Arable land, percent of land area - Country rankings
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Arable land, percent of total land area, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 47 countries was 15.9 percent. The highest value was in Rwanda: 51.4 percent and the lowest value was in the Seychelles: 0.3 percent. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Arable land, percent of land area, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 51.4 | 1 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Burundi | 49.5 | 2 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Togo | 48.7 | 3 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Gambia | 43.5 | 4 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Malawi | 42.4 | 5 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Nigeria | 40.5 | 6 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Mauritius | 37.6 | 7 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Comoros | 34.9 | 8 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Uganda | 34.4 | 9 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Benin | 30.9 | 10 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Burkina Faso | 28.4 | 11 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Sierra Leone | 21.9 | 12 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Ghana | 20.7 | 13 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Guinea | 20.3 | 14 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Senegal | 19.9 | 15 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Tanzania | 15.2 | 16 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Ethiopia | 14.6 | 17 | 1993 - 2022 |
| Niger | 14 | 18 | 1961 - 2022 |
| G.-Bissau | 13.9 | 19 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Ivory Coast | 13.4 | 20 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Cameroon | 13.1 | 21 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Cape Verde | 12.4 | 22 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Kenya | 11.3 | 23 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Sudan | 11.2 | 24 | 2012 - 2022 |
| Swaziland | 10.3 | 25 | 1961 - 2022 |
| South Africa | 9.9 | 26 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 27 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Lesotho | 7.2 | 28 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Mozambique | 7.2 | 29 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Mali | 6.8 | 30 | 1961 - 2022 |
| DR Congo | 6.2 | 31 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Eritrea | 5.7 | 32 | 1993 - 2022 |
| Liberia | 5.2 | 33 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Madagascar | 5.2 | 34 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Zambia | 5.1 | 35 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Angola | 4.3 | 36 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Chad | 4.2 | 37 | 1961 - 2022 |
| S.T.&Principe | 4.2 | 38 | 1961 - 2022 |
| C.A. Republic | 2.9 | 39 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Eq. Guinea | 1.9 | 40 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Somalia | 1.8 | 41 | 1961 - 2022 |
| R. of Congo | 1.6 | 42 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Gabon | 1.3 | 43 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Namibia | 1 | 44 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Botswana | 0.5 | 45 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Mauritania | 0.4 | 46 | 1961 - 2022 |
| Seychelles | 0.3 | 47 | 1961 - 2022 |
Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
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