Cropland — Share in Land area in Angola
Angola: Cropland — Share in Land area was 3.95 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cropland — Share in Land area in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cropland — share in land area in Angola is 3.95 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — share in land area in Angola peaked at 3.95 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.49 %, in 1986.
That places Angola 187th out of 234 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.63 % | 2.54 % | 2.73 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.67 % | 2.56 % | 2.73 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.52 % | 2.49 % | 2.55 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.56 % | 2.49 % | 2.57 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.82 % | 2.57 % | 3.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.74 % | 3.55 % | 3.91 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.94 % | 3.93 % | 3.95 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 184 Chad 4.24 % compare
- 185 Australia 4.12 % compare
- 186 Australia and New Zealand 4.06 % compare
- 188 South Sudan 3.92 % compare
- 189 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.74 % compare
- 190 Solomon Islands 3.73 % compare
More environment data for Angola
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 1.74 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 85.53 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 32.37 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 89.13 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 40,361 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.79 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 357.07 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 10.09 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,567 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.13 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — share in land area in Angola?
- Cropland — share in land area in Angola was 3.95 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — share in land area recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 3.95 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest cropland — share in land area recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.49 % in 1986.
- How does Angola rank for cropland — share in land area?
- Angola ranks 187th out of 234 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — share in land area rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Share in 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.