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

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

191

Highest

397,932 Hectares

OECD

Lowest

0.4 Hectares

Nauru

Median

1,749 Hectares

Years covered

2000–2020

Data points

5,106

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Cropland is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 397,932 Hectares in OECD; the lowest is 0.4 Hectares in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,749 Hectares, and the mean is 10,242 Hectares.

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 160.6%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 92.2%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	OECD	397,932 Hectares	2020	up 1.1%	falling
2	India	168,669 Hectares	2020	down 0.3%	flat
3	United States	160,437 Hectares	2020	up 0.0%	falling
4	China	135,674 Hectares	2020	down 0.3%	flat
5	Russia	123,442 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
6	Brazil	63,518 Hectares	2020	up 3.0%	rising
7	Indonesia	51,300 Hectares	2020	up 15.0%	rising
8	Nigeria	41,500 Hectares	2020	up 4.5%	flat
9	Canada	38,401 Hectares	2020	up 1.4%	falling
10	Ukraine	33,777 Hectares	2020	up 1.2%	flat
11	Argentina	33,701 Hectares	2020	down 13.6%	rising
12	Pakistan	31,723 Hectares	2020	up 4.9%	flat
13	Australia	30,996 Hectares	2020	up 19.4%	rising
14	Kazakhstan	29,685 Hectares	2020	up 3.1%	flat
15	Mexico	22,869 Hectares	2020	down 10.6%	falling
16	Thailand	22,210 Hectares	2020	up 9.6%	rising
16	Ethiopia	18,476 Hectares	2020	up 17.8%	rising
17	Sudan	21,211 Hectares	2020	up 6.0%	rising
18	France	18,970 Hectares	2020	down 1.8%	flat
18	Madagascar	3,600 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
19	Niger	17,815 Hectares	2020	up 17.2%	rising
19	Moldova	1,927 Hectares	2020	down 8.8%	falling
20	Iran	17,536 Hectares	2020	up 2.8%	flat
21	Spain	16,646 Hectares	2020	down 3.3%	falling
22	Tanzania	15,521 Hectares	2020	up 15.8%	rising
22	Croatia	968 Hectares	2020	down 2.1%	flat
23	Myanmar	12,528 Hectares	2020	up 2.5%	rising
23	Lesotho	600 Hectares	2020	up 84.0%	rising
24	South Africa	12,413 Hectares	2020	down 4.2%	falling
24	Mauritania	411 Hectares	2020	down 10.8%	falling
25	Germany	11,862 Hectares	2020	down 1.5%	flat
25	Eswatini	190 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
26	Philippines	11,175 Hectares	2020	up 5.4%	rising
26	Equatorial Guinea	183.6 Hectares	2020	down 3.3%	falling
27	Morocco	9,382 Hectares	2020	up 4.4%	flat
27	Fiji	138.6 Hectares	2020	down 5.1%	falling
28	Romania	9,331 Hectares	2020	down 2.9%	falling
28	Cabo Verde	54 Hectares	2020	up 1.9%	rising
29	Bangladesh	9,301 Hectares	2020	up 7.6%	flat
30	Italy	9,260 Hectares	2020	down 3.8%	falling
31	Türkiye	23,145 Hectares	2020	down 5.1%	falling
31	Uganda	9,100 Hectares	2020	up 1.7%	rising
32	Colombia	8,739 Hectares	2020	up 160.6%	rising
33	Algeria	8,517 Hectares	2020	up 1.3%	flat
34	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15,372 Hectares	2020	up 50.3%	rising
34	Malaysia	8,286 Hectares	2020	up 16.6%	rising
35	Afghanistan	8,094 Hectares	2020	up 2.3%	flat
36	Viet Nam	11,718 Hectares	2020	up 15.8%	rising
36	Côte d’Ivoire	8,000 Hectares	2020	up 8.1%	rising
37	Poland	11,271 Hectares	2020	up 0.5%	falling
37	Cameroon	7,750 Hectares	2020	up 0.6%	rising
38	Mali	6,561 Hectares	2020	up 2.3%	rising
39	Kenya	6,330 Hectares	2020	up 5.1%	rising
39	Syrian Arab Republic	5,733 Hectares	2020	up 0.6%	rising
40	Burkina Faso	6,143 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
40	Lithuania	2,285 Hectares	2020	up 5.9%	rising
41	United Kingdom	6,024 Hectares	2020	up 0.1%	rising
41	Latvia	1,343 Hectares	2020	up 13.8%	rising
42	Mozambique	5,950 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
42	Netherlands	1,042 Hectares	2020	down 1.6%	flat
43	Belarus	5,760 Hectares	2020	up 1.8%	flat
44	Peru	5,678 Hectares	2020	down 7.9%	flat
44	Estonia	699 Hectares	2020	up 7.2%	rising
45	Iraq	5,250 Hectares	2020	up 24.4%	rising
45	Slovenia	233.95 Hectares	2020	down 1.0%	rising
46	Chad	5,238 Hectares	2020	up 23.7%	rising
46	Timor-Leste	191.4 Hectares	2020	up 1.8%	flat
47	Ghana	5,221 Hectares	2020	down 0.6%	flat
47	Micronesia	19 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
48	Angola	5,215 Hectares	2020	up 18.8%	rising
49	Tunisia	4,981 Hectares	2020	down 4.0%	flat
50	Paraguay	4,824 Hectares	2020	up 18.8%	rising
51	Bolivia	4,787 Hectares	2020	up 6.0%	rising
52	Uzbekistan	4,438 Hectares	2020	down 2.0%	falling
53	Japan	4,372 Hectares	2020	down 4.8%	falling
54	Cambodia	4,289 Hectares	2020	up 8.4%	rising
55	Hungary	4,170 Hectares	2020	down 9.0%	falling
56	Zimbabwe	4,100 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
57	Egypt	3,971 Hectares	2020	up 8.2%	rising
58	Zambia	3,836 Hectares	2020	up 11.6%	rising
59	Guinea	3,800 Hectares	2020	up 5.6%	rising
59	Malawi	3,800 Hectares	2020	down 0.9%	rising
61	Bulgaria	3,644 Hectares	2020	up 8.8%	flat
62	Saudi Arabia	3,596 Hectares	2020	up 5.6%	falling
63	Cuba	3,562 Hectares	2020	down 6.4%	falling
64	Benin	3,400 Hectares	2020	up 9.7%	rising
65	Venezuela	3,300 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
66	Senegal	3,278 Hectares	2020	down 15.0%	rising
67	Greece	3,220 Hectares	2020	down 13.1%	falling
68	Togo	2,820 Hectares	2020	up 5.8%	rising
69	Serbia	2,811 Hectares	2020	down 1.2%	falling
70	Sweden	2,542 Hectares	2020	down 3.0%	flat
