Burundi - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Burundi was 900,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 992,000 in 1969 and a minimum value of 675,000 in 1961.

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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 675,000
1962 700,000
1963 724,000
1964 744,000
1965 756,000
1966 753,000
1967 788,000
1968 800,000
1969 992,000
1970 940,000
1971 929,000
1972 896,000
1973 930,000
1974 930,000
1975 930,000
1976 935,000
1977 942,000
1978 935,000
1979 930,000
1980 930,000
1981 930,000
1982 930,000
1983 930,000
1984 930,000
1985 930,000
1986 930,000
1987 930,000
1988 930,000
1989 930,000
1990 930,000
1991 930,000
1992 930,000
1993 930,000
1994 930,000
1995 940,000
1996 940,000
1997 950,000
1998 950,000
1999 960,000
2000 960,000
2001 975,000
2002 986,000
2003 990,000
2004 985,000
2005 946,000
2006 900,000
2007 900,000
2008 900,000
2009 900,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Burundi was 0.11 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.29 in 1969 and a minimum value of 0.11 in 2009.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.23
1962 0.23
1963 0.23
1964 0.24
1965 0.24
1966 0.23
1967 0.24
1968 0.23
1969 0.29
1970 0.27
1971 0.26
1972 0.25
1973 0.26
1974 0.26
1975 0.25
1976 0.25
1977 0.25
1978 0.24
1979 0.23
1980 0.23
1981 0.22
1982 0.21
1983 0.20
1984 0.20
1985 0.19
1986 0.19
1987 0.18
1988 0.17
1989 0.17
1990 0.17
1991 0.16
1992 0.16
1993 0.16
1994 0.15
1995 0.15
1996 0.15
1997 0.15
1998 0.15
1999 0.15
2000 0.15
2001 0.15
2002 0.15
2003 0.14
2004 0.14
2005 0.13
2006 0.12
2007 0.12
2008 0.11
2009 0.11

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Burundi was 35.05 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 38.63 in 1969, while its lowest value was 26.29 in 1961.

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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 26.29
1962 27.26
1963 28.19
1964 28.97
1965 29.44
1966 29.32
1967 30.69
1968 31.15
1969 38.63
1970 36.60
1971 36.18
1972 34.89
1973 36.21
1974 36.21
1975 36.21
1976 36.41
1977 36.68
1978 36.41
1979 36.21
1980 36.21
1981 36.21
1982 36.21
1983 36.21
1984 36.21
1985 36.21
1986 36.21
1987 36.21
1988 36.21
1989 36.21
1990 36.21
1991 36.21
1992 36.21
1993 36.21
1994 36.21
1995 36.60
1996 36.60
1997 36.99
1998 36.99
1999 37.38
2000 37.38
2001 37.97
2002 38.40
2003 38.55
2004 38.36
2005 36.84
2006 35.05
2007 35.05
2008 35.05
2009 35.05

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use