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

Name: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Arable land
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Countries reporting

189

Highest

371,504 Hectares

OECD

Lowest

0.15 Hectares

Seychelles

Median

1,321 Hectares

Years covered

2000–2020

Data points

5,064

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Arable land is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 371,504 Hectares in OECD; the lowest is 0.15 Hectares in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,321 Hectares, and the mean is 9,289 Hectares.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 176.7%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 94.7%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	371,504 Hectares	2020	up 0.3%	falling
2	United States	157,737 Hectares	2020	up 0.0%	falling
3	India	155,369 Hectares	2020	down 1.0%	flat
4	Russia	121,649 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
5	China	119,473 Hectares	2020	down 1.6%	flat
6	Brazil	55,762 Hectares	2020	up 8.5%	rising
7	Canada	38,235 Hectares	2020	up 1.5%	falling
8	Nigeria	35,000 Hectares	2020	up 6.1%	flat
9	Ukraine	32,924 Hectares	2020	up 1.4%	flat
10	Argentina	32,633 Hectares	2020	down 14.1%	rising
11	Pakistan	30,930 Hectares	2020	up 5.2%	flat
12	Australia	30,644 Hectares	2020	up 19.7%	rising
13	Kazakhstan	29,553 Hectares	2020	up 3.0%	flat
14	Indonesia	26,300 Hectares	2020	up 11.4%	rising
15	Sudan	20,995 Hectares	2020	up 5.6%	rising
16	Mexico	20,071 Hectares	2020	down 12.5%	falling
16	Ethiopia	16,195 Hectares	2020	up 11.2%	rising
17	France	17,957 Hectares	2020	down 1.9%	flat
18	Niger	17,700 Hectares	2020	up 17.2%	rising
18	Madagascar	3,000 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
19	Thailand	16,810 Hectares	2020	up 6.7%	rising
19	Moldova	1,700 Hectares	2020	down 6.2%	falling
20	Iran	15,645 Hectares	2020	up 1.7%	falling
21	Tanzania	13,502 Hectares	2020	up 15.5%	rising
22	South Africa	12,000 Hectares	2020	down 4.3%	falling
22	Croatia	889 Hectares	2020	down 1.7%	flat
23	Germany	11,664 Hectares	2020	down 1.5%	flat
23	Lesotho	596 Hectares	2020	up 85.1%	rising
24	Spain	11,639 Hectares	2020	down 7.1%	falling
24	Mauritania	400 Hectares	2020	down 11.1%	falling
25	Myanmar	11,018 Hectares	2020	up 1.9%	rising
25	Eswatini	175 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
26	Romania	8,915 Hectares	2020	down 2.5%	falling
26	Equatorial Guinea	138.6 Hectares	2020	up 4.3%	rising
27	Bangladesh	8,000 Hectares	2020	up 2.7%	falling
27	Fiji	76.8 Hectares	2020	up 21.5%	falling
28	Afghanistan	7,829 Hectares	2020	up 0.5%	flat
28	Cabo Verde	50 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
29	Morocco	7,649 Hectares	2020	down 1.0%	falling
30	Algeria	7,505 Hectares	2020	up 0.0%	flat
31	Türkiye	19,586 Hectares	2020	down 8.4%	falling
31	Uganda	6,900 Hectares	2020	up 2.2%	rising
32	Italy	6,831 Hectares	2020	down 3.0%	falling
33	Mali	6,411 Hectares	2020	up 2.4%	rising
34	Democratic Republic of the Congo	13,477 Hectares	2020	up 47.9%	rising
34	Cameroon	6,200 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
35	Poland	10,921 Hectares	2020	up 0.8%	falling
35	Burkina Faso	6,000 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
36	United Kingdom	5,978 Hectares	2020	up 0.1%	rising
37	Viet Nam	6,787 Hectares	2020	up 5.4%	rising
37	Kenya	5,800 Hectares	2020	up 5.5%	rising
38	Belarus	5,660 Hectares	2020	up 2.3%	flat
39	Mozambique	5,650 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
39	Syrian Arab Republic	4,662 Hectares	2020	down 0.5%	flat
40	Philippines	5,590 Hectares	2020	up 5.5%	rising
40	Lithuania	2,249 Hectares	2020	up 5.7%	rising
41	Chad	5,200 Hectares	2020	up 23.8%	rising
41	Latvia	1,334 Hectares	2020	up 13.7%	rising
42	Iraq	5,000 Hectares	2020	up 25.0%	rising
42	Netherlands	1,005 Hectares	2020	down 1.7%	flat
43	Angola	4,900 Hectares	2020	up 19.5%	rising
43	Estonia	694 Hectares	2020	up 7.6%	rising
44	Colombia	4,878 Hectares	2020	up 176.7%	volatile
45	Paraguay	4,734 Hectares	2020	up 19.1%	rising
45	Slovenia	181.03 Hectares	2020	down 1.9%	rising
46	Bolivia	4,540 Hectares	2020	up 5.7%	rising
46	Timor-Leste	111.5 Hectares	2020	down 3.9%	falling
47	Japan	4,104 Hectares	2020	down 4.2%	falling
47	Micronesia	2 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
48	Uzbekistan	4,023 Hectares	2020	down 3.6%	falling
49	Hungary	4,012 Hectares	2020	down 8.7%	falling
50	Zimbabwe	4,000 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
51	Cambodia	3,876 Hectares	2020	up 2.0%	rising
52	Zambia	3,800 Hectares	2020	up 11.8%	rising
53	Malawi	3,600 Hectares	2020	down 2.7%	rising
54	Peru	3,580 Hectares	2020	down 26.3%	falling
55	Côte d’Ivoire	3,500 Hectares	2020	up 20.7%	rising
56	Bulgaria	3,492 Hectares	2020	up 9.6%	rising
57	Saudi Arabia	3,430 Hectares	2020	up 7.9%	falling
58	Egypt	3,365 Hectares	2020	up 17.1%	rising
59	Senegal	3,200 Hectares	2020	down 15.8%	flat
60	Guinea	3,100 Hectares	2020	up 6.9%	rising
61	Cuba	2,909 Hectares	2020	down 14.0%	falling
62	Benin	2,800 Hectares	2020	up 12.0%	rising
63	Togo	2,650 Hectares	2020	up 7.7%	rising
64	Serbia	2,604 Hectares	2020	down 1.9%	falling
65	Venezuela	2,600 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
66	Tunisia	2,595 Hectares	2020	down 8.1%	falling
67	Sweden	2,539 Hectares	2020	down 3.1%	flat
68	Ghana	2,513 Hectares	2020	down 15.8%	falling
