Cropland — Area per capita in Algeria
Algeria: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.18 ha/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Area per capita in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 0.18 ha/cap for cropland — area per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Algeria peaked at 0.61 ha/cap in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.18 ha/cap, in 2023.
Algeria ranks 101st of 232 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.55 ha/cap | 0.5 ha/cap | 0.61 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.467 ha/cap | 0.42 ha/cap | 0.5 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.35 ha/cap | 0.31 ha/cap | 0.4 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.287 ha/cap | 0.27 ha/cap | 0.3 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.253 ha/cap | 0.24 ha/cap | 0.27 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.214 ha/cap | 0.2 ha/cap | 0.23 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.186 ha/cap | 0.18 ha/cap | 0.19 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More environment data for Algeria
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 16.03 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,365 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 13.77 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 79.4 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 32,807 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.38 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 982.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 18.23 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 7,531 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 3.57 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Algeria?
- Cropland — area per capita in Algeria was 0.18 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.61 ha/cap in 1961.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.18 ha/cap in 2023.
- How does Algeria rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Algeria ranks 101st out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Area per capita. 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.