Eritrea - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Eritrea was 690,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 690,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 369,000 in 1996.

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.

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Year Value
1993 498,000
1994 437,000
1995 438,000
1996 369,000
1997 391,000
1998 498,000
1999 498,000
2000 560,000
2001 562,000
2002 562,000
2003 597,000
2004 598,000
2005 620,000
2006 670,000
2007 670,000
2008 670,000
2009 690,000
2010 690,000
2011 690,000
2012 690,000
2013 690,000
2014 690,000
2015 690,000
2016 690,000
2017 690,000
2018 690,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Eritrea was 0.200 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.244 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.168 in 1996.

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.

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Year Value
1993 0.222
1994 0.197
1995 0.199
1996 0.168
1997 0.178
1998 0.226
1999 0.223
2000 0.244
2001 0.237
2002 0.227
2003 0.230
2004 0.220
2005 0.219
2006 0.230
2007 0.224
2008 0.219
2009 0.221
2010 0.218
2011 0.215
2012 0.212
2013 0.210
2014 0.208
2015 0.206
2016 0.204
2017 0.202
2018 0.200

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Eritrea was 6.83 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 6.83 in 2018, while its lowest value was 3.65 in 1996.

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
1993 4.93
1994 4.33
1995 4.34
1996 3.65
1997 3.87
1998 4.93
1999 4.93
2000 5.54
2001 5.56
2002 5.56
2003 5.91
2004 5.92
2005 6.14
2006 6.63
2007 6.63
2008 6.63
2009 6.83
2010 6.83
2011 6.83
2012 6.83
2013 6.83
2014 6.83
2015 6.83
2016 6.83
2017 6.83
2018 6.83

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use