69	Czechia	2,484 Hectares	2020	down 2.5%	falling
70	South Sudan	2,395 Hectares	2020	down 9.9%	falling
71	Denmark	2,371 Hectares	2020	down 2.1%	rising
72	North Korea	2,280 Hectares	2020	down 5.0%	flat
73	Finland	2,243 Hectares	2020	down 0.5%	flat
74	Greece	2,132 Hectares	2020	down 16.9%	falling
75	Nepal	2,114 Hectares	2020	down 3.0%	falling
76	Azerbaijan	2,084 Hectares	2020	up 10.6%	rising
77	Uruguay	2,024 Hectares	2020	down 0.4%	rising
78	Turkmenistan	1,940 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
79	Central African Republic	1,800 Hectares	2020	down 1.9%	falling
80	Libya	1,720 Hectares	2020	up 0.2%	falling
81	Sierra Leone	1,584 Hectares	2020	up 0.2%	rising
82	Nicaragua	1,504 Hectares	2020	down 1.8%	falling
83	Sri Lanka	1,372 Hectares	2020	up 14.3%	rising
84	Mongolia	1,340 Hectares	2020	up 8.5%	rising
85	Austria	1,321 Hectares	2020	down 3.1%	falling
86	Kyrgyzstan	1,287 Hectares	2020	up 0.9%	flat
87	Laos	1,224 Hectares	2020	down 12.6%	rising
88	Burundi	1,200 Hectares	2020	up 26.3%	rising
89	Chile	1,197 Hectares	2020	down 5.8%	falling
90	Yemen	1,158 Hectares	2020	down 10.3%	falling
91	Rwanda	1,152 Hectares	2020	up 2.5%	rising
92	Somalia	1,100 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
93	Haiti	1,070 Hectares	2020	down 2.7%	rising
94	Ecuador	1,038 Hectares	2020	down 12.5%	falling
95	Honduras	1,020 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,015 Hectares	2020	up 1.1%	flat
97	Portugal	951.53 Hectares	2020	down 17.1%	falling
98	Dominican Republic	877 Hectares	2020	up 9.6%	flat
99	Belgium	864.88 Hectares	2020	up 3.7%	flat
100	Guatemala	862 Hectares	2020	down 27.9%	falling
101	Tajikistan	839.4 Hectares	2020	up 12.4%	rising
102	Malaysia	826 Hectares	2020	down 3.3%	falling
103	Norway	804.5 Hectares	2020	down 2.6%	falling
104	Namibia	800 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
105	El Salvador	721 Hectares	2020	up 10.0%	rising
106	Eritrea	690 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
107	Albania	599.6 Hectares	2020	down 4.2%	rising
108	Panama	565 Hectares	2020	down 0.7%	flat
109	Congo	550 Hectares	2020	up 7.8%	rising
110	New Zealand	527 Hectares	2020	up 5.6%	volatile
111	Liberia	500 Hectares	2020	up 4.2%	rising
112	Armenia	444 Hectares	2020	down 1.0%	flat
112	Ireland	444 Hectares	2020	up 1.2%	falling
114	Gambia	440 Hectares	2020	down 2.2%	rising
115	Guyana	420 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
116	North Macedonia	416 Hectares	2020	up 0.5%	falling
117	Switzerland	399.84 Hectares	2020	down 1.2%	flat
118	Israel	380 Hectares	2020	up 29.4%	rising
119	Gabon	325 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
120	Georgia	310 Hectares	2020	down 21.5%	falling
121	Guinea-Bissau	300 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
121	Papua New Guinea	300 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
123	Botswana	260 Hectares	2020	up 0.4%	rising
124	Costa Rica	244.5 Hectares	2020	up 8.7%	rising
125	Jordan	206 Hectares	2020	up 16.0%	rising
126	Lebanon	135.3 Hectares	2020	up 18.7%	flat
127	Iceland	121 Hectares	2020	down 1.6%	falling
128	Jamaica	120 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
129	Cyprus	102.4 Hectares	2020	up 24.0%	falling
130	Bhutan	94 Hectares	2020	down 6.6%	falling
131	Belize	90 Hectares	2020	up 20.0%	rising
132	Mauritius	75 Hectares	2020	down 6.2%	falling
133	Oman	74.66 Hectares	2020	up 117.7%	rising
134	Comoros	66 Hectares	2020	up 1.5%	flat
135	Luxembourg	62.13 Hectares	2020	up 0.3%	flat
136	Suriname	62 Hectares	2020	up 12.7%	rising
137	United Arab Emirates	49 Hectares	2020	down 3.2%	falling
138	Trinidad and Tobago	25 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
139	Qatar	21 Hectares	2020	up 37.0%	rising
140	Solomon Islands	20 Hectares	2020	up 5.3%	rising
140	Tonga	20 Hectares	2020	up 17.6%	rising
140	Vanuatu	20 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
143	Samoa	11.29 Hectares	2020	down 5.9%	rising
144	Montenegro	9.1 Hectares	2020	down 94.7%	volatile
145	Malta	9.07 Hectares	2020	down 0.1%	rising
146	Bahamas	8 Hectares	2020	down 11.1%	rising
146	Kuwait	8 Hectares	2020	down 20.0%	falling
148	Barbados	7 Hectares	2020	down 41.7%	falling
149	Dominica	6 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
150	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5 Hectares	2020	up 11.1%	falling
151	Antigua and Barbuda	4 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
151	Sao Tome and Principe	4 Hectares	2020	down 33.3%	falling
151	Brunei Darussalam	4 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
154	Maldives	3.9 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
155	Grenada	3 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
156	Saint Lucia	2.67 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
157	Djibouti	2 Hectares	2020	up 25.0%	rising
157	Kiribati	2 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
157	Marshall Islands	2 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
161	San Marino	1.99 Hectares	2020	up 98.5%	rising
162	Bahrain	1.6 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
163	Liechtenstein	1.41 Hectares	2020	down 39.5%	falling
164	Andorra	0.72 Hectares	2020	down 6.5%	falling
165	Singapore	0.56 Hectares	2020	down 12.5%	falling
166	Palau	0.3 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
167	Seychelles	0.15 Hectares	2020	down 83.3%	volatile

