Chad - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Chad was 5,200,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,200,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 2,897,000 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.

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Year Value
1961 2,897,000
1962 2,897,000
1963 2,897,000
1964 2,897,000
1965 2,897,000
1966 2,897,000
1967 2,897,000
1968 2,897,000
1969 2,897,000
1970 2,897,000
1971 2,897,000
1972 2,897,000
1973 2,907,000
1974 2,917,000
1975 2,997,000
1976 3,095,000
1977 3,095,000
1978 3,143,000
1979 3,140,000
1980 3,137,000
1981 3,135,000
1982 3,132,000
1983 3,130,000
1984 3,127,000
1985 3,130,000
1986 3,180,000
1987 3,180,000
1988 3,203,000
1989 3,223,000
1990 3,273,000
1991 3,322,000
1992 3,342,000
1993 3,370,000
1994 3,390,000
1995 3,420,000
1996 3,400,000
1997 3,600,000
1998 3,600,000
1999 3,600,000
2000 3,600,000
2001 3,900,000
2002 3,700,000
2003 3,800,000
2004 3,800,000
2005 3,900,000
2006 3,900,000
2007 3,900,000
2008 3,900,000
2009 4,000,000
2010 4,200,000
2011 4,300,000
2012 4,650,000
2013 5,000,000
2014 5,200,000
2015 5,200,000
2016 5,200,000
2017 5,200,000
2018 5,200,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Chad was 0.336 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.947 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.336 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.

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Year Value
1961 0.947
1962 0.928
1963 0.910
1964 0.892
1965 0.875
1966 0.859
1967 0.843
1968 0.828
1969 0.812
1970 0.795
1971 0.777
1972 0.759
1973 0.744
1974 0.729
1975 0.733
1976 0.742
1977 0.727
1978 0.725
1979 0.710
1980 0.695
1981 0.680
1982 0.664
1983 0.648
1984 0.631
1985 0.614
1986 0.606
1987 0.587
1988 0.573
1989 0.558
1990 0.549
1991 0.540
1992 0.526
1993 0.513
1994 0.500
1995 0.488
1996 0.469
1997 0.480
1998 0.463
1999 0.447
2000 0.431
2001 0.449
2002 0.410
2003 0.405
2004 0.390
2005 0.386
2006 0.373
2007 0.361
2008 0.349
2009 0.346
2010 0.351
2011 0.348
2012 0.364
2013 0.378
2014 0.381
2015 0.369
2016 0.357
2017 0.346
2018 0.336

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Chad was 4.13 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 4.13 in 2018, while its lowest value was 2.30 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 2.30
1962 2.30
1963 2.30
1964 2.30
1965 2.30
1966 2.30
1967 2.30
1968 2.30
1969 2.30
1970 2.30
1971 2.30
1972 2.30
1973 2.31
1974 2.32
1975 2.38
1976 2.46
1977 2.46
1978 2.50
1979 2.49
1980 2.49
1981 2.49
1982 2.49
1983 2.49
1984 2.48
1985 2.49
1986 2.53
1987 2.53
1988 2.54
1989 2.56
1990 2.60
1991 2.64
1992 2.65
1993 2.68
1994 2.69
1995 2.72
1996 2.70
1997 2.86
1998 2.86
1999 2.86
2000 2.86
2001 3.10
2002 2.94
2003 3.02
2004 3.02
2005 3.10
2006 3.10
2007 3.10
2008 3.10
2009 3.18
2010 3.34
2011 3.41
2012 3.69
2013 3.97
2014 4.13
2015 4.13
2016 4.13
2017 4.13
2018 4.13

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use