Arable land — Area in Eritrea
Eritrea: Arable land — Area was 690 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Arable land — Area in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 690 1000 ha for arable land — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — area in Eritrea peaked at 690 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 369 1000 ha, in 1996.
Eritrea ranks 138th of 248 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Arable land — Area in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 498 1000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 437 1000 ha | -12.2% |
| 1995 | 438 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 369 1000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1997 | 391 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 498 1000 ha | +27.4% |
| 1999 | 498 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 560 1000 ha | +12.4% |
| 2001 | 562 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 562 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 597 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 598 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 620 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 670 1000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 670 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 670 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 690 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 690 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 690 1000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 3,000 1000 ha, 23% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 690 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,650 1000 ha, 26% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 447 1000 ha | 369 1000 ha | 498 1000 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 619.9 1000 ha | 560 1000 ha | 690 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 690 1000 ha | 690 1000 ha | 690 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 690 1000 ha | 690 1000 ha | 690 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.3665 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — area in Eritrea?
- Arable land — area in Eritrea was 690 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — area recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 690 1000 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest arable land — area recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 369 1000 ha in 1996.
- How does Eritrea rank for arable land — area?
- Eritrea ranks 138th out of 248 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — area rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Arable land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.