Other land — Area in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Other land — Area was 146,376 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other land — Area in Eastern Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 146,376 1000 ha for other land — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other land — area in Eastern Africa peaked at 146,376 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 86,508 1000 ha, in 1990.
Eastern Africa ranks 23rd of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99,997 1000 ha | 86,508 1000 ha | 106,581 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 109,098 1000 ha | 102,051 1000 ha | 114,708 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 135,796 1000 ha | 112,199 1000 ha | 142,662 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 144,619 1000 ha | 143,162 1000 ha | 146,376 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 4.78 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 147,739 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 344.61 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 85,775 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 25.02 % (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 5.81 kg/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 12.54 % (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 564,665 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 173,403 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 1.13 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other land — area in Eastern Africa?
- Other land — area in Eastern Africa was 146,376 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other land — area recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 146,376 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other land — area recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 86,508 1000 ha in 1990.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for other land — area?
- Eastern Africa ranks 23rd out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other land — area rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.