What is land use over the long-term in Tanzania?

Land use over the long-term in Tanzania was 24.00 million hectares in 2025, according to HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest land use over the long-term recorded in Tanzania?

The highest recorded value was 24.00 million hectares in 2000.

What is the lowest land use over the long-term recorded in Tanzania?

The lowest recorded value was 4.15 million hectares in 1000.

How does Tanzania rank for land use over the long-term?

Tanzania ranks 30th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.

Is land use over the long-term rising or falling in Tanzania?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Tanzania data come from?

The figures come from HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Land use over the long-term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land use over the long-term in Tanzania

Name: Land use over the long-term in Tanzania
Creator: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Tanzania: Land use over the long-term was 24.00 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

24.00 million hectares

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

30th

of 202 countries

All-time high

24.00 million hectares

in 2000

All-time low

4.15 million hectares

in 1000

Years of data

108

1000–2025

Land use over the long-term in Tanzania, 1000–2025

Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.

Analysis

In 2025, land use over the long-term in Tanzania stood at 24.00 million hectares. That is the highest value across all 108 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, land use over the long-term in Tanzania peaked at 24.00 million hectares in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4.15 million hectares, in 1000.

Tanzania ranks 30th of 202 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 108 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1000s	4.15 million hectares	4.15 million hectares	4.15 million hectares	1
1100s	6.47 million hectares	6.47 million hectares	6.47 million hectares	1
1200s	8.67 million hectares	8.67 million hectares	8.67 million hectares	1
1300s	10.72 million hectares	10.72 million hectares	10.72 million hectares	1
1400s	12.59 million hectares	12.59 million hectares	12.59 million hectares	1
1500s	7.85 million hectares	7.85 million hectares	7.85 million hectares	1
1600s	9.08 million hectares	9.08 million hectares	9.08 million hectares	1
1700s	10.03 million hectares	10.03 million hectares	10.03 million hectares	1
1710s	10.74 million hectares	10.74 million hectares	10.74 million hectares	1
1720s	11.44 million hectares	11.44 million hectares	11.44 million hectares	1
1730s	12.12 million hectares	12.12 million hectares	12.12 million hectares	1
1740s	12.78 million hectares	12.78 million hectares	12.78 million hectares	1
1750s	13.43 million hectares	13.43 million hectares	13.43 million hectares	1
1760s	14.06 million hectares	14.06 million hectares	14.06 million hectares	1
1770s	14.67 million hectares	14.67 million hectares	14.67 million hectares	1
1780s	15.25 million hectares	15.25 million hectares	15.25 million hectares	1
1790s	15.82 million hectares	15.82 million hectares	15.82 million hectares	1
1800s	16.36 million hectares	16.36 million hectares	16.36 million hectares	1
1810s	16.87 million hectares	16.87 million hectares	16.87 million hectares	1
1820s	17.36 million hectares	17.36 million hectares	17.36 million hectares	1
1830s	17.81 million hectares	17.81 million hectares	17.81 million hectares	1
1840s	18.23 million hectares	18.23 million hectares	18.23 million hectares	1
1850s	18.61 million hectares	18.61 million hectares	18.61 million hectares	1
1860s	18.10 million hectares	18.10 million hectares	18.10 million hectares	1
1870s	17.57 million hectares	17.57 million hectares	17.57 million hectares	1
1880s	17.02 million hectares	17.02 million hectares	17.02 million hectares	1
1890s	16.95 million hectares	16.95 million hectares	16.95 million hectares	1
1900s	15.22 million hectares	15.22 million hectares	15.22 million hectares	1
1910s	14.16 million hectares	14.16 million hectares	14.16 million hectares	1
1920s	13.63 million hectares	13.63 million hectares	13.63 million hectares	1
1930s	15.09 million hectares	15.09 million hectares	15.09 million hectares	1
1940s	16.30 million hectares	16.30 million hectares	16.30 million hectares	1
1950s	18.89 million hectares	17.80 million hectares	19.83 million hectares	10
1960s	19.99 million hectares	19.94 million hectares	20.00 million hectares	10
1970s	20.90 million hectares	20.00 million hectares	21.00 million hectares	10
1980s	21.90 million hectares	21.00 million hectares	22.00 million hectares	10
1990s	22.80 million hectares	21.19 million hectares	23.90 million hectares	10
2000s	24.00 million hectares	24.00 million hectares	24.00 million hectares	10
2010s	23.97 million hectares	23.67 million hectares	24.00 million hectares	10
2020s	24.00 million hectares	24.00 million hectares	24.00 million hectares	6

Countries ranked near Tanzania

27 Niger 28.78 million hectares compare
28 Botswana 25.60 million hectares compare
29 Nigeria 25.06 million hectares compare
31 Yemen 22.00 million hectares compare
32 Kenya 21.30 million hectares compare
33 Uzbekistan 21.25 million hectares compare

See the full ranking of 202 places →

More environment data for Tanzania

Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 102.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.5 t CO2e/capita (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 43.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 5.56 Mt CO2e (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 6.87 Mt CO2e (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0551 Mt CO2e (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 59.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0064 Mt CO2e (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0605 Mt CO2e (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.51 Mt CO2e (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land use over the long-term in Tanzania?: Land use over the long-term in Tanzania was 24.00 million hectares in 2025, according to HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest land use over the long-term recorded in Tanzania?: The highest recorded value was 24.00 million hectares in 2000.
What is the lowest land use over the long-term recorded in Tanzania?: The lowest recorded value was 4.15 million hectares in 1000.
How does Tanzania rank for land use over the long-term?: Tanzania ranks 30th out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
Is land use over the long-term rising or falling in Tanzania?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tanzania data come from?: The figures come from HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Land use over the long-term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Land use over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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