flat
15 Mongolia 112,700 Hectares 2020 down 1.3% falling
16 Argentina 108,382 Hectares 2020 down 14.2% falling
17 Mexico 97,138 Hectares 2020 down 4.6% falling
18 South Africa 96,341 Hectares 2020 down 0.6% flat
19 Nigeria 69,450 Hectares 2020 up 2.4% flat
20 Sudan 69,406 Hectares 2020 down 49.4% falling
21 Indonesia 62,300 Hectares 2020 up 12.1% rising
22 Canada 57,743 Hectares 2020 down 0.9% falling
23 Angola 56,952 Hectares 2020 up 8.5% rising
24 Chad 50,238 Hectares 2020 up 2.0% flat
25 Colombia 48,243 Hectares 2020 up 13.5% rising
26 Iran, Islamic Republic of 47,013 Hectares 2020 up 1.0% falling
27 Niger 46,597 Hectares 2020 up 5.9% rising
28 Somalia 44,125 Hectares 2020 down 0.0% flat
29 Mozambique, Republic of 41,414 Hectares 2020 up 4.4% rising
30 Algeria 41,359 Hectares 2020 down 0.0% flat
31 Ukraine 41,311 Hectares 2020 up 0.1% flat
32 Mali 41,201 Hectares 2020 up 0.4% rising
33 Tanzania, United Republic of 39,521 Hectares 2020 up 5.7% rising
34 Namibia 38,810 Hectares 2020 up 0.0% flat
35 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 38,356 Hectares 2020 up 1.2% flat
36 Bolivia 37,787 Hectares 2020 up 0.7% flat
37 Pakistan 36,723 Hectares 2020 up 4.2% flat
38 Turkmenistan 33,838 Hectares 2020 down 0.5% falling
39 Morocco 30,382 Hectares 2020 up 1.3% flat
40 France 28,554 Hectares 2020 down 1.3% flat
41 South Sudan, Republic of 28,251 Hectares 2020 down 0.9% flat
42 Kenya 27,630 Hectares 2020 up 1.1% flat
43 Spain 26,143 Hectares 2020 down 5.1% falling
44 Botswana 25,862 Hectares 2020 up 0.0% flat
45 Uzbekistan, Republic of 25,682 Hectares 2020 up 0.3% falling
46 Peru 24,478 Hectares 2020 down 1.3% rising
47 Zambia 23,836 Hectares 2020 up 1.7% rising
48 Yemen, Republic of 23,452 Hectares 2020 down 0.5% flat
49 Thailand 23,010 Hectares 2020 up 9.3% rising
50 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 21,500 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
51 Côte d’Ivoire 21,200 Hectares 2020 up 2.9% rising
52 United Kingdom 17,259 Hectares 2020 up 0.2% flat
53 Paraguay 16,809 Hectares 2020 up 4.8% rising
54 Germany 16,595 Hectares 2020 down 0.6% flat
55 Zimbabwe 16,200 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
56 Chile 15,710 Hectares 2020 down 0.2% flat
57 Libya 15,350 Hectares 2020 down 0.0% flat
58 Guinea 14,500 Hectares 2020 up 1.4% flat
59 Uganda 14,415 Hectares 2020 up 1.1% rising
60 Uruguay 14,063 Hectares 2020 down 2.6% falling
61 Romania 13,591 Hectares 2020 down 4.0% falling
62 Myanmar 13,008 Hectares 2020 up 3.8% rising
63 Italy 12,999 Hectares 2020 down 9.3% falling
64 Philippines 12,675 Hectares 2020 up 4.8% rising
65 Ghana 12,604 Hectares 2020 down 1.1% flat
66 Burkina Faso 12,143 Hectares 2020 unchanged rising
67 Congo, Republic of 10,628 Hectares 2020 up 0.5% flat
68 Kyrgyz Republic 10,368 Hectares 2020 down 2.3% flat
69 New Zealand 10,154 Hectares 2020 down 11.0% falling
70 Bangladesh 9,901 Hectares 2020 up 7.1% flat
71 Cameroon 9,750 Hectares 2020 up 0.5% rising
72 Tunisia 9,731 Hectares 2020 down 3.1% flat
73 Iraq 9,250 Hectares 2020 up 12.5% rising
74 Senegal 8,878 Hectares 2020 down 6.1% flat
75 Malaysia 8,571 Hectares 2020 up 16.0% rising
76 Belarus, Republic of 8,281 Hectares 2020 down 6.9% falling
77 Eritrea, The State of 7,592 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
78 Cuba 6,401 Hectares 2020 down 0.9% falling
79 Greece 5,867 Hectares 2020 down 21.7% falling
80 Cambodia 5,789 Hectares 2020 up 6.1% rising
81 Malawi 5,650 Hectares 2020 down 0.6% rising
82 Ecuador 5,420 Hectares 2020 down 27.7% falling
83 Central African Republic 5,080 Hectares 2020 down 0.7% flat
84 Nicaragua 5,065 Hectares 2020 up 0.8% flat
85 Bulgaria 5,047 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% falling
86 Tajikistan, Republic of 4,916 Hectares 2020 up 3.4% rising
87 Hungary 4,903 Hectares 2020 down 8.2% falling
88 Azerbaijan, Republic of 4,780 Hectares 2020 up 0.3% flat
89 Ireland 4,512 Hectares 2020 down 1.2% flat
90 Japan 4,372 Hectares 2020 down 4.8% falling
91 Nepal 4,121 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% flat
92 Egypt, Arab Republic of 3,971 Hectares 2020 up 8.2% rising
93 Benin 3,950 Hectares 2020 up 8.2% rising
94 Sierra Leone 3,949 Hectares 2020 up 0.5% rising
95 Portugal 3,873 Hectares 2020 up 6.0% flat
96 Guatemala 3,856 Hectares 2020 down 2.7% falling
97 Togo 3,820 Hectares 2020 up 4.2% rising
98 Czech Republic 3,524 Hectares 2020 down 0.0% falling
99 Honduras 3,511 Hectares 2020 up 7.4% rising
100 Serbia, Republic of 3,504 Hectares 2020 down 0.5% falling
101 Sweden 3,006 Hectares 2020 down 2.2% flat
