Ethiopia - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Ethiopia was 16,187,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,187,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 9,853,000 in 2002.

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 11,000,000
1962 11,459,000
1963 11,631,000
1964 11,631,000
1965 11,995,000
1966 12,070,000
1967 12,150,000
1968 12,250,000
1969 12,530,000
1970 12,530,000
1971 12,770,000
1972 13,000,000
1973 13,000,000
1974 13,000,000
1975 13,000,000
1976 13,000,000
1977 13,030,000
1978 13,060,000
1979 13,105,000
1980 13,000,000
1981 12,800,000
1982 12,600,000
1983 12,400,000
1984 12,000,000
1985 11,850,000
1986 11,600,000
1987 11,300,000
1988 11,100,000
1989 10,900,000
1990 10,750,000
1991 10,650,000
1992 10,650,000
1993 10,000,000
1994 9,932,000
1995 9,940,000
1996 9,927,000
1997 9,900,000
1998 9,950,000
1999 10,000,000
2000 10,000,000
2001 9,908,400
2002 9,853,000
2003 10,928,000
2004 12,364,000
2005 12,823,000
2006 13,396,000
2007 14,038,000
2008 13,606,000
2009 13,948,000
2010 14,565,000
2011 15,193,200
2012 15,346,000
2013 15,471,000
2014 15,596,000
2015 15,721,000
2016 15,846,000
2017 15,969,200
2018 16,187,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Ethiopia was 0.148 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.493 in 1962 and a minimum value of 0.140 in 2002.

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 0.485
1962 0.493
1963 0.489
1964 0.477
1965 0.480
1966 0.471
1967 0.462
1968 0.455
1969 0.453
1970 0.441
1971 0.437
1972 0.431
1973 0.419
1974 0.408
1975 0.399
1976 0.392
1977 0.388
1978 0.384
1979 0.380
1980 0.370
1981 0.356
1982 0.341
1983 0.325
1984 0.305
1985 0.291
1986 0.276
1987 0.261
1988 0.248
1989 0.236
1990 0.224
1991 0.215
1992 0.207
1993 0.188
1994 0.180
1995 0.174
1996 0.169
1997 0.163
1998 0.159
1999 0.155
2000 0.151
2001 0.145
2002 0.140
2003 0.151
2004 0.167
2005 0.168
2006 0.171
2007 0.174
2008 0.164
2009 0.164
2010 0.166
2011 0.169
2012 0.165
2013 0.162
2014 0.159
2015 0.156
2016 0.153
2017 0.150
2018 0.148

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Ethiopia was 14.33 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 14.33 in 2018, while its lowest value was 9.67 in 1991.

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 9.99
1962 10.41
1963 10.56
1964 10.56
1965 10.89
1966 10.96
1967 11.04
1968 11.13
1969 11.38
1970 11.38
1971 11.60
1972 11.81
1973 11.81
1974 11.81
1975 11.81
1976 11.81
1977 11.83
1978 11.86
1979 11.90
1980 11.81
1981 11.63
1982 11.44
1983 11.26
1984 10.90
1985 10.76
1986 10.54
1987 10.26
1988 10.08
1989 9.90
1990 9.76
1991 9.67
1992 9.67
1993 10.00
1994 9.93
1995 9.94
1996 9.93
1997 9.90
1998 9.95
1999 10.00
2000 10.00
2001 9.91
2002 9.85
2003 10.93
2004 10.95
2005 11.35
2006 11.86
2007 12.43
2008 12.05
2009 12.35
2010 12.90
2011 13.45
2012 13.59
2013 13.70
2014 13.81
2015 13.92
2016 14.03
2017 14.14
2018 14.33

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use