71	North Korea	2,540 Hectares	2020	down 3.4%	flat
72	Czechia	2,534 Hectares	2020	down 2.1%	falling
73	Ecuador	2,481 Hectares	2020	down 3.8%	falling
74	South Sudan	2,478 Hectares	2020	down 9.1%	falling
75	Denmark	2,398 Hectares	2020	down 1.2%	rising
76	Sri Lanka	2,372 Hectares	2020	up 8.8%	rising
77	Azerbaijan	2,357 Hectares	2020	up 11.6%	rising
78	Nepal	2,326 Hectares	2020	down 0.3%	falling
79	Finland	2,248 Hectares	2020	down 0.5%	flat
80	Uruguay	2,063 Hectares	2020	down 0.4%	rising
81	Libya	2,050 Hectares	2020	down 0.0%	falling
82	Guatemala	2,045 Hectares	2020	down 5.6%	falling
83	Turkmenistan	2,000 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
84	Central African Republic	1,880 Hectares	2020	down 1.8%	falling
85	Portugal	1,818 Hectares	2020	down 2.3%	falling
86	Nicaragua	1,790 Hectares	2020	down 2.0%	falling
87	Sierra Leone	1,749 Hectares	2020	up 1.1%	rising
88	Chile	1,695 Hectares	2020	down 1.9%	falling
89	Honduras	1,596 Hectares	2020	up 6.4%	rising
90	Burundi	1,550 Hectares	2020	up 14.8%	rising
91	Yemen	1,452 Hectares	2020	down 8.0%	falling
92	Rwanda	1,402 Hectares	2020	up 2.0%	rising
93	Austria	1,388 Hectares	2020	down 2.9%	falling
94	Kyrgyzstan	1,364 Hectares	2020	up 1.0%	flat
95	Laos	1,354 Hectares	2020	down 11.5%	rising
96	Haiti	1,350 Hectares	2020	down 2.2%	rising
97	Mongolia	1,345 Hectares	2020	up 8.6%	rising
98	Dominican Republic	1,232 Hectares	2020	up 2.7%	falling
99	Somalia	1,125 Hectares	2020	down 0.3%	falling
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,121 Hectares	2020	up 1.1%	flat
101	Tajikistan	1,041 Hectares	2020	up 18.2%	rising
102	Papua New Guinea	1,000 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
103	Belgium	888.49 Hectares	2020	up 3.8%	flat
104	El Salvador	881 Hectares	2020	up 1.1%	flat
105	Namibia	810 Hectares	2020	up 0.1%	flat
106	Norway	807.66 Hectares	2020	down 2.7%	falling
107	Liberia	700 Hectares	2020	up 6.1%	rising
108	Eritrea	692 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
109	Albania	687.55 Hectares	2020	down 1.2%	flat
110	Panama	665.1 Hectares	2020	down 12.2%	flat
111	Congo	628 Hectares	2020	up 9.0%	rising
112	New Zealand	601 Hectares	2020	up 5.4%	falling
113	Costa Rica	561.5 Hectares	2020	up 4.0%	rising
114	Guinea-Bissau	550 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
115	Armenia	504 Hectares	2020	up 0.1%	flat
116	Gabon	495 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
117	Israel	481.4 Hectares	2020	up 29.8%	rising
118	Guyana	460 Hectares	2020	up 2.7%	flat
119	North Macedonia	457 Hectares	2020	up 1.8%	falling
120	Gambia	445 Hectares	2020	down 2.2%	rising
120	Ireland	445 Hectares	2020	up 0.9%	falling
122	Georgia	437.9 Hectares	2020	down 15.8%	falling
123	Switzerland	425.04 Hectares	2020	down 0.8%	flat
124	Jordan	287 Hectares	2020	up 10.3%	rising
125	Lebanon	269.67 Hectares	2020	up 12.4%	flat
126	Botswana	262 Hectares	2020	up 0.4%	rising
127	Jamaica	215 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
128	Vanuatu	145 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
129	Cyprus	131.87 Hectares	2020	up 17.2%	falling
130	Belize	122 Hectares	2020	up 14.0%	rising
131	Iceland	121 Hectares	2020	down 1.6%	falling
132	Comoros	116 Hectares	2020	down 1.7%	flat
133	Solomon Islands	109 Hectares	2020	up 10.1%	rising
134	Oman	107.93 Hectares	2020	up 48.7%	rising
135	Bhutan	100 Hectares	2020	down 11.5%	falling
136	United Arab Emirates	89.8 Hectares	2020	down 2.7%	volatile
137	Mauritius	79 Hectares	2020	down 6.0%	falling
138	Suriname	67 Hectares	2020	up 9.8%	rising
139	Luxembourg	63.69 Hectares	2020	up 0.4%	flat
140	Trinidad and Tobago	47 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
141	Sao Tome and Principe	43 Hectares	2020	down 4.4%	falling
141	Samoa	43 Hectares	2020	up 21.1%	rising
143	Kiribati	34 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
144	Tonga	31 Hectares	2020	up 10.7%	rising
145	Qatar	24 Hectares	2020	up 32.6%	rising
146	Dominica	23 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
147	Montenegro	14.65 Hectares	2020	down 92.2%	volatile
148	Kuwait	14 Hectares	2020	down 12.5%	flat
149	Bahamas	12 Hectares	2020	down 7.7%	rising
150	Malta	10.38 Hectares	2020	up 0.5%	rising
151	Brunei Darussalam	10 Hectares	2020	unchanged	rising
152	Saint Lucia	9.57 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
153	Marshall Islands	8.5 Hectares	2020	down 15.0%	falling
154	Barbados	8 Hectares	2020	down 38.5%	falling
155	Grenada	7 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
156	Maldives	5.4 Hectares	2020	down 8.5%	falling
157	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.1 Hectares	2020	up 10.9%	falling
158	Antigua and Barbuda	5 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
158	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
160	Bahrain	4.6 Hectares	2020	unchanged	falling
161	Palau	2.3 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
161	San Marino	2.3 Hectares	2020	up 130.0%	rising
163	Djibouti	2 Hectares	2020	up 25.0%	rising
164	Tuvalu	1.8 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat
165	Seychelles	1.55 Hectares	2020	down 35.4%	falling
166	Liechtenstein	1.41 Hectares	2020	down 39.5%	falling
167	Andorra	0.72 Hectares	2020	down 6.5%	falling
168	Singapore	0.66 Hectares	2020	down 10.8%	falling
169	Nauru	0.4 Hectares	2020	unchanged	flat