102 Sri Lanka 2,812 Hectares 2020 up 7.3% rising
103 Austria 2,647 Hectares 2020 down 4.8% falling
104 Denmark 2,620 Hectares 2020 down 0.2% flat
105 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2,590 Hectares 2020 down 3.4% flat
106 Dominican Republic 2,429 Hectares 2020 up 1.3% flat
107 Georgia 2,378 Hectares 2020 down 3.3% falling
108 Finland 2,270 Hectares 2020 down 1.0% flat
109 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,216 Hectares 2020 up 3.4% flat
110 Gabon 2,213 Hectares 2020 up 4.5% rising
111 Panama 2,174 Hectares 2020 down 4.1% flat
112 Burundi 2,033 Hectares 2020 up 10.9% rising
113 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,029 Hectares 2020 down 8.6% rising
114 Liberia 1,954 Hectares 2020 up 14.1% rising
115 Iceland 1,872 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% flat
116 Haiti 1,840 Hectares 2020 down 1.6% rising
117 Rwanda 1,812 Hectares 2020 up 0.4% flat
118 Costa Rica 1,762 Hectares 2020 down 3.2% flat
119 Djibouti 1,702 Hectares 2020 up 0.0% flat
120 Armenia, Republic of 1,676 Hectares 2020 down 3.4% rising
121 Switzerland 1,504 Hectares 2020 down 2.0% flat
122 Oman 1,459 Hectares 2020 up 1.1% rising
123 Belgium 1,365 Hectares 2020 up 0.7% flat
124 North Macedonia, Republic of 1,262 Hectares 2020 up 12.8% flat
125 Guyana 1,241 Hectares 2020 up 6.5% rising
126 El Salvador 1,196 Hectares 2020 down 5.7% falling
127 Papua New Guinea 1,190 Hectares 2020 unchanged rising
128 Albania 1,166 Hectares 2020 down 3.0% rising
129 Jordan 1,029 Hectares 2020 up 2.7% flat
130 Norway 985.96 Hectares 2020 down 2.0% falling
131 Guinea-Bissau 815.11 Hectares 2020 up 9.0% rising
132 Lebanon 669.67 Hectares 2020 up 4.6% rising
133 Israel 646.4 Hectares 2020 up 28.1% rising
134 Gambia, The 605 Hectares 2020 down 1.6% rising
135 Bhutan 513 Hectares 2020 down 1.3% falling
136 Jamaica 444 Hectares 2020 unchanged falling
137 United Arab Emirates 389.8 Hectares 2020 down 0.6% falling
138 Montenegro 257.95 Hectares 2020 down 49.6% falling
139 Vanuatu 187 Hectares 2020 unchanged rising
140 Belize 172 Hectares 2020 up 9.6% rising
141 Kuwait 150 Hectares 2020 down 1.3% flat
142 Cyprus 134.13 Hectares 2020 up 17.1% falling
143 Luxembourg 132.14 Hectares 2020 up 0.8% flat
144 Comoros, Union of the 131 Hectares 2020 down 1.5% flat
145 Solomon Islands 117 Hectares 2020 up 9.3% rising
146 Mauritius 86 Hectares 2020 down 5.5% falling
147 Suriname 84 Hectares 2020 up 7.3% rising
148 Qatar 74 Hectares 2020 up 8.7% rising
149 Trinidad and Tobago 54 Hectares 2020 unchanged falling
150 Samoa 49.41 Hectares 2020 up 19.1% rising
151 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 44 Hectares 2020 down 4.3% falling
152 Tonga 35 Hectares 2020 up 9.4% rising
153 Kiribati 34 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
154 Dominica 25 Hectares 2020 unchanged rising
155 Andorra, Principality of 18.72 Hectares 2020 down 5.3% falling
156 Bahamas, The 14 Hectares 2020 down 6.7% rising
157 Brunei Darussalam 13.4 Hectares 2020 unchanged rising
158 Malta 10.38 Hectares 2020 up 0.5% rising
159 Barbados 10 Hectares 2020 down 33.3% falling
160 St. Lucia 9.94 Hectares 2020 unchanged falling
161 Antigua and Barbuda 9 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
162 Bahrain, Kingdom of 8.6 Hectares 2020 unchanged falling
162 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 8.6 Hectares 2020 down 33.8% falling
164 Grenada 8 Hectares 2020 unchanged falling
165 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
166 Maldives 6.4 Hectares 2020 down 7.2% falling
167 St. Kitts and Nevis 6 Hectares 2020 up 5.3% falling
168 Liechtenstein, Principality of 5.32 Hectares 2020 down 7.2% falling
169 Palau, Republic of 4.3 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
170 San Marino, Republic of 2.3 Hectares 2020 up 130.0% rising
171 Tuvalu 1.8 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat
172 Seychelles 1.55 Hectares 2020 down 35.4% falling
173 Singapore 0.66 Hectares 2020 down 10.8% falling
174 Naoero, Republic of 0.4 Hectares 2020 unchanged flat

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Agricultural land
Unit
Hectares
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
244 places, 5,106 data points, 2000–2020
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The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. <br><br> Table 23 shows indicators of ecological sustainability, in terms of land use. This includes number of hectars of land allocated to different kinds of use, carbon stock in living biomass, and fertiliser use, and wood production.