Regions and income groups

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

World 1.39 million Hectares
Non-resource-rich countries 1.17 million Hectares
World outside Africa 1.14 million Hectares
World outside Africa, non-resource-rich countries 951,247 Hectares
Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 503,487 Hectares
Africa 245,530 Hectares
World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 488,169 Hectares
Resource-rich countries 213,301 Hectares
Asia (excluding high income countries) 436,244 Hectares
Least developed countries 187,731 Hectares
Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 402,648 Hectares
Latin America and the Caribbean 143,584 Hectares
High income countries 343,292 Hectares
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 89,907 Hectares
High income countries (excluding Latin American and Caribbean countries) 339,037 Hectares
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 85,748 Hectares
World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 291,375 Hectares
ASEAN 72,436 Hectares
Fragile states 235,062 Hectares
Southern African Development Community (SADC) 65,902 Hectares
Africa, non-resource-rich countries 222,347 Hectares
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 53,387 Hectares
World outside Africa, resource-rich countries 190,118 Hectares
Southern Africa (African Union) 35,781 Hectares
Africa, fragile states 152,892 Hectares
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 34,946 Hectares
Africa, least developed countries 151,309 Hectares
Central Africa (African Union) 28,895 Hectares
Land Locked Developing Countries 141,546 Hectares
Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 19,869 Hectares
Low income countries (World Bank) 134,867 Hectares
Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 130,780 Hectares
Small Island Developing States 6,676 Hectares
Africa, low income countries (World Bank) 118,938 Hectares
MERCOSUR 113,468 Hectares
Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 111,273 Hectares
Korea 1,352 Hectares
European Union (27 countries) 98,653 Hectares
Slovak Republic 1,346 Hectares
West Africa (African Union) 85,748 Hectares

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Indicator: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Arable land
Unit: Hectares
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 242 places, 5,064 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed: 18 August 2026

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. 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.