Regions and income groups

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

World 1.56 million Hectares
Non-resource-rich countries 1.34 million Hectares
World outside Africa 1.28 million Hectares
World outside Africa, non-resource-rich countries 1.08 million Hectares
Upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 587,733 Hectares
Africa 281,797 Hectares
World outside Africa, upper-middle income countries (World Bank) 571,440 Hectares
Resource-rich countries 223,708 Hectares
Asia (excluding high income countries) 524,572 Hectares
Least developed countries 205,908 Hectares
Lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 463,524 Hectares
Latin America and the Caribbean 168,323 Hectares
High income countries 360,178 Hectares
ASEAN 122,871 Hectares
High income countries (excluding Latin American and Caribbean countries) 355,216 Hectares
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 102,036 Hectares
World outside Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 326,678 Hectares
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) 101,984 Hectares
Fragile states 269,074 Hectares
Southern African Development Community (SADC) 71,866 Hectares
Africa, non-resource-rich countries 256,527 Hectares
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 58,722 Hectares
World outside Africa, resource-rich countries 198,439 Hectares
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 39,756 Hectares
Africa, fragile states 176,730 Hectares
Southern Africa (African Union) 37,176 Hectares
Africa, least developed countries 164,879 Hectares
Central Africa (African Union) 33,140 Hectares
Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD) 152,341 Hectares
Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 25,341 Hectares
Land Locked Developing Countries 150,034 Hectares
Low income countries (World Bank) 146,475 Hectares
Small Island Developing States 9,703 Hectares
Africa, lower-middle income countries (World Bank) 136,846 Hectares
MERCOSUR 131,313 Hectares
Africa, low income countries (World Bank) 128,656 Hectares
Korea 1,565 Hectares
European Union (27 countries) 110,777 Hectares
Slovak Republic 1,364 Hectares
West Africa (African Union) 102,036 Hectares

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Indicator: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological sustainability — Cropland
Unit: Hectares
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 244 places, 5,106 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.