Somalia - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Somalia was 1,100,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,350,000 in 2005 and a minimum value of 891,000 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 891,000
1962 896,000
1963 901,000
1964 906,000
1965 911,000
1966 916,000
1967 921,000
1968 926,000
1969 931,000
1970 936,000
1971 941,000
1972 946,000
1973 951,000
1974 955,000
1975 960,000
1976 965,000
1977 969,000
1978 974,000
1979 979,000
1980 984,000
1981 989,000
1982 994,000
1983 999,000
1984 1,004,000
1985 1,009,000
1986 1,014,000
1987 1,018,000
1988 1,021,000
1989 1,021,000
1990 1,022,000
1991 1,022,000
1992 1,023,000
1993 1,024,000
1994 1,030,000
1995 1,035,000
1996 1,039,000
1997 1,043,000
1998 1,043,000
1999 1,043,000
2000 1,043,000
2001 1,045,000
2002 1,200,000
2003 1,250,000
2004 1,350,000
2005 1,350,000
2006 1,140,000
2007 1,000,000
2008 1,100,000
2009 1,100,000
2010 1,100,000
2011 1,000,000
2012 1,000,000
2013 1,100,000
2014 1,100,000
2015 1,100,000
2016 1,100,000
2017 1,100,000
2018 1,100,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Somalia was 0.073 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.317 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.073 in 2018.

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 0.317
1962 0.312
1963 0.307
1964 0.302
1965 0.297
1966 0.291
1967 0.285
1968 0.280
1969 0.275
1970 0.272
1971 0.271
1972 0.272
1973 0.271
1974 0.263
1975 0.247
1976 0.226
1977 0.202
1978 0.181
1979 0.166
1980 0.157
1981 0.152
1982 0.150
1983 0.151
1984 0.152
1985 0.152
1986 0.151
1987 0.148
1988 0.146
1989 0.143
1990 0.141
1991 0.140
1992 0.140
1993 0.140
1994 0.140
1995 0.138
1996 0.135
1997 0.131
1998 0.127
1999 0.122
2000 0.118
2001 0.114
2002 0.126
2003 0.127
2004 0.133
2005 0.129
2006 0.106
2007 0.090
2008 0.097
2009 0.094
2010 0.091
2011 0.081
2012 0.079
2013 0.084
2014 0.082
2015 0.080
2016 0.078
2017 0.075
2018 0.073

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Somalia was 1.75 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 2.15 in 2005, while its lowest value was 1.42 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 1.42
1962 1.43
1963 1.44
1964 1.44
1965 1.45
1966 1.46
1967 1.47
1968 1.48
1969 1.48
1970 1.49
1971 1.50
1972 1.51
1973 1.52
1974 1.52
1975 1.53
1976 1.54
1977 1.54
1978 1.55
1979 1.56
1980 1.57
1981 1.58
1982 1.58
1983 1.59
1984 1.60
1985 1.61
1986 1.62
1987 1.62
1988 1.63
1989 1.63
1990 1.63
1991 1.63
1992 1.63
1993 1.63
1994 1.64
1995 1.65
1996 1.66
1997 1.66
1998 1.66
1999 1.66
2000 1.66
2001 1.67
2002 1.91
2003 1.99
2004 2.15
2005 2.15
2006 1.82
2007 1.59
2008 1.75
2009 1.75
2010 1.75
2011 1.59
2012 1.59
2013 1.75
2014 1.75
2015 1.75
2016 1.75
2017 1.75
2018 1.75

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use