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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Agriculture > Arable land > Hectares > Per capita

DEFINITION: Arable land (in hectares) 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Niger 1,109.65 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
2 Central African Republic 490.27 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
3 Sudan 487.72 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
4 Zambia 465.85 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
5 Togo 430.11 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
6 Namibia 410.38 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
7 Chad 394.16 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
8 Burkina Faso 389.77 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
9 Cameroon 378.45 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
10 Mali 355.07 hectares per 1,000 peop 2005
11 Benin 334.64 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
12 South Africa 321.85 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
13 Equatorial Guinea 270.19 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
14 Zimbabwe 250.33 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
15 Gabon 242.3 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
16 Mozambique 228.32 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
17 Nigeria 226.5 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
18 Senegal 221.25 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
19 Angola 219.31 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
20 The Gambia 219.1 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
21 Botswana 212.81 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
22 Guinea-Bissau 200.83 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
23 Malawi 198.56 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
24 Ghana 197.29 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
25 Uganda 193.53 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
26 Cote d'Ivoire 187.46 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
27 Lesotho 183.34 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
28 Mauritania 168.69 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
29 Madagascar 167.37 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
30 Ethiopia 161.13 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
31 Swaziland 161.01 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
32 Kenya 142.06 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
33 Burundi 140.69 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
34 Comoros 138.97 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
35 Eritrea 138.65 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
36 Rwanda 137.02 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
37 Somalia 135.57 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
38 Guinea 126.86 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
39 Democratic Republic of the Congo 123.55 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
40 Liberia 118.54 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
41 Sierra Leone 111.35 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
42 Tanzania 109.44 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
43 Cape Verde 95.11 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
44 Mauritius 80.43 hectares per 1,000 peop 2005
45 Sao Tome and Principe 53.54 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
46 Seychelles 12.08 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003
47 Djibouti 1.31 hectares per 1,000 peop 2003

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