Cropland — Share in Agricultural land in Eswatini
Eswatini: Cropland — Share in Agricultural land was 16.48 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 16.48 % for cropland — share in agricultural land in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — share in agricultural land in Eswatini peaked at 16.48 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.58 %, in 1961.
That places Eswatini 215th out of 252 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.58 % | — |
| 1962 | 9.2 % | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 8.96 % | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 9.14 % | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 9.57 % | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 10.11 % | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 10.35 % | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 10.41 % | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 10.17 % | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 10.17 % | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10.17 % | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 11.3 % | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 11.3 % | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10.66 % | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 12.95 % | +21.5% |
| 1976 | 12.04 % | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 10.98 % | -8.8% |
| 1978 | 13.93 % | +26.9% |
| 1979 | 14.18 % | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 14.64 % | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 11.06 % | -24.5% |
| 1982 | 10.96 % | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 10.95 % | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 14.11 % | +28.9% |
| 1985 | 12.77 % | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 12.34 % | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 13.54 % | +9.7% |
| 1988 | 14.79 % | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 16.14 % | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 15.51 % | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 15.89 % | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 15.62 % | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 15.55 % | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 15.55 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 15.55 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 15.55 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15.62 % | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 15.62 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 15.62 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 15.62 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 15.66 % | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 15.66 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 15.66 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 15.64 % | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 15.64 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 15.57 % | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 15.57 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15.6 % | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 15.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15.78 % | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 15.79 % | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 15.8 % | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 15.81 % | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 15.93 % | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 15.98 % | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 16.03 % | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 16.09 % | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 16.21 % | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 16.26 % | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 16.29 % | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 16.29 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 16.48 % | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 16.48 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16.48 % | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 16.48 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 51.38 %, 32% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 16.48 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 40.53 %, 41% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cropland — Share in Agricultural land in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +28.9% | 10.95 % | 14.11 % |
| 1978 | +26.9% | 10.98 % | 13.93 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.61 % | 8.58 % | 10.41 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.77 % | 10.17 % | 14.18 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.13 % | 10.95 % | 16.14 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.61 % | 15.51 % | 15.89 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.62 % | 15.57 % | 15.66 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.97 % | 15.78 % | 16.26 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4 % | 16.29 % | 16.48 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 212 Georgia 17.18 % compare
- 213 Uzbekistan 16.96 % compare
- 214 Mali 16.88 % compare
- 216 Zambia 16.11 % compare
- 217 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16.05 % compare
- 218 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15.32 % compare
More environment data for Eswatini
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1406 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.7918 hectares per person (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 57.91 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2772 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — share in agricultural land in Eswatini?
- Cropland — share in agricultural land in Eswatini was 16.48 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — share in agricultural land recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 16.48 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest cropland — share in agricultural land recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.58 % in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for cropland — share in agricultural land?
- Eswatini ranks 215th out of 252 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Share in Agricultural land